A schooling of sorts
Donald Macleod looks at how Beethoven's haphazard education helped mould him for adult life.
Donald Macleod looks at how Beethoven’s haphazard education helped mould him for adult life.
Beethoven was a difficult student who often preferred to educate himself than take instruction. Nevertheless many of his early teachers left a lasting influence. This week, Donald Macleod’s focus is on Beethoven’s childhood and teenage years, as he looks for clues in the composer’s early life that point towards the great man he would become.
All through 2020, Donald Macleod takes an unprecedented deep dive into the compelling story and extraordinary music of Ludwig van Beethoven. In this uniquely ambitious series, told across 125 episodes of Composer of the Week, Donald puts us inside Beethoven’s world and explores his hopes, struggles and perseverance in all the colourful detail this amazing narrative deserves. Alongside this in-depth biography, Donald will also be meeting and talking to Beethoven enthusiasts and experts from across the world to discover how his music continues to speak to us in the twenty-first century. Through story and sound, the series builds into a vivid new portrait of this composer, born 250 years ago this year, who made art that changed how people saw themselves and understood the world.
String Quartet No 13 in Bb, Op 130 (2nd movement)
Elias Quartet
Piano Sonata No 2, Op 2 No 2 (1st and 2nd movements)
Mieczysław Horszowski, piano
Symphony No 4 (4th movement)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Sonata for cello and piano, Op 102 No 1 (2nd and 3rd movements)
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
Jose Gallardo, piano
Piano Quartet, WoO 36 No 3
New Zealand Piano Quartet
Produced by Chris Taylor for BBC Wales
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in B flat major, Op.130 (2nd movement)
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in A major, Op 2 No 2 (1st and 2nd movements)
Performer: Mieczyslaw Horszowski.- BBC : LEGENDS-BBCL 4171-2.
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Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60 (final movement)
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. -
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Cello Sonata in C major, Op 102 No 1 (2nd and 3rd movements)
Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: José Gallardo. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Quartet in C major, WoO 36 No 3
Ensemble: New Zealand Piano Quartet.- Naxos 8570998.
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- Tue 28 Jan 2020 12:00BBC Radio 3
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