Sunday, 20 March 2011

Beethoven 7

I heard a little extract from this and I had to put on the CD with Haitink and the RPO. If I remember correctly Wagner called this symphon the apotheosis of the dance. It was a good choice to follow the Haydn. The language may have moved on, but this is another symphony which manages to be both happy and profound. Why is Beethoven often seen as so serious?

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