Pastoral

The Pastoral Symphony holds a unique place within Beethoven’s symphonic output. Its affirmative spirit and remarkable tone-painting celebrating the beauty and power of nature, together with its idealised portrayal of life in the countryside, make it the first great Romantic symphony.

Programme

A. W. A. Mozart
Overture to the opera Die Zauberflöte K 620

J. M. Kraus
Symphony in C minor

L. van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major “Pastoral” Op. 68

Performers 

Václav Luks conductor
Collegium 1704