Ludwig van Beethoven was not a composer content with simply stringing notes together. For him, music was a universal language – a language of nature, of emotions, indeed of life itself. His Sixth Symphony, the famous "Pastoral," is perhaps the most striking example of this: a sonic stroll through meadows and forests, in which every motif and virtually every sound of nature becomes audible. Yet it was by no means Beethoven's intention merely to "reproduce" nature – on the title page of his symphony he wrote: "More an expression of feeling than painting." Thus, he was not concerned with depicting birdsong or babbling brooks, but with experiencing – with the feeling that arises when one stands amidst nature, feels the wind on one's skin, and listens to the sounds of the earth. It is precisely this experience that we bring to our youth concert. Together with presenter Kerstin Klaholz, we embark on a musical journey and listen very closely: Here the brook rushes, there the villagers dance, a thunderstorm bursts with dramatic force through the concert hall, before the sunbeam of reconciliation bathes everything in golden light again.

Kerstin Klaholz

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Apr 23, 2026

BEETHOVEN'S "PASTORAL" – When music becomes landscape – Youth concert · Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach

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Conductor in Symphony No. 6 by Beethoven

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