Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont - overture op. 84 (audio, score)

Egmont, Op. 84 by Ludwig van Beethoven, is a set of incidental music pieces for the 1787 play of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.[1] It consists of an overture followed by a sequence of nine pieces for soprano, male narrator, and full symphony orchestra. (The male narrator is optional; he is not used in the play and does not appear in all recordings of the complete incidental music.) Beethoven wrote it between October 1809 and June 1810, and it was premiered on 15 June 1810.
The subject of the music and dramatic narrative is the life and heroism of 16th-century nobleman Lamoral, Count of Egmont from the Low Countries. It was composed during the Napoleonic Wars when the First French Empire had extended its domination over vast swathes of Europe. Beethoven had famously expressed his great outrage over Napoleon Bonaparte's decision to crown himself Emperor in 1804, furiously scratching out his name in the dedication of the Eroica Symphony. In the music for Egmont, Beethoven expressed his own political concerns through the exaltation of the heroic sacrifice of a man condemned to death for having taken a valiant stand against oppression. The Overture became an unofficial anthem of the 1956 Hungarian revolution.
Beethoven composed Klärchen’s songs "Die Trommel gerühret" ("The drum is a-stirring") and "Freudvoll und leidvoll" ("Joyful and woeful") with Austrian actress Antonie Adamberger specifically in mind, and she often spoke enthusiastically of her collaboration with him.[2] The music was praised by E.T.A. Hoffmann for its poetry, and Goethe himself declared that Beethoven had expressed his intentions with "a remarkable genius."
The overture is powerful and expressive, one of the last works of Beethoven's middle period. It has become as famous a composition as the Coriolan Overture and is in a style similar to the Fifth Symphony, which he had completed two years earlier.

[leverseidge]

Starts with depression, despair, end with hope and achievement. Beethoven goes through so much emotion in an 8 min piece.

[Maldivesful]

Only Beethoven could have written this. Truly great music.

[retner]

Увертюра "Эгмонт"
Вступление
—Тема испанских поработителей f-moll (0:09)
—Тема нидерландского народа c-moll (0:32)
ГП f-moll (2:09)
ПП As-dur (3:02)
Кода F-dur (6:45)

[leverseidge]

Music it the only art where you can really get inside the artists mind. No other art offers this.

[alixmordant]

Great overture, wonderfully presented. Thank you.

[evtushenkoT]

0:09 Вступление 1 тема
0:32 Вступление 2 тема
2:06 ГП
2:38 СВ
3:02 ПП
3:21 ЗП
3:40 Разработка
4:18 Реприза ГП
4:56 Реприза СВ
5:28 Реприза ПП
5:48 Реприза ЗП
6:45 Кода

[pascalieliane]

I also like the horns near 7:12. Then the flutes come in

[hg]

COMO PODRÍA EXPRESAR MI GRAN ADMIRACIÓN HACIA L. V. BEETHOVEN; AMO SUS COMPOSICIONES

[ВФККМіменіІ.Ф.Стравінського]

00:09 Вступ, тема іспанських завойовників f
00:32 Вступ, тема нідерландського народу c
02:09 ГП f
03:02 ПП As
06:45 Кода F

[tsquaredtest]

For my own reference - chord progressions
@3:45
@3:53
@4:02

[dzinypinydoroviny]

I can see you are Czech as well :D I like your content.

[yaboiswoosh]

Can not wait to play this in wind ensemble

[pumpkinpoi]

Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Berliner Philharmoniker
Billy Straus, conductor

August 18, 2017
Santa Fe Station Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas

[WoodburyWrestling]

Anyone else notice that the beginning sounds similar to the 2nd movement of his 3rd symphony?

[olgaolga]

Εκπληκτική μεγαλοπρεπής και εν δυνάμει χορωδιακή ουβερτουρα!

[pascalieliane]

6:45-7:12 reminds me of the orbit piano from roblox

[hg]

MI SUEÑO FRUSTRADO DE SER COMPOSITOR; SOLO TENGO LAS NOTAS EN MI CEREBRO. TRISTEMENTE NO SE COMPONER

[NPC-senx]

This music is done wrong. He had a good thing going at the start, but then he tried to make it fancy. It would be nice to see someone use the first 6 notes and follow them up with an epic theme. You could make an Avengers level theme like that.