Beethoven’s Pastoral

Overview Richard Tognetti directs the Australian Chamber Orchestra in a thrilling season finale featuring Beethoven’s epic and transportive Sixth Symphony To see Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) perform Beethoven is to experience a “magnificent unanimity” ( Sydney Morning Herald ) of vision, drama and expressive force. In this majestic and uplifting finale to our 2026 National Concert Season, Richard and an expanded ACO perform an all- Beethoven program that takes audiences on a journey through creation and wonder, beginning with the dramatic Coriolan Overture before culminating in the master craftsman’s Pastoral Symphony . Beethoven’ s Pastoral Symphony is a love letter to the countryside. But it’s more than a musical picture of languid hills and changing seasons. Beethoven set out to capture how being immersed in nature feels. The awe of a sudden storm, and the inner peace that descends when it passes. The sense of wonder in a calling bird. Beethoven wanted