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Donald Macleod is joined by five guests to explore Beethoven鈥檚 wider world.

Beethoven鈥檚 lifetime was one of tumultuous change. In a week of programmes exploring this wider world around Beethoven, Donald Macleod is joined by five guests to discuss some of the various elements which combined to define the Spirit of the Age 鈥� the economy, the wider world of the arts, engineering, medicine and belief.

Guests:

Professor Nicholas Mathew - Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, an expert on music and politics in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and author of 鈥淧olitical Beethoven鈥�

Ruth Padel 鈥� Poet, lifelong Soprano and author of 鈥淏eethoven Variations: Poems on a Life鈥�

Julian Allwood - Professor of Engineering and the Environment at Cambridge University

Professor Herwig Czech 鈥� Chair of the History of Medicine at MedUni Vienna

Dr Aakanksha Virkar Yates - Senior lecturer at the University of Brighton and expert in late nineteenth and twentieth-century British literature

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.

Music Featured:

Violin Sonata 10 in G major, Op 96 (II. Adagio espressivo)
Piano Concerto No 4 in G, Op 58 (I. Allegro Moderato)
Symphony No 3 in E flat major 鈥淓roica鈥�, Op 55 (IV. Finale)
Piano Sonata No 26 in E flat major, Op 81a 鈥淟es Adieux鈥� (II. Abwesenheit)
Sonata No 7 in D, Op 10 No 3 (IV. Rondo. Allegro)
String Quartet No 1 in F major, Op 18 (II. Adagio affettuoso et appassionato)
Fidelio, end of Act I
Symphony No 8 in F, Op 93 (III. Tempo di menuetto)
An die Ferne Geliebte, Op 98, Nos 2 and 3
The Creatures of Prometheus, Op 43: Act II, No 10 'Pastorale Allegro'
25 Scottish Songs, Op 108 No 7 'Bonnie Laddie, Highland Laddie (2nd version)'
Missa Solemnis, Sanctus
Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36 (II. Scherzo - Allegro)
5 Variations on Rule Britannia, WoO 79
Grosse Fuge in B flat, Op 133 (orch. Manuel Hidalgo)
Six Variations in D on an original theme 鈥淒ie Ruinen von Athen鈥�, Op 76
The Heavens are Telling (orchestration of Six Songs, Op 48 No 4 - Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur)
Piano Sonata No 29 in B-flat major, Op 106 鈥淗ammerklavier鈥� (I - Allegro)
Doktor speert das Tor dem Tod, WoO 189
Trio in E-flat major, WoO 38 (after the Septet, Op 20) (IV. Andante con Variazione)
Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II, WoO 87 (VII. Todt, Todt!)
Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor, Op 57 鈥淎ppassionata鈥� (III. Allegro ma non troppo)
Symphony 7 in A major, Op 92 (II. Allegretto)
String Quartet No13, Op 130 (V. Cavatina)
Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60 (III. Menuett)
Piano Sonata No 28, Op 101 (I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung)
Der Glorreiche Augenblick, Op136 (Das Auge schaut)
Der Freie Mann, WoO 117
Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op 85 (Chor der Krieger: "Wir haben ihn gesehen")
Mass in C Major, Op 86 (Sanctus)
String Quartet No 15 (III. Molto Adagio)

Presented by Donald Macleod

Produced by Sam Phillips for 大象传媒 Wales

For full tracklistings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Beethoven Unleashed: Spirit of the Age /programmes/m000mq5x

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we鈥檝e featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

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