Composer of the Week: Beethoven: Drawing Room Demon

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Kate Molleson

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Beethoven Unleashed: The Drawing Room Demon: Concert Tour

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Beethoven undertakes his first international tour. Presented by Donald Macleod.

Beethoven undertakes an international tour, financed by his new patron, Prince Lichnowsky, which he hopes will be a crucial showcase for his talents. Presented by Donald Macleod

Beethoven undertakes his first international tour, thanks to the generosity and social connections of his new patron, Prince Lichnowsky.  It could prove a crucial stepping stone for his musical career.

This week, Donald Macleod follows Beethoven through the years 1796-99, as the young composer learns to negotiate the privileged and moneyed circles of Vienna’s culture loving aristocracy.  Few can resist his extraordinary charisma as a virtuoso pianist, but will he also be able to persuade them of his talents as a composer?

Composer of the Week will be returning to the story of Beethoven’s life and music throughout 2020. Part of Radio 3’s Beethoven Unleashed season marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth.


Piano Sonata No 5 in C minor, op 10 no 1, III. Allegro molto e con brio
Cédric Tiberghien

Sextet op 71, I. Adagio – Allegro
Vienna Wind Soloists

Ah! Perfido
Karita Mattila, soprano
Staatskapelle Dresden
conducted by Sir Colin Davis

Cello Sonata op 5 no 1, movt II.
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
Jose Gallardo, piano

Quintet for piano and winds op 16, movts. II & III
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Robin Williams, oboe
Maximiliano Martin, clarinet
Peter Whelan, bassoon
Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn


Producer: Chris Taylor

Composer of the Week: Beethoven Unleashed: The Drawing Room Demon

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Beethoven seeks out wealthy patrons to support his music. Presented by Donald Macleod.

Donald Macleod follows Beethoven through the years 1796-99 as the young composer learns to negotiate the privileged and moneyed circles of Vienna's culture-loving aristocracy.

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