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Two Hundred Years of Moonlighting

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is two centuries old this year. He wrote it for a pupil in an attempt to woo her into marrying him, but she disliked the piece and rejected his advances. Pianist John Lill and Professor Malcolm Wilson demonstrate the pitfalls of playing the "Moonlight", and biographer John Suchet describes the circumstances under which this famous piano piece was written. Producer Rosie Boulton

Contributors

Pianist:
John Lill
Pianist:
Professor Malcolm Wilson
Unknown:
John Suchet
Producer:
Rosie Boulton

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