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The Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony (German: Pastorale [1]), is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and completed in 1808. One of Beethoven's few works containing explicitly programmatic content, [2] the symphony was first performed alongside his fifth symphony in the Theater an der Wien on 22 December 1808 in a four-hour concert.
Title page of Beethoven's symphonies from the Gesamtausgabe. The list of compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven consists of 722 works [1] written over forty-five years, from his earliest work in 1782 (variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler) when he was only eleven years old and still in Bonn, until his last work just before his death in Vienna in 1827.
The orchestra thus available to Beethoven was a moderately sized ensemble that is likely to have had in the order of six to eight first violins for the evening. [11] Amateur and semi-professional concerts of the period saw larger orchestras. [15] Beethoven was the pianist for the concerto, the improvised fantasia and the Choral Fantasy.
Pages in category "Symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven) in F major (Op. 68, Pastoral) by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1802–08 Symphony No. 6 (Bentoiu) (Op. 28, Culori ) by Pascal Bentoiu , 1985 Symphony No. 6 (Branca) (Op. 95, Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven ) by Glenn Branca , 1989
The key of C minor was, like most other minor keys, associated with the literary Sturm und Drang movement during the Classical period. But ever since Ludwig van Beethoven's famous Symphony No. 5, Op. 67, of 1808, C minor imparts a symphony in the key a character of heroic struggle.
The work was begun in the summer of 1812, immediately after the completion of the Seventh Symphony. [3] At the time Beethoven was 41 years old. According to Antony Hopkins, the mood of the work betrays nothing of the events that were taking place in Beethoven's life at the time, which involved his interference in his brother Johann's romantic relationships. [3]
Karajan: Beethoven Symphonies (1963) is a set of studio recordings made in 1961 and 1962 by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan. It is the second of four cycles of Beethoven 's nine symphonies that Karajan conducted, and the first of three for the German record label Deutsche Grammophon .