BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Friday, April 28, 1826

A benefit concert is held in the Hanover Square Rooms in London by Mr. Bellamy this evening. The instrumental music was comprised of the overtures to Iphigenia by Gluck, and to Prometheus by Beethoven, the remainder of the concert being devoted to vocal music. The Harmonicon for June 1826, Nr.XLII at 131.

The Prometheus Overture op.43 is here performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, conducted by Tomo Keller:

T. Weigl again advertises the two sets of Schubert’s songs, op.56 and 57 in today’s Wiener Zeitung (Nr.97) at 420, which had been advertised earlier this month, but this time with an added blurb: “Upon the appearance of these latest works by the esteemed composer, it is worth noting that he has primarily focused his attention on eliminating any difficulties in the piano accompaniment.”