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Beethoven for a Later Age

Episode 3: Irretrievably Fractured

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

The Takacs Quartet's first violinist Edward Dusinberre recalls a time of loss and grief. He finds solace and a changed perspective in performing Beethoven's turbulent Opus 59, no 2.

Read by Tim McMullan
Abridged by Sara Davies
Produced by Elizabeth Allard. Show less

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