In the bicentenary year of Beethoven’s death, Wimbledon Choral celebrate one of the world’s greatest composers.

Step back 200 years to Vienna, as thousands of mourners accompany Beethoven’s coffin through the streets. The choir recreates the solemn beauty of his funeral music, from the haunting Drei Equali to Seyfried’s Libera me Domine, performed at the funeral service.

Then a dramatic change of mood as The Hanover Band, pioneers of period-instrument performance, brings Beethoven’s youthful, exuberant First Symphony thrillingly to life.

After the interval, C major gives way to C minor for Cherubini’s magnificent Requiem, a work Beethoven so admired that it was performed at a memorial service in his honour. From hushed tenderness to overwhelming choral drama, this rarely heard masterpiece forms the emotional heart of the evening.

Under Daniel Mahoney’s baton, let Wimbledon Choral and The Hanover Band move you with music of extraordinary emotional intensity, from poignant remembrance to exhilarating vitality.