A portrait in words and music of Ludwig van Beethoven
(From an oration delivered at Beethoven's graveside)
Part 1: The Lyre of Orpheus Joss Ackland as Beethoven Others taking part:
BETTY BASKCOMB , SARA COWARD MARTIN FRIEND , JOHN GABRIEL
BRIAN HEWLETT , NIGEL LAMBERT JOHN RYE , JAMES THOMASON
The programme compiled and introduced by JULIAN BUDDEN Producer HALLAM TENNYSON
(Part 2. 'The Lonely Years,' next Tuesday. Originally broadcast in one part in December 1970 in celebration of the bicentenary of Beethoven's birth)
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