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Beethoven Symphony No.7 4th Movt

The frenzied final movement of my favourite Beethoven symphony charges madly off the edge of a cliff and just carries on.

The seventh is my favourite of Beethoven’s symphonies and one of the reasons I love it is that it’s such a rollercoaster. The second movement is plunged in tragedy (definitely not one for the happiness playlist, but it is extremely beautiful) but by the time we get to this frenzied last movement it’s all swerved off in a completely different direction. It’s bold, daring, and full of outrageous twists and turns that make you wonder how on earth Beethoven gets away with it, and times it feels as if the music has charged headlong off the edge of a cliff and hasn’t noticed.

The frenzied final movement of my favourite Beethoven symphony charges madly off the edge of a cliff and just carries on.

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