[BROADCAST] UW Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 (excerpts)
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Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastorale" (excerpts)
This performance was recorded on May 3, 2019, at Meany Center for the Performing Arts.
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Program notes : The Beethoven symphonies are the cornerstone of the orchestral repertoire, and THE reason why we have public orchestral concerts as we know them today. In the years following Beethoven's death, Vienna Court Opera musicians organized public orchestral concerts to perform his symphonies, eventually forming the Vienna Philharmonic. They are such important pieces for a variety of reasons. Each one reaches further, not only in scope and form, but they also push the limits of what was humanly possible for the musicians and their instruments, and they embody the strong will of his philosophical beliefs and ideals. This was radical on all fronts, and paved the way for much of what followed for years to come. The raw energy in his music is unlike anything else before his time. I believe all orchestral musicians, professional or not, should have at least some familiarity with all nine of them...ideally, to play them all, but if not, at least to play several. I always make an effort to begin each UW Symphony season with something by Beethoven, as his music is one the best vehicles for teaching and learning in the orchestral setting, for all the reasons above and also beyond.
—David Alexander Rahbee