Beethoven's Symphony n.2 is a piece that sooner or later becomes part of every conductor's repertoire. In this video, we'll go through an analysis of its 1st movement, its structure, and phrasing with, of course, some technical tips.

Written between 1800 and 1802, Beethoven's 2nd symphony was finished while the composer was in Heiligenstadt, where he wrote his famous testament.

It is all the more surprising then that such work so full of life could come from the pen of the same person who had thought of committing suicide because of his increasing deafness.

But as Beethoven himself points out in the testament, he was bound to remain alive until he had composed everything that he was compelled to compose.

Beethoven's Symphony n.2 holds all the hints towards the disruption of the classical symphonic form that will explode in his third symphony.

You can jump through different sections here:

0:00 Conducting Pills ep.11
0:30 Introduction: Heiligenstadt testament
1:58 Moving away from the canons of the symphonic form
2:38 Exposition: the 3 blocks of the Adagio molto
4:28 Beethoven's sneak peek into a future symphony
5:06 Allegro: first theme
5:24 Technical tip
5:40 Orchestration and dynamics
7:06 Second theme
7:42 Technical tip
7:53 Connecting musical cell between 1st and 2nd theme
9:02 Development
10:46 Coda
11:42 Conclusion

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