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Proms 1992

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Jose van Dam (baritone)
Cleveland Orchestra conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi

Schumann Symphony No 4 in D minor

Mahler Five Ruckert Songs

8.25 Beethoven on Mount Olympus
In the first of two talks on Beethoven, pianist Stephen Pruslin pursues the mythology in Symphonies Nos 3 to 8, and says that they form a classical cycle in the way that Greek tragedy does, complete with a satyr play to finish.

8.45 Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor

(The appearance by the Cleveland Orchestra made possible by support from the Amentech and Ohio Bell Foundation)

Contributors

Musicians:
Cleveland Orchestra
Conductor:
Christoph von Dohnanyi
Baritone:
Jose van Dam
Presenter (Beethoven on Mount Olympus):
Stephen Pruslin
Source: Radio Times

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