4. Chamber Concert: Favorite Pieces

Beethoven's magnificent Septet was for a long time the composer's undisputed most popular work. Here, he reveals himself not as the titan he was stylized as in the 19th century, but as approachable, cheerful, and filled with an unbridled joy of making music. A feast of a completely different kind is the arrangement of Richard Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel : a sparkling piece of musical humor.