What could be more beautiful than the colors of the fields, what could be more beautiful than the song of the lambs? This is what Beethoven declares to his close ones: "No one could love the countryside like me." In his Sixth Symphony, traversed by the soothing breath of nature, time will only be dilation.

250 years since Beethoven's birth in 2020: ten special episodes of the series "Je Sais Pas Vous" (JSPV). A powerful mix of musical excerpts, drawings, and voiceovers allows each time to paint a portrait of one of Beethoven's works in three minutes. The Pastoral Symphony, the Diabelli Variations, or the Moonlight Sonata are thus presented with lightness and a touch of humor... without sacrificing the sharing of a sincere musical emotion.

Leonore - Fidelio: it's the same opera, the same person. Because Leonore, to save her imprisoned lover, disguises herself. And he/she gets hired in prison under the name Fidelio. Beethoven's work will indeed bear both names throughout its (very) complicated history...

250 years since Beethoven's birth in 2020: ten special episodes of the series "Je Sais Pas Vous" (JSPV). A powerful mix of musical excerpts, drawings, and voiceovers allows each time to paint a portrait of one of Beethoven's works in three minutes. The Pastoral Symphony, the Diabelli Variations, or the Moonlight Sonata are thus presented with lightness and a touch of humor... without sacrificing the sharing of a sincere musical emotion.

1567. The Seventeen Provinces roughly cover the territory of today's Benelux. However, they are governed by the King of Spain, who only understands "chorizo" in the lives (and languages) of the people of the North. Goethe and Beethoven will dedicate a play and stage music to the resistance of the Dutch, and especially to one of their heroes: Lamoral, Count of Egmont. 250 years since Beethoven's birth in 2020: ten special episodes of the series "Je Sais Pas Vous" (JSPV). A powerful mix of musical excerpts, drawings, and voiceovers allows each time to paint a portrait of one of Beethoven's works in three minutes. The Pastoral Symphony, the Diabelli Variations, or the Moonlight Sonata are thus presented with lightness and a touch of humor... without sacrificing the sharing of a sincere musical emotion.

"A solemn summer night where, through its reflection on the lake, the clear moon watches over us": this is a dramatization that could have awakened the hot-tempered nature of old Beethoven. Because for him, this piano sonata was never called anything other than "Sonata op. 14 no. 2 in C-sharp minor." And it reveals its true character in the final movement, by far the most important.

250 years since Beethoven's birth in 2020: ten special episodes of the series "Je Sais Pas Vous" (JSPV). A powerful mix of musical excerpts, drawings, and voiceovers allows each time to paint a portrait of one of Beethoven's works in three minutes. The Pastoral Symphony, the Diabelli Variations, or the Moonlight Sonata are thus presented with lightness and a touch of humor... without sacrificing the sharing of a sincere musical emotion.

1819. The Austrian publisher Anton Diabelli, in order to raise funds for the widows and orphans of the Napoleonic wars, out of charity, proposes to 51 composers to each write a variation on a theme composed by... himself. The 51 composers comply. All of them! Except... 250 years since Beethoven's birth in 2020: ten special episodes of the series "Je Sais Pas Vous" (JSPV). A powerful mix of musical excerpts, drawings, and voiceovers allows each time to paint a portrait of one of Beethoven's works in three minutes. The Pastoral Symphony, the Diabelli Variations, or the Moonlight Sonata are thus presented with lightness and a touch of humor... without sacrificing the sharing of a sincere musical emotion.

How to react, according to etiquette, when a group of aristocrats approaches? Method A: uncover your headgear, gracefully move towards the edge of the road, and let the convoy pass. Method B (like Beethoven): firmly secure your headgear on your... head, take a good run-up, and charge into the crowd.

250 years since Beethoven's birth in 2020: ten special episodes of the series "Je Sais Pas Vous" (JSPV). A powerful mix of musical excerpts, drawings, and voiceovers allows each time to paint a portrait of one of Beethoven's works in three minutes. The Pastoral Symphony, the Diabelli Variations, or the Moonlight Sonata are thus presented with lightness and a touch of humor... without sacrificing the sharing of a sincere musical emotion.

In Vienna, Beethoven's detractors denounce his brutal treatment of the piano, his lack of purity, and overly elaborate music. The Sonata No. 5 for piano and violin, where the violin enters at a luminous height, might have seemed to them an unexpected counterexample...

250 years since Beethoven's birth in 2020: ten special episodes of the series "Je Sais Pas Vous" (JSPV). A powerful mix of musical excerpts, drawings, and voiceovers allows each time to paint a portrait of one of Beethoven's works in three minutes. The Pastoral Symphony, the Diabelli Variations, or the Moonlight Sonata are thus presented with lightness and a touch of humor... without sacrificing the sharing of a sincere musical emotion.

When Beethoven settles in Vienna for good at 21, Mozart is dead. But his melodies survive on the humming lips of the Viennese. To charm the salons, Beethoven writes seven variations for piano and cello on the tender duet of Papageno and Pamina in The Magic Flute. It's all about love...

250 years since Beethoven's birth in 2020: ten special episodes of the series "Je Sais Pas Vous" (JSPV). A powerful mix of musical excerpts, drawings, and voiceovers allows each time to paint a portrait of one of Beethoven's works in three minutes. The Pastoral Symphony, the Diabelli Variations, or the Moonlight Sonata are thus presented with lightness and a touch of humor... without sacrificing the sharing of a sincere musical emotion.

This story begins under a tightly screwed lid. A fantasy is a composition that strolls wherever it pleases. But Beethoven will carefully pace the entry of its main ingredients so that, after 15 minutes, the lid pops off and humanity erupts into a kind of pre-Ode to Joy.

250 years since Beethoven's birth in 2020: ten special episodes of the series "Je Sais Pas Vous" (JSPV). A powerful mix of musical excerpts, drawings, and voiceovers allows each time to paint a portrait of one of Beethoven's works in three minutes. The Pastoral Symphony, the Diabelli Variations, or the Moonlight Sonata are thus presented with lightness and a touch of humor... without sacrificing the sharing of a sincere musical emotion.

For the cardinalization ceremony of his patron Archduke Rudolph, Beethoven undertakes a true cathedral, of dimensions unprecedented by Man. Small problem: the symphonic and choral cathedral he starts isn't quite finished on the day of the ceremony...

250 years since Beethoven's birth in 2020: ten special episodes of the series "Je Sais Pas Vous" (JSPV). A powerful mix of musical excerpts, drawings, and voiceovers allows each time to paint a portrait of one of Beethoven's works in three minutes. The Pastoral Symphony, the Diabelli Variations, or the Moonlight Sonata are thus presented with lightness and a touch of humor... without sacrificing the sharing of a sincere musical emotion.

1883. A small marble column is discovered on the Ottoman railway construction site. As it is being reshaped, the company's director can't imagine that he is dealing with the oldest trace of musical notation that humanity has left us... Dating back to around -100, the Seikilos epitaph marks the entry of humanity into the History of Music. This volatile art, carried by air and time, normally disappears, fades away as the moment passes. Now, however, it can be noted, disseminated, deciphered. JSPV n°100, an exceptional anniversary episode recounting the entire history of written music in 12 minutes!