Beethoven Public Concert Theater an der Wien December 22 1808 (2010)

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Beethoven Public Concert Theater an der Wien December 22 1808 (2010)
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Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, the "Pastoral" Symphony was premiered along with the Symphony No. 5 at a public concert at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, on December 22, 1808. Beethoven was acting as conductor and pianist.

The concert venue was freezing cold and the orchestra had only had one rehearsal before the concert. It was more than two hours into a mammoth four-hour program before the Symphony No. 5 began and the orchestra played so poorly that the nearly deaf composer stopped the ensemble part way into a passage and had them start from the very beginning. Also premiering that day was Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.

Tracklist:

1. Symphony No. 6 Op. 68 "Pastoral" - I. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Symphony No. 6 Op. 68 "Pastoral" - II. Andante molto mosso
3. Symphony No. 6 Op. 68 "Pastoral" - III. Allegro
4. Symphony No. 6 Op. 68 "Pastoral" - IV. Allegro
5. Symphony No. 6 Op. 68 "Pastoral" - V. Allegretto
Otto Klemperer

6. Mass in C major Op. 86 - Op. 65 - Ah! perfido' - 'Per pieta'
John Eliot Gardiner

7. Mass in C major Op. 86 - II. Gloria
Carlo Maria Giulini

8. Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58 - Allegro moderato
9. Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58 - Andante con moto
10. Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58 - Rondo. Vivace
Wilhelm Kempff & Ferdinand Leitner

11. Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - I. Allegro con brio
12. Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - II. Andante con moto
13. Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - III. Scherzo Allegro
14. Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - IV. Allegro
Otto Klemperer

15. Mass in C major Op. 86 - IV. Sanctus - Benedictus
Carlo Maria Giulini

(Here Beethoven played some solo piano improvisation to delight the audience and the following pieces are selected as representative.)

16. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 IV. Allegro, Rondo
Emil Gilels

17. Bagatelles: Op. 119: Allamande
18. Variations On An Original Theme in G major WoO 77
Alfred Brendel

19. Fantasia for Piano, Chorus & Orchestra Op. 80
Otto Klemperer & Daniel Barenboim