A passion for piano
Donald Macleod investigates how Beethoven's love affair with the keyboard began, leading to a lifetime exploring its expressive possibilities.
Donald Macleod investigates how Beethoven鈥檚 lifelong love affair with the keyboard began, and his determination to stretch the expressive possibilities of piano music that sometimes tested his instruments to destruction.
This week, Donald Macleod鈥檚 focus is on Beethoven鈥檚 childhood and teenage years, as he looks for clues in the composer鈥檚 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鈥檚 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.
Piano Sonata No 19, Op 49 No 1 (2nd movement)
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
Piano Trio, WoO 38 (arr. Alec Frank-Gemmill)
Stephanie Gonley, violin
Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Der Mann von Wort, Op 99
Benjamin Appl, baritone
Graham Johnson, piano
24 Variations on "Venni Amore" by Righini, WoO 65
Alfred Brendel, piano
Piano Trio, Op 70 No 2 (3rd and 4th movements)
Atos Trio
Produced by Chris Taylor for 大象传媒 Wales
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No 19 in G minor, Op 49 No 1 (2nd movement)
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Piano Trio in E flat major, WoO 38 (arr. Frank-Gemmill for horn)
Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Performer: Stephanie Gonley. -
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Der Mann von Wort, Op 99
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Ludwig van Beethoven
24 Variations on 'Venni Amore' by Righini, WoO 65
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in E flat major, Op 70 No 2 (3rd and 4th movements)
Ensemble: ATOS Trio.
Broadcast
- Wed 29 Jan 2020 12:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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