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)