Beethoven - Symphony No. 4

Beethoven - Symphony No. 4

In honor of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th anniversary in 2020, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería performed Beethoven’s symphonic cycle at the Academia de Música del Palacio de Minería in Mexico City in 2019. Mexican conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto leads the orchestra in this performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60. Prieto has been serving as music director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería since 2008, and is considered the foremost Mexican conductor of his generation. Beethoven composed his Symphony No. 4 in 1806. This symphony is overshadowed by the "Eroica" Symphony, its massive predecessor, and Symphony No. 5, its revolutionary successor. It is performed less often than the aforementioned two symphonies. Symphony No. 4 is characterized by a furious finale, in which the strings almost continuously play sixteenth-note figures. This last movement also reveals the spirit of Joseph Haydn, in the slowed version of the main theme just before the end. Symphony No. 4 consists of four movements: Adagio - Allegro vivace, Adagio, Allegro, and Allegro ma non troppo.