For this project you need to watch and report on a YouTube performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F Major. The orchestra is The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Haitink in 2009.
Click Here, to view the video on YouTube. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAW_shGnugM
Your Assignment
The symphony has five movements, rather than the four typical of symphonies of the Classical era. Beethoven annotated the beginning of each movement as follows:
Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande (Awakening of cheerful feelings upon arrival in the country): Allegro ma non troppo (ends at 12:35)
Szene am Bach (Scene at the brook): Andante molto mosso
Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Happy gathering of country folk): Allegro
Gewitter, Sturm (Thunderstorm; Storm): Allegro
Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm (Shepherds’ song; cheerful and thankful feelings after the storm): Allegretto
The third movement ends on an abrupt imperfect cadence that leads into the fourth; the fourth movement leads straight into the fifth without a pause. Keep an eye on the screen and you will see the movement titles listed to help you keep track.