Beethoven's Pastoral
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This event took place on Sunday 8 March 2026.
- Sunday 8 March 2026
- Cadogan Hall
Beethoven's Pastoral
Sun 8 Mar 2026
Need to know
Repertoire
- Beethoven Egmont Overture
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
- Beethoven Symphony No.6, 'Pastoral'
Features
- Grzegorz Nowak Conductor
- Mario Galeani Piano
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Written during Beethoven’s infatuation with his ‘Immortal Beloved’, the Fourth Piano Concerto flouts convention at virtually every turn. Tender and lyrical, it culminates in a jubilant finale that seems to suggest the composer, endlessly unlucky in matters of the heart, has discovered the joy of life itself.
The ‘Pastoral’ Symphony is his love letter to the spirit of nature. Again, wearing his heart on his sleeve, Beethoven fills five highly melodic movements with characteristic touches, a profusion of contrasting ideas following one after another. The movements all bear unambiguously bucolic titles and are (mostly) unashamedly sunny.