It is a truism that Beethoven's 5th Symphony is one of the great treasures of the Western world. It has inspired many a musician and concert goer, as well as many comedians! Beethoven himself referred to the famous motive of the first movement of this work as the knock of fate: bom, bom, bom, bohm! bom, bom, bom, bohm!! Can't you just feel it in your bones?
So, just for a bit of fun, and in honor of my symphony playing this in our next concert, here is PDQ Bach's take on the first movement of Beethoven's 5th. I don't know who or where this particular orchestra is, but it is fun to watch them play together with Peter Schickele (aka PDQ Bach).
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