Performers Alex Fontaine (oboe), Matthew Bubb (oboe), David Rowden (clarinet), John Lewis (clarinet), Michael Dixon (horn), Phil Wilson (horn), Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Simone Walters (bassoon), Melissa Woodroffe (contra bassoon), Timothy Brigden (timpani). A single repeated note launches the subsequent Vivace, its animated rhythmic motifs giving rise to its oft-remarked on dance-like character. The Symphony opens with a long, slow introduction – long enough to be regarded by some commentators as a separate movement. The second movement in particular provoked such an enthusiastic response that it required a repeat performance. 7 tapped into this spirit of optimism and was an instant hit. Performed alongside his patriotic orchestral work Wellington’s Victory, the energetic assurance of Beethoven’s Symphony No.
BASSOON BEETHOVEN 7TH SYMPHONY SERIES
Although the recent Battle of Hanau had not been a success for the Austro-Bavarian Corps - and had resulted in over 9000 casualties - Vienna’s general outlook was more positive than at any other point in recent history, which had seen a long and brutal series of invasions. In December 1813, at a fund- raising concert for soldiers wounded as they fought to cut-o Napolean’s line of retreat, Beethoven conducted the premiere of this, his seventh symphony. The Symphony is the Apotheosis of the Dance itself.” Wish listBeethoven 8, Beethoven 7, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Weber, Berlioz, Bernstein, Wagner. They featured a 2018 interview with conductor Philippe Jordan (son of the much-revered conductor Armin Jordan) about his approach to the 7th symphony, and playing it with the Vienna Symphony (note this is NOT the Vienna Philharmonic, aka VPO, famous from so. “All tumult, all yearning and storming of the heart, become here the blissful insolence of joy, which carries us away with bacchanalian power through the roomy space of nature, through all the streams and seas of life, shouting in glad self- consciousness as we sound throughout the universe the daring strains of this human sphere-dance. Find classical music concert listings Symphony no. I’d read about this recording in a gramophone magazine celebration of Beethovens 250th birthday year.