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Composer of the Week: Beethoven: Family Retreat

Series 3, episode 4

Donald Macleod continues to tell the final chapters of his year-long biography of Beethoven. He tells the story of how Johann van Beethoven invited Ludwig to recuperate at his country estate, hoping the two of them could find a way to mend their broken relationship. String Quartet in Eb, Op 127, IV. Finale, Allegro. Van Kuijk Quartet. Piano Trio Op 70 No 1 'Ghost', III. Presto. Atos Trio. String Quartet Op 130, movts. V & VI. Signum Quartett. Mass in C, Op 86, I. Kyrie. Katherine van Kampen( soprano), Ingeborg Danz( mezzo), Keith Lewis( tenor), Michel Brodard (bass-baritone), Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, conductor Helmut Rilling. String Quartet in F, Op 135, I. Allegretto & II. Vivace. Van Kuijk Quartet