Composer of the Week: Beethoven: Spirit of the Age

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

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Beethoven Unleashed: Spirit of the Age

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Donald Macleod and Nicholas Mathew discuss the economy during Beethoven’s lifetime.

In the first of a week of programmes exploring Beethoven’s world, Donald Macleod is joined by Professor Nicholas Mathew to discuss the economy during Beethoven’s lifetime.

Donald Macleod and Nicholas Mathew discuss the economy during Beethoven’s lifetime.

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 today's programme, Donald is joined by Professor Nicholas Mathew – Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, an expert on music and politics in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and author of “Political Beethoven” - to discuss the economy in Vienna and the economy of music during Beethoven’s lifetime.

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.


Violin Sonata 10 in G major, Op 96 (II. Adagio espressivo)
Renaud Capuçon , violin
Frank Braley, piano

Piano Concerto No 4 in G, Op 58 (I. Allegro Moderato) 
Hannes Minnaar, piano
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

Symphony No 3 in E flat major “Eroica”, Op 55 (IV. Finale)
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Piano Sonata No 26 in E flat major, Op 81a “Les Adieux” (II. Abwesenheit)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

Sonata No 7 in D, Op 10 No 3 (IV. Rondo. Allegro)
Lucas Debargue, piano


Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC Wales.

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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