A Glance to the Future
Having found his feet in Vienna, Beethoven welcomes his brother to the city and considers settling down, maybe even finding a wife. That might be more challenging than he expects.
Having found his feet in Vienna, Beethoven welcomes his brother to the city and thinks about settling down, maybe even finding a wife. That might be more challenging than he expects.
This week, Donald Macleod’s focus is on Beethoven’s first months and years in Vienna, following his move there from his home town of Bonn. The young composer was still in his early twenties, low on cash, and had only a handful of works to his name. He was going to have to work hard to find success in the imperial capital, where audiences had grown up on the music of Mozart and Haydn.
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 21st 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.
Piano Sonata No 3 in C, Op 2 No 3 (3rd movement)
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Piano Sonata No 1, Op 2 No 1 (final movement)
Alexander Slobodyanik, piano
Violin Sonata, Op 30 No 2 (3rd movement)
Jennifer Pike, violin
Daniel Tong, piano
‘Adelaide’, Op 46
Robin Tritschler, tenor
Julius Drake, piano
String Trio Op 3 in E flat major (4th, 5th and 6th movements)
Leopold Trio
Produced by Chris Taylor for BBC Wales
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in C major, Op 2 No 3 (3rd movement)
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.- BBC Legends BBCL 4052-2.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in F minor, Op 2 No 1
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata in C minor, Op 30 No 2 (3rd movement)
Performer: Jennifer Pike. Performer: Daniel Tong. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Adelaide Op 46
Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Benjamin Appl. -
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Bruno Giuranna, Anne‐Sophie Mutter & Mstislav Rostropovich
String Trio in E flat, Op 3 (4th, 5th and 6th movements)
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Broadcast
- Thu 27 Feb 2020 12:00BBC Radio 3
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