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Composer of the Week: Beethoven: High Society

Series 3, episode 1

Donald Macleod examines Beethoven's life and career from 1796 to 1799, when the young composer leart to negotiate the privileged and moneyed circles of Vienna's culture-loving aristocracy. Few could resist his extraordinary charisma as a virtuoso pianist, but he also had to be able to persuade them of his talents as a composer. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 5 in C minor, Op 10 No 1, I. Allegro molto e con brio. Cedric Tiberghien (piano). Piano Trio Op 1 No 1, I. Allegro. Amatis Piano Trio. March for Four Hands, Op 45 No 2. Isabel Beyer and Harvey Dagul (pianos). 12 Variations on a Russian dance by Wranitzky, WoO 71. Emil Gilels (piano). String Quartet, Op 18 No 6, mvts. III & IV Elias Quartet

Cast (unconfirmed)

Donald Macleod
Chris Taylor