Beethoven and His Contemporaries, Concert IV

These four concerts from the 2020 SWR Schwetzingen Festival capture vital performances of the award-winning Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin and reveal foundations of Beethoven's genius. The Concert IV includes a tempest by Holzbauer that precedes Beethoven's by half a century; and the little-known Le portrait musical de la nature by Knecht, a work that anticipates Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony.