Beethoven's 5th Symphony Op.67, Fourth Movement

Credits:
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Grant Llewellyn
The Fourth Movement of Beethoven's famous Symphony No.5. It seems like a triumphant allegro and yet the triumph is undermined with the return the scherzo (3rd movement) melody.
For a full analysis of this music see Radio 3's 'Discovering Music' programme listening library:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/discoveringmusic/listeninglibrary.shtml
The relentless pounding at the end, in C major, sounds like a shadow of what Beethoven could have written - it seems as though the ending is a parody of triumph rather than the real thing
For a full analysis of this music go to Radio 3's 'Discovering Music' listening library:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/discoveringmusic/listeninglibrary.shtml

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Music

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• Beethoven
• Ludwig
• van
• Fifth
• Symphony
• Op.67

[paTRICK12358]

The second movement isn't the scherzo.

[corksmusic1]

@paTRICK12358 Thanks for pointing out my error for the Scherzo theme - I've re-written it as the 3rd movement.

[xbehemothx]

perfection

[bluehouselucy]

My favourite key note of the music in C major Fantastic music well done!

[CuriosityRoads]

Fantastic video. Nice performance of the fifth here, too.