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“A Titan, wrestling with the gods”, was how Richard Wagner aptly described Beethoven and his music. Symphony No. 4 bears the unmistakable stylistic fingerprint of the bold composer: strength, spirited manipulations of harmony and key, and structure shaped by innovation and ingenuity. The 4th is notable as a work from Beethoven’s middle-period, a period wherein he produced some of his most beloved works, including “Appassionata” Sonata for Piano, the...
Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada“No one can love the country as much as I do. For surely woods, trees, and rocks produce the echo which man desires to hear.” Beethoven
“A Titan, wrestling with the gods”, was how Richard Wagner aptly described Beethoven and his music.
Symphony No. 4 bears the unmistakable stylistic fingerprint of the bold composer: strength, spirited manipulations of harmony and key, and structure shaped by innovation and ingenuity.
The 4th is notable as a work from Beethoven’s middle-period, a period wherein he produced some of his most beloved works, including “Appassionata” Sonata for Piano, the 4th Piano Concerto and the Violin Concerto. The 4th Symphony exudes a cheerful nature, powerfully propelled through each measure with the sweeping and dramatic momentum for which Beethoven is renowned.
“No one can love the country as much as I do. For surely woods, trees, and rocks produce the echo which man desires to hear.” – Beethoven
Beethoven is also to many, the definition of the Romantic composer. The five movements of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” represented to him a clearer picture of the countryside than even a painting could convey. Close your eyes and let the sounds summon the magnificent scene described by Beethoven: arrive in the countryside, hear the birds sing as you venture to the brook and enjoy a merry gathering of people. Brace for the thunderstorm to then bask in the divine beauty of the calm that follows.