Beethoven: Symphony Nos 5 & 6

Advantages: Contrasting: dramatic and relaxing, darkness to light
Disadvantages: Frustrating if you live in a city

I studied Beethoven as an Open University course leading to a Degree in Music which I achieved in 2002. My admiration of Beethoven is immense. The sixth symphony has to be one of all time favourites: an homage to the countryside. The Composer Beethoven has to be the most dynamic and original of all composers. His work influenced and inspired so many orchestral works that followed. He was born in Bonn in Western Germany in 1770. It was while he ...
...his hearing problems. When he was told that the condition could not be cured, he understandibly fell into a deep depression. Thankfully he came through and began to explore new approaches to compositional techniques. The Music Both the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies are large scale performances lastly for approximately 4o minutes each. They were both performed for the first time in 1808 for Beethoven's benefit concert in Vienna. Symphony no 5 in ... Read review