5/5. The leader of the Elector of Cologne's
Orchestra in Bonn, Franz Ries , was very good to the young Beethoven, especially when his mother died. In return, years later, Beethoven taught Franz's son Ferdinand in Vienna, who promoted Beethoven's music and gained the commission by the Philharmonic Society of London for Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Christus am Oelberge, Op 85 (excerpts)
Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, conductor Kent Nagano
Piano Sonata in Fminor, Op 5 (Appassionata) (3rdmvt) Wilhelm Kempff (piano) March in C, Op 45 No 1
Isabel Beyer and Harvey Dagul (piano)
Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral) (4th mvt) Jane Eaglen (soprano), Waltraud Meier
(mezzo), Ben Heppner (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Berlin PO, conductor Claudio Abbado
Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight