Beethoven Unleashed: Beethoven and the Voice

Donald Macleod explores Beethoven’s vocal music with Iain
Burnside and Simone Young. In this week’s episode, Donald Macleod
and his guests discuss some personal favourites from Beethoven's
vocal music, taking in the giants of choral repertory like the
Missa Solemnis and the ninth symphony, his opera Fidelio and
orchestral vocal music, as well as relishing the astonishing
variety of his song-writing, from the song cycle An die Ferne
Geliebte and the most profoundly moving vocal masterpieces, to a
comic song most likely dashed off to amuse friends in a bar.


Composer of the Week will be 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: Christus am Ölberge, Op 85 Ein Selbstgespräch,
WoO 144 Adelaide, Op 46 Funeral Cantata on the Death of Emperor
Joseph II Christus am Olberge, Op 85 Aus Goethes Faust, Op 75, No
3 Der Wachtelschlag, WoO 129 L'amante impaziente, Op 82 (a pair
of settings) Ah Perfido!, Op 65 Mass in C, Op 86 (Gloria, Sanctus
& Benedictus) Klage, WoO 112 Neue Liebe, neues Leben, WoO 127
Fantasia for Piano, Choir and Orchestra in C minor op 80 Music,
Love and Wine, Op 108, No 1 La Tiranna, WoO 125 Fidelio (Act 1),
O welche Lust, in freier Luft (Prisoner’s Chorus) Fidelio (Act 1,
Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? Fidelio (Act 2), Introduction and
Aria Gott! Welch’ Dunkel hier! In des Lebens Frühlingstagen An
die Hoffnung, Op 94 Maigesang (Mailied), Op 52, No 4 Three Lieder
to poems by Goethe, Op 83 Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op 136
(Final chorus: Es treten hervor die Scharen der Frauen) Cantata
on the Accession of Leopold II, WoO 88, Fliesse, Wonnezähre,
fliesse! An die ferne geliebte, Op 98 Meerestille und glückliche
Fahrt, Op 112 Der Kuss, Op 128 Abendlied unter dem gestirnten
Himmel, WoO 150 Missa Solemnis in D major, Op 123, Credo Symphony
No 9 (4th movement)


Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Johannah Smith 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:
Beethoven and the Voice https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000hv23


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