BEETHOVEN 7TH SYMPHONY A MAJOR FULL
Tchaikovsky apparently described the finale as ‘a whole series of images, full of unrestrained joy, full of bliss and pleasure of life’.When the work was premiered in December 1813, it was so well received that the second movement was encored immediately (you can imagine the outrage if that was done today!).During the premiere, the piece was conducted by Beethoven himself, who was so engaged with the music that he would jump in the air to introduce fortes.Beethoven was staying in the Bohemian spa town of Teplice in the hope of improving his poor health when he began composing his Symphony No.Of Dionysian inspiration, it is the most rhythmic of all Beethoven's symphonies, which makes it slightly premonitory of The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky. Without any particular intention, contrary to the Pastoral Symphony which preceded it by four particularly rich years, or any biographical implications, the Seventh Symphony is pure beauty.
Warmly welcomed, the piece was to enjoy a brilliant destiny and constantly enjoyed success. 92, was premiered in Vienna on December 8 in 1813 at the University of Vienna under the direction of the composer. Under the sign of Dionysos or the Seventh Symphony And thanks to the incredible sounds that the conductor obtains from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, beauty becomes a human victory. That is how Abbado conducts these pieces, with a majesty that places the sublime before the gratification of the emotions. That is why, they have been widely used for political (the Ode to Joy of the Ninth Symphony is the official European anthem) and commercial purposes (advertising) as well as in films ( Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick, among others).Īs symbols of freedom and acts of independence Beethoven's symphonies are the expression of a fantastic belief in the dignity of man, who in return, recognises himself in each of them. Beethoven's symphonies are an example in Western music of what appeals to the widest possible audience. From then on musicians composed approximately ten symphonies, each stamped with its own personality.Īlthough this monument is imposing it is familiar. With Beethoven ended the era of symphonists who composed, like Haydn, up to a hundred symphonies.
A monument which covers the greater part of the composer's life – he wrote the First Symphony at thirty-one and the Ninth Symphony at fifty-four. This monument in the history of Western music to which Claudio Abbado is so attached, was composed by Beethoven in less than a quarter of a century, from 1799 to 1823. It is this memorable series, performed before an enthusiastic audience that was filmed in Rome, except for the Ninth Symphony filmed in Berlin. With the musicians from Berlin he made a second recording of the complete Beethoven symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon, 2000) then performed them at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome from January 5th to February 15th 2001. Thirty years later, in 1989, he succeeded Karajan at the head of the prestigious formation, a position he held until 2002. But his relations with the Viennese formation experienced ups and downs, contrary to those he developed with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1966. With the same orchestra he recorded from 1985 to 1988 his first complete Beethoven symphonies. He then won First Prize at the Mitropoulos Competition in New York, was invited by Karajan to conduct in Salzburg he then made his conducting debut with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Vienna and Mahler's Symphony No. He made his debut as a conductor at the Scala of Milan at the age of twenty-seven, on the occasion of the tri-centenial of Alessandro Scarlatti.
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