Putting on a Show
After years of peddling his talents to Vienna’s music loving aristocrats, Beethoven prepares to launch his music to the wider public. Presented by Donald Macleod
After years of peddling his talents to Vienna’s music loving aristocrats, Beethoven prepares to launch his music to the wider public. It’s a move that could make or break his reputation.
All this week, Donald Macleod traces Beethoven’s story through the years 1799-1801. As he reaches his thirtieth birthday, we see Beethoven finally emerging as a mature composer and beginning to produce the enduring works that will mark him out as one of the great artists of his age. But there are clouds on the horizon too, and we see the first intimations of a serious problem with his hearing.
Composer of the Week is returning to the story of Beethoven’s life and music throughout 2020. Part of Radio 3’s Beethoven Unleashed season marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth.
Piano Concerto No 3, III. Rondo
Igor Levit (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek;
Piano Sonata No 10 in G major, Op 14, No 2
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Music: Symphony No 1, IV. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Thierry Fischer
Septet Op. 20 (movts 4-6)
Vienna Octet
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op 37 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Igor Levit. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op 14, No 2
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op 21 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E flat major, Op 20 (4th, 5th & 6th mvt)
Ensemble: Wiener Oktett.- Decca 4366532.
- Decca.
- 4.
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- Mon 20 Apr 2020 12:00BBC Radio 3
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