THE 5TH — MOVEMENT IV, What Beethoven Would Have Wanted

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

When we listen closely to the Fifth, we hear a testament to self-expression and determination. Which means that we get to decide how to honor this symphony today, whether that means taking a break from Beethoven to commission new works from underrepresented composers, bringing new audiences into the fold by staging concerts in communities outside of the concert hall, or re-writing Beethoven’s works to make them reflect our present moment. Featuring: Anthony McGill, Clarinet Andrea Moore, Musicologist Deborah Borda, CEO and President David Lang, Composer Jaap van Sweden, Conductor Leelanee Sterett, Horn Sherry Sylar, Oboe Music Featured: Carlos Simon, Loop Tania Léon, Stride David Lang, Prisoner of the State Recoding of Beethoven Symphony 5 by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Jaap van Sweden used by permission from Decca Gold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Support for this show comes from the Genesis GB70 Performance SUV.
0:05.6	Every Genesis is a reminder to try something bold to keep growing, keep hustling.
0:12.8	At Genesis, they've harnessed all that excitement of beginnings into their performance SUV,
0:19.2	the GB70.
0:20.5	It's a car built to turn heads with stunning design inside and out.
0:26.0	It's packed with intuitive technology inside, like the 14.5-inch infotainment system,
0:31.8	and fingerprint recognition plus the GB70 features all-wheel drive, which is bound to add
0:37.4	a little more acceleration to your next drive.
0:40.5	Your Genesis GB70 is waiting for you.
0:43.9	What will you begin?
0:45.6	Learn more at Genesis.com.
0:47.9	Genesis, keep beginning.
0:52.3	In the first two movements of our series, we celebrated how Beethoven's fifth symphony
0:56.9	rewrote the rules of classical composition to create this four-moving drama that inspired
1:03.6	the world in its triumph over adversity.
1:06.7	Yes, we did.
1:08.3	In the third movement, we heard how the innovations of the fifth symphony created this new culture
1:13.2	of focused, reverence listening, and with it, a rigid system of etiquette and behavior
1:21.3	that often turned the concert hall into the space of belonging and exclusion.
1:27.8	That's a culture that still permeates classical music today, because I don't know about you,
1:32.2	Charlie.
1:33.2	Even I feel sometimes uncomfortable that classical concert is like, I don't know the rules,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.