A piece of prose on the 9th symphony - Page 2

On November 13 2009 08:35 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:


The third + fourth movement of the fifth does that too IMO. But yeah, the Ninth is beautiful. Especially the recapitulation in the first movement. Ahhh...

I just love Beethoven <3 Best composer out there TBH, better than Mozart, his main influence.

On November 13 2009 08:55 searcher wrote:

On another note, I think if you start listening to the 9th, the second movement with its famous tune is immediately appealing, and certainly it is no doubt a great movement. However the more you become acquainted with it the more you realize that the movements in order of "greatness" are: 4th, 3rd, 1st, 2nd or thereabouts. The 1st is one of my favourites. In typical Beethoven fashion he seems to pull Promethean fire out of very simple but "deep" musical themes.

On November 13 2009 13:55 motbob wrote:
I sang the 9th symphony w/ the New York Philharmonic!

Listening to the 2nd movement is so different in the choir is so different because the timpani is right next to you and it overpowers everything LOL

On November 14 2009 09:44 OpticalShot wrote:


LUCKYYY
Wait, that must mean you're a wonderful choral singer. I envy you sir.
I've actually never performed ANY movement out of Beethoven's latter 4 symphonies... not even simplified-for-unworthy-high-school-kids arrangements. Wish I could perform one (a.k.a. join a more competent orchestra) sometime~ (I play the double bass in the orchestra).