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Proms Composer of the Week: Beethoven

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"Between ourselves, the best thing of all is the combination of the surprising and the beautiful."
Stephanie Hughes looks at some of the musical experiments that reflect the composer's maxim that "art demands of us that we shall not stand still".
Bagatelle in C, Op 119 No 7 Melvyn Tan (fortepiano) Opferlied, Op 121b Jean Rigby (mezzo),
Corydon Singers and Orchestra, conductor Matthew Best
Variations in F, Op 34
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Bundeslied, Op 122
Ambrosian Singers, members of the London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
Fantasia in G minor, Op 77 Artur Schnabel (piano) An die Feme Geliebte
Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Heinrich Schmidt (piano)
Anon, attrib Beethoven Malzel 's Canon, WoO 162
Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, conductor Xaver Mayer
Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm Tomorrow's programme is at 10am

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes
Unknown:
Jean Rigby
Piano:
Sviatoslav Richter
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Piano:
Artur Schnabel
Unknown:
Feme Geliebte
Tenor:
Fritz Wunderlich
Piano:
Heinrich Schmidt
Unknown:
Beethoven Malzel
Conductor:
Xaver Mayer
Source: Radio Times

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