ENSEMBLE BALANCE: Pastorale globale

Beethoven’s Sixth and Our Future
ENSEMBLE BALANCE, Timo Brunke (Narrator and Texts),
Friederike Kienle (Conductor)
Young Stage: Young String Soloists BALANCE

With his Sixth Symphony, Ludwig van Beethoven created a work that means more to us today than ever before. Beethoven takes us on an intense journey through nature and the beauties of country life. Yet the Pastoral Symphony does not simply translate Bach, folk dances, and thunderstorms into music. The music points beyond its much-cited “program.” Beethoven means it existentially: what it means to breathe fresh air. What it’s worth to truly engage with the world. What joy blossoms in grateful fellowship with fellow human beings. Idyll—a utopia? An indispensable artistic experience! To sense what it’s really all about. What life is meant to be. How we want to live. In dialogue with the symphony’s five movements, Timo Brunke addresses the pressing questions of our time—with powerful words, depth, rhythm, and humor. At the podium, conductor Friederike Kienle champions a new, contemporary approach to classical music: engaging and passionately communicative.