“Die Trommel gerühret” from Beethoven’s Egmont. Mary-Hollis Hundley

“Die Trommel gerühret” from Beethoven’s Egmont Mary-Hollis Hundley, soprano Amadeus Chamber Ensemble Brian Salesky, conductor “The drum beats. The pipe plays! My armed beloved commands the crowd, raises the lance high, rules the people. How my heart beats! How my blood boils! Oh, if only I had a jacket and trousers and a hat! I would march with him out of the gate with courageous steps, through the provinces and everywhere. The enemy retreats, we shoot at them. What luck beyond compare, to be a man!”