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Music on 2: The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827: 1: Mozart's Spirit from Haydn's Hands

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on BBC Two England

A series of three documentary films for the bicentenary of the composer's birth
Beethoven in the years 1770-1804 with extracts from Piano Sonata, Op 27 No 2 (Moonlight) played by Jorg Demus
Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 3 with members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra directed from the keyboard by Jorg Demus
Symphony No 3 (Eroica), with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Loughran
(Colour)
(Alan Howard is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)
(The Beethoven years: page 11)

Contributors

Pianist/Conductor:
Jorg Demus
Musicians:
Members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Musicians:
The London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
James Loughran
Narrator:
Alan Howard
Beethoven's voice:
Colin Blakely
Film editor:
Howard Billingham
Film editor:
Colin Hill
Script:
Barrie Gavin
Script:
B.C. Robbins Landon
Research assistant:
Ian Carson
Director:
Barrie Gavin
Source: Radio Times

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