The ‘Eroica’ Symphony of Beethoven concluded this concert given by the orchestra of Lübeck Opera. It is the earliest recorded professional performance of the symphony given by Christoph von Dohnányi. This may have been one of those evenings of which he could remark, more than half a century later, that ‘There are some pieces one is doing for the first time, and then there is a little bit of stage fright – but there has to be.’