This superb program revolves around the tantalizing enigma of the Immortal Beloved letters. AHE performs Beethoven unplugged, while young Sydney composer Ella Macens embraces baroque tuning with a new commission inspired by Ludwig’s passionate Declarations.

Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony is an utterly delightful homage to Haydn, full of wit and humour. Also on the bill, the remarkable chamber arrangement of Mozart’s G minor Symphony No. 40 by Vincenzo Cimador, which distils the symphony’s brooding drama into the intimacy of a septet, and one of the first string sextets ever written, Boccherini’s Op. 23 No. 6 in F major. A sumptuous masterpiece that deserves classic status.

Celebrate the onset of warmer evenings with this heady musical fling.