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Discovering Beethoven

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The Fifth Symphony - a Search for a Happy Ending
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the London
Symphony Orchestra and the Tallis Chamber Choir at a concert-lecture recorded at the Barbican Centre, London. In it he explains how
Beethoven's Fifth became a turning point in the history of music and influenced nearly every other symphony composed over the next years. The programme ends with a full performance of Beethoven's masterpiece. Producer Kriss Rusmanis
Executive producer Dennis Marks

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Michael Tilson Thomas
Producer:
Kriss Rusmanis
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