We The People

ALBUM NOTES

Beethoven cared deeply about humanity, and there is something innately human about the well-loved 2nd movement of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, marked Allegretto by the composer and modified in this arrangement, respectfully, to Allegretto Groovando. 

The honesty and simplicity of the music speaks immediately to us about the human condition. The music is monumental and timeless—one of the crowing achievements of Classical Music—and yet instantly compatible with contemporary rock and pop. 

And the running dialogue of counterpoint in the original orchestration bears fruitful possibilities reimagined as a string quintet, highlighting our shared conversation as a string family.

—Tracy Silverman