Symphony No.7

This ballet, choreographed and designed by Toer van Schayk, is set to Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Described by Wagner as a "grand apotheosis of the dance", a celebration of man's delight in his own physical energy, the symphony was composed in 1812, and van Schayk hears in the music the composer's ecstatic longing for the sublime future he supposed would follow the Napoleonic Wars. 7th Symphony was recorded in studio and the music is played by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Haitink.