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The live performance would be the orchestra's 150th, and will be the 128th performed by founding music director Graham Jones. They begin with Mozart's Magic Flute Overture and end with Dvořák's Symphony No. 6. In the middle they are accompanied by soloist Kenny Fu for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4. Tickets are available from WeGotTickets (£14) or Reid and Dean, 43-45 Cornfield Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4QG (£14; £12 for ESO Friends, cash only, opening times may vary) or at the venue gate (£15; £13 for ESO friends).

Graham Jones, music director who founded the orchestra in 1980, will lead the last live performance of its 42nd season: “It's been a good year and a very good one to be awake and enjoy relatively regularly. I suppose it was much more difficult for the choirs and choral associations than for the orchestras. Scary forces sing and I think that leads some to choose not to sing at all, but maybe it was easier with orchestras. Our numbers are only slightly down, but really only slightly down.

“They are a very nice group of musicians who are very easy to work with. I guess that comes from the fact that we perceive ourselves extremely well and that implies that we just move on. We make the music that we make and that is really good for the soul.

“The program of this live presentation can be very interesting. Programming depends on so many problems. We are quite competitive, which in itself is great. It's great that young musicians come and have these opportunities. We have our own competitions that were given to us by the soloists at our final concert and now we've achieved something with the Norah Sande competition where the winner performs with us."

Kenny Fu receives the 2022 Norah Sande Award and joins the Beethoven Orchestra: “I haven't heard him, but he did a lot of fascinating things and what's fascinating is that this brings together two indigenous institutions to work together.

“With programming it's good to give viewers a balance and also some musical journey. Starting in the world of The Magic Flute with its solemnity and frivolity, we move on to Beethoven, a really interesting concerto as it sits between the great C Minor Piano Concerto 3 and Der Kaiser Piano Concerto 5. This one is not played that often.