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Composer of the Week: Beethoven: The Sketchbooks

Series 3, episode 1

Donald Macleod is joined by Beethoven scholar Erica Buurman and biographer Jan Swafford to examine facsimiles of documents left behind after the composer's death, now scattered in archives and collections across the world. They begin by looking at Beethoven's notebooks to see what they reveal about his composing process. String Quartet Op 18 No 2 IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto. Tokyo String Quartet. Piano Sonata No 8, Op 13 'Pathétique'. Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano). Violin Sonata Op 30 No 2 IV Finale. Jennifer Pike (violin), Daniel Tong (piano). Symphony No 3 'Eroica', IV. Allegro Molto. London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink