BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH

Overview

What happens when the future you imagined no longer seems possible?

Sometimes the future we imagine for ourselves changes and we’re not ready. Before composing his Fifth Symphony, Beethoven was confronting worsening hearing loss and a personal crisis that nearly caused him to give up. Instead, he continued to write. His Fifth Symphony begins with a terse four-note opening representing Fate knocking at his door, then moves through struggle and uncertainty before transforming into one of music’s most exhilarating conclusions. Hear H+H take on this triumphant work and discover what can emerge when the path ahead looks nothing like the one you imagined.