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Discovering Beethoven

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The ebullient American conductor Michael Tilson
Thomas presents this musical journey back to the Vienna of 1800 where the young Beethoven is writing a new symphony on a heroic theme. With the help of the London Symphony Orchestra and a grand piano, Tilson Thomas demonstrates how the Eroica Symphony became a sort of musical journal for its composer, and manages to answer that eternal question: what does music mean?
Followed by a performance of the Eroica Symphony. Director John Michael Phillips

Contributors

Conductor:
Michael Tilson
Piano:
Tilson Thomas
Director:
John Michael Phillips
Source: Radio Times

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