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Donald Macleod looks at the period in which Beethoven and his brother Johann reconcile their differences, and Johann begins to help Beethoven in his negotiations with publishers, but not all goes to plan. Johann鈥檚 life isn鈥檛 running as smoothly as it seems, and Beethoven ends up with more problems as a result.

This week, Donald Macleod explores Ludwig van Beethoven鈥檚 life and work between 1822 and 1824 鈥� a period during which the composer completed his greatest late masterpieces. It was also a time in which Beethoven became acutely aware of his own mortality, struggling with both his dwindling finances and his deteriorating health, and sought help from, among others, his brother Johann and a new secretary - Anton Schindler.

Composer of the Week is returning to the story of Beethoven鈥檚 life and music throughout 2020. Part of Radio 3鈥檚 Beethoven Unleashed season marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven鈥檚 birth.

Bundeslied, Op. 122 鈥淚n allen guten Stunden鈥�
Ambrosian Singers
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

String Quartet in E-flat major, Op.127 - I. Maestoso - Allegro
Danish String Quartet

Missa Solemnis, Op.123 鈥� Credo: Credo - Et Incarnatus Est
Johanna Winkel (soprano)
Sophie Harmsen (mezzo soprano)
Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor)
Arttu Kataja (bass)
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Hofkapelle Stuttgart
Frieder Bernius (conductor)

Bagatelles, Op 119 nos. 1-6
Imogen Cooper (piano)

Missa Solemnis, Op.123 - Gloria
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo soprano)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Matthew Rose (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Producer: Sam Phillips