Beethoven Unleashed: Spirit of the Age

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


Beethoven’s 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 – 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 “Political
Beethoven”


Ruth Padel – Poet, lifelong Soprano and author of “Beethoven
Variations: Poems on a Life”


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


Professor Herwig Czech – 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’s
life and music throughout 2020. Part of Radio 3’s Beethoven
Unleashed season marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s
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 “Eroica”, Op 55 (IV. Finale) Piano Sonata No 26 in E
flat major, Op 81a “Les Adieux” (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 “Die Ruinen von Athen”, 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
“Hammerklavier” (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 “Appassionata” (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 BBC 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 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mq5x


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