Bozar
Belgian National Orchestra
Klarafestival

Belgian National Orchestra & Tausk

27 Mar.'26
- 20:00

Beethoven's Legacy / Brewaeys Festival

Jonathan Harvey was inspired by Zen breathing to compose 80 Breaths for Tokyo, a contemplative work that explores the gentleness of music and its effects on the body and mind. The orchestra reflects the ambiguity of breathing as a creative force, both subtle, colorful, and constantly evolving.
Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony, his shortest, stands out for its overflowing energy, lively rhythms, and notable absence of a slow movement, making it a sparkling, light, and sometimes even comic work.
Luc Brewaeys' Eighth Symphony, written in 2004 but unfinished at his death in 2015, was conceived as a true "orgy of sound." Inspired by Beethoven’s Eighth, it requires an impressive orchestra with many percussion instruments, including bottles!

Thanks to the players of the National Lottery and to the Tax Shelter of the Federal Government of Belgium through Casa Kafka Pictures.

Belgian National Orchestra
Otto Tausk
conductor
Programme
Jonathan Harvey

80 Breaths for Tokyo

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony no. 8, op. 93

Luc Brewaeys

Symphony no. 8 (Unfinished and completed by Annelies Van Parys)

Concerts

2025-2026

Belgian National Orchestra

Subscriptions Season ’25-’26

Classical Music

Festival

20 → 29
Mar.'26

Klarafestival 2026

Practical information

Location

Henry Le Boeuf Hall

Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 BRUSSELS

Rates

MyBozar Card

17 - 26 - 35 - 42

< 26 MyBozar Card

11 - 17 - 23 - 28

Muscien of BNO

6 - 9 - 12 - 14

Standard

22 - 34 - 46 - 56

< 26 year

15 - 24 - 32 - 39

Card : Preferential Reimbursement / EU Disability

11 - 17 - 23 - 28