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Between the Ears: Beethoven's Fifth

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Another chance to hear a multi-award-winning programme from 1996, featuring a specially mixed performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, reflecting its continuing impact on the aural landscape almost 200 years after it was composed. Including piano duo Dai-chi and Valentin, the training orchestra of the Central Music School, Oxford, Peter Schickele, the Vienna PO (conducted by Carlos Kleiber), Walter Murphy, the Orchestra of the 18th Century (conducted by Frans Bruggen), Les Ouatre Barbus, the BBC SSO, Roaring Jelly, singing dogs and Leonard Bernstein. Presented by Mark Russell.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Schickele
Conducted By:
Carlos Kleiber
Conducted By:
Walter Murphy
Conducted By:
Frans Bruggen
Conducted By:
Les Ouatre Barbus
Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein.
Presenter:
Mark Russell
Source: Radio Times

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