Seiji Ozawa, Ludwig van Beethoven & Saito Kinen Orchestra

Beethoven - Symphony No. 2 & Symphony No. 7

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Video Director: Yo Asari & Mari Inamasu - Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Ludwig van Beethoven & Saito Kinen Orchestra - Producer: EuroArts - Conductor: Seiji Ozawa - Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven - Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra
Kissei Bunka Hall, Matsumoto Festival, Nagano, Japan | 82 min | 2016 | TV-G

Beethoven - Symphony No. 2 & Symphony No. 7

In September 2016, we celebrated the birthday of one of Japan's best-known conductors: Seiji Ozawa. Renowned for his advocacy of modern composers, Ozawa founded the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in 1992. As of 2015, it is better known as the Seiji Ozawa Festival. Seiji Ozawa appeared on stage himself with 63 Saito Kinen Orchestra members, passionately conducting Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 and No. 7. Beethoven's Second Symphony was mostly written during the composer's stay at Heiligenstadt, at a time when his deafness was becoming more pronounced. The work premiered in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on April 5, 1803. The Seventh Symphony premiered with Beethoven himself conducting in Vienna in 1813 at a charity concert for wounded soldiers. The Allegretto was the most popular movement and had to be encored.

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