David Wyn Jones provides a fascinating account of this popular work and the context in which it was written.
Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony is in many ways his most startlingly original. It has a programmatic content, it is in five movements rather than the normal four, and its mood is quite different from the usual barnstorming image of the composer.
Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony is in many ways his most startlingly original. It has a programmatic content, it is in five movements rather than the normal four, and its mood is quite different from the usual barnstorming image of the composer.