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Beethoven and the Eroica

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In 1803 Beethoven described himself as ' Hercules at the crossroads,' dissatisfied with his work and facing the threat of becoming totally deaf. It was then that he began work on the ' Eroica,' the Symphony No 3 in E flat which a contemporary critic said ' revealed symptoms of an evidently unbridled attempt at peculiarity.' The story is written and narrated by EDWARD GREENFIELD with TIMOTHY WEST as Beethoven
DAVID . TIMSON ANTONY HIGGINSON , JOHN RUDDOCK and WILLIAM FOX as his friends and contemporaries, and musical illustrations from a gramophone record of the symphony by the BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN Producer PATRICIA BRENT

Contributors

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Edward Greenfield
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Timothy West
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David . Timson
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Antony Higginson
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John Ruddock
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William Fox
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Herbert von Karajan
Producer:
Patricia Brent
Source: Radio Times

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