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title: Beethoven 5 + Strauss Ein Heldenleben Video Now Available
description: We are pleased to make available the video of the October 19 performance by the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra with pianist Jonathan Biss. 
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# [Beethoven 5 + Strauss Ein Heldenleben Video Now Available](https://blog.bostonphil.org/beethoven-rachmaninoff-0)

 Written by [BPO Staff](https://blog.bostonphil.org/author/bpo-staff) | Jan 3, 2023 4:44:38 PM

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For a limited time, the video of the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra's November 20th performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Strauss's *Ein Heldenleben* is available to stream online.

The reviews are in:

Boston Classical Review: Zander, sans scores, leads Boston Phil Youths in kinetic Beethoven and Strauss

"On Sunday, the score was played with appealing songfulness. The Hero’s theme swaggered, yes, but it was also strikingly warm and lyrical...Concertmaster Eric Chen delivered the violin solos in “The Hero’s Companion” with considerable panache...his grasp of the notes and overriding character of the music was compelling. Also, for plushness of tone, Chen’s account of his solo’s soaring peroration left little to be desired...the quiet spots, by and large, spoke with gripping focus, especially those involving the BPYO’s woodwinds. Additionally, the brass section’s grandest moments—be they the soaring horns at the culmination of “The Hero at Battle” or the work’s radiant final chord—were resplendent." -Jonathan Blumhofer         

[View the full review here.](https://bostonclassicalreview.com/2022/11/zander-sans-scores-leads-boston-phil-youth-orchestra-in-kinetic-beethoven-and-strauss/?utm_campaign=FY23%20BPYO1%20Single%20Tickets&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8l58CwM0DV3rISbd_YANlNgTvqID4lOx17RhARUq01xgyPDJGcSqk7vgWcrc88IrYut4dS)

 

Photos by Hilary Scott

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