L'Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

December 22, 1808: Vienna’s audience hears Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony for the first time. Since then, the opening motif (ba-ba-ba-baaaam!) has become the most famous in the history of symphonic music, and the composition has become an expression of Beethoven’s powerful will, which changes the course of destiny and moves from darkness to light. But that’s only half the story. That same night also saw the performance of the composer’s 6th Symphony, which tells a different story – the contemplation of a brook, the birds, the darkening sky, the storm that breaks out, and the recognition that followed. A mere 214 years, 7 months and 11 days after that night in Vienna, it’s in this sense that you’ll enjoy these works: by rediscovering a powerful will to escape the hustle and bustle of daily life in order to indulge in the contemplation of the world

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonie n°5 en do mineur op.67
I. Allegro con brio
II. Andante con moto
III. Allegro
IV. Allegro
Symphonie n° 6 «La Pastorale» fa majeur op. 68
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Andante molto moto
III. Allegro
IV. Allegro
V. Allegretto

Under the direction of Raphaël Merlin

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