Composer of the Week: Beethoven: Spirit of the Age

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Donald Macleod and poet Ruth Padel discuss Beethoven and the wider world of the arts.

Donald Macleod is joined by poet and lifelong soprano Ruth Padel to explore the wider world of the arts during Beethoven’s lifetime and his interactions with other art forms.

Donald Macleod and poet Ruth Padel discuss Beethoven and the wider world of the arts.

Beethoven’s lifetime was one of tumultuous change. In a week of programmes exploring this wider world around Beethoven, Donald Macleod is joined by five guests to discuss some of the various elements which combined to define the spirit of the age – the economy, the wider world of the arts, engineering, medicine and belief. 

In Tuesday’s programme, Donald is joined by the poet and lifelong soprano Ruth Padel, author of “Beethoven Variations: Poems on a Life”, to explore the wider world of the arts during Beethoven’s lifetime and his interactions with other artists and art forms.

Composer of the Week is 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.

String Quartet No 1 in F major, Op 18 (II. Adagio affettuoso et appassionato)
Jerusalem Quartet

Fidelio (2 Act version) - end of Act I 
Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan)
Nina Stemme (Leonore)
Falk Struckmann (Pizarro)
Christof Fischesser (Rocco)
Rachel Harnisch (Marzelline)
Christoph Strehl (Jaquino)
Peter Mattei (Don Fernando)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Claudio Abbado, conductor

Symphony No 8 in F, Op 93 (III. Tempo di menuetto)
Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner

An die Ferne Geliebte, Op 98, Nos 2 and 3
Roderick Williams, baritone
Iain Burnside, piano

The Creatures of Prometheus, Op 43: Act II, No 10 'Pastorale Allegro'
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor

25 Scottish Songs, Op 108 No 7 'Bonnie Laddie, Highland Laddie (2nd version)'
Georg Klimbacher, baritone
Josef Herzer, violin
Bertin Christelbauer, cello
Bernadette Bartos, piano

Missa Solemnis - Sanctus
Pamela Coburn , soprano
Florence Quivar, alto
Aldo Baldin, tenor
Andreas Schmidt, bass
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling, conductor


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Composer of the Week: Beethoven Unleashed: Spirit of the Age

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Donald Macleod and guests discuss elements that defined the spirit of Beethoven's age.

Five guests join Donald Macleod to discuss elements that defined the spirit of Beethoven's age - the economy, the wider world of the arts, engineering, medicine and belief.

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