Musical Journeys | Italy (Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92)
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[00:00 - 11:25] | PART ONE: Arezzo: Landscape / I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace
The site of an earlier Etruscan settlement, Arezzo is built on a hill that overlooks countryside of vineyards, woods and fields, some fifty miles south-east of Florence and watered by the Arno. The town itself was the birthplace of Maecenas, friend of the Emperor Augustus and patron of the arts.
Beethoven completed his Symphony No 7 in A major in the spring of 1812, but sketches for some of the material used occur as early as 1809, the year of Haydn’s death. In spite of his deafness Beethoven, in his forties, was at the height of his powers, but the new symphony was greeted by some contemporary critics as the work of a drunkard. At the first performance, however, in December 1813, the work was received with considerable enthusiasm. The occasion was a patriotic one, a concert organized by Maelzel, inventor of the new metronome, in aid of the wounded at the battle of Hanau, and the programme included Beethoven’s new Battle Symphony, Wellington’s Victory, a programme piece in which some of the most distinguished musicians of the day took part. Repetitions of the same programme proved much less successful, although the Seventh Symphony was popular enough in Vienna. It is scored for pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets and drums, with strings. The first movement of the symphony opens with a massive introduction, recalling the beginning of Mozart’s Symphony No 39. A Vivace follows that has all the exuberance of a peasant dance.
[11:25 - 19:28] | PART TWO: Toscana (Tuscany): Landscape / II. Allegretto
Toscana (Tuscany) is the central region of Italy. The hillsides have proved fertile ground for the cultivation of grapes, producing wines like Chianti. The region also produces olives and corn. It is seen here partly through the morning mists.
The slow movement of Symphony No 7, marked Allegretto, suggests in its pervasive dactylic rhythmic figure, the rhythm so often favoured by Beethoven’s younger contemporary, Franz Schubert. Here, however, the hints of a sombre march suit well the patriotic mood of Vienna in 1812.
[19:29 - 27:31] | PART THREE: Montalcino: Landscape / III. Presto
The walled town of Montalcino overlooks a fertile landscape of gently sloping hills. It is famous for its wine, Brunello.
The F major Scherzo is again dominated by a particular rhythmic figure, modified in the contrasting Trio, which is repeated a second time and seems about to emerge once more, to be interrupted by the brusque final chords of the movement.
[27:33 - 33:56] | PART 4: Rome: Lake Bracciano / IV. Allegro con brio
Lago di Bracciano (Lake Bracciano) is some twenty miles north-east of Rome and is second in size only to Lake Bolsena. The lake itself is volcanic in origins.
The final Allegro con brio is in the original key of A major, but with harmonic surprises. The whole movement moves to a great climax, a mighty conclusion to a symphony that had made astonishingly powerful use to relatively limited and conventional resources.
Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Richard Edlinger
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The site of an earlier Etruscan settlement, Arezzo is built on a hill that overlooks countryside of vineyards, woods and fields, some fifty miles south-east of Florence and watered by the Arno. The town itself was the birthplace of Maecenas, friend of the Emperor Augustus and patron of the arts.
Beethoven completed his Symphony No 7 in A major in the spring of 1812, but sketches for some of the material used occur as early as 1809, the year of Haydn’s death. In spite of his deafness Beethoven, in his forties, was at the height of his powers, but the new symphony was greeted by some contemporary critics as the work of a drunkard. At the first performance, however, in December 1813, the work was received with considerable enthusiasm. The occasion was a patriotic one, a concert organized by Maelzel, inventor of the new metronome, in aid of the wounded at the battle of Hanau, and the programme included Beethoven’s new Battle Symphony, Wellington’s Victory, a programme piece in which some of the most distinguished musicians of the day took part. Repetitions of the same programme proved much less successful, although the Seventh Symphony was popular enough in Vienna. It is scored for pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets and drums, with strings. The first movement of the symphony opens with a massive introduction, recalling the beginning of Mozart’s Symphony No 39. A Vivace follows that has all the exuberance of a peasant dance.
[11:25 - 19:28] | PART TWO: Toscana (Tuscany): Landscape / II. Allegretto
Toscana (Tuscany) is the central region of Italy. The hillsides have proved fertile ground for the cultivation of grapes, producing wines like Chianti. The region also produces olives and corn. It is seen here partly through the morning mists.
The slow movement of Symphony No 7, marked Allegretto, suggests in its pervasive dactylic rhythmic figure, the rhythm so often favoured by Beethoven’s younger contemporary, Franz Schubert. Here, however, the hints of a sombre march suit well the patriotic mood of Vienna in 1812.
[19:29 - 27:31] | PART THREE: Montalcino: Landscape / III. Presto
The walled town of Montalcino overlooks a fertile landscape of gently sloping hills. It is famous for its wine, Brunello.
The F major Scherzo is again dominated by a particular rhythmic figure, modified in the contrasting Trio, which is repeated a second time and seems about to emerge once more, to be interrupted by the brusque final chords of the movement.
[27:33 - 33:56] | PART 4: Rome: Lake Bracciano / IV. Allegro con brio
Lago di Bracciano (Lake Bracciano) is some twenty miles north-east of Rome and is second in size only to Lake Bolsena. The lake itself is volcanic in origins.
The final Allegro con brio is in the original key of A major, but with harmonic surprises. The whole movement moves to a great climax, a mighty conclusion to a symphony that had made astonishingly powerful use to relatively limited and conventional resources.
Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Richard Edlinger
[Naxos 8.550180]
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