Colleagues and Rivals
Donald Macleod explores some of the important professional relationships that Beethoven both enjoyed and endured among musicians who visited Vienna.
Donald Macleod explores some of the important professional relationships that Beethoven both enjoyed and endured among musicians who visited Vienna.
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.
Symphony No 3 ‘Eroica’, III. Scherzo
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted Thierry Fischer
Horn Sonata Op 17
Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn
Alasdair Beatson piano
Cello Sonata Op 5 No 2, I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo & II. Allegro molto più tosto presto
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Emanuel Ax, piano
Piano Sonata No 15 in D, Op 28 ‘Pastoral’, I. Allegro
Tatiana Nikolayeva, piano
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.55 'Eroica' (3rd mvt)
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Horn Sonata in F major, Op 17
Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Performer: Alasdair Beatson. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 5, No 2 (1st & 2nd mvt)
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.- SONY CLASSICAL : SK-37251.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op 28, 'Pastoral' (1st mvt)
Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
Broadcast
- Thu 23 Apr 2020 12:00BBC Radio 3
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