Kirill Petrenko conducts Beethoven’s “Pastoral”

Beethoven’s Pastoral, conducted here by Kirill Petrenko, reflects how peaceful and at the same time threatening nature can be. It exuberantly celebrates the idyllic nature of country life which, however, is swept away by a storm. Miroslav Srnka’s Superorganisms embodies a completely different kind of natural phenomenon, providing a fascinating depiction of life forms that can only exist synergistically. Edgard Varèse’s Arcana alludes to the alchemist Paracelsus, who was on the trail of the healing powers of nature.

Berliner Philharmoniker

Kirill Petrenko

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