Composer of the Week: Beethoven: Medicine with Herwig Czech

In a week of programmes exploring the wider world of change around Beethoven, Donald Macleod and Professor Herwig Czech discuss medicine during the composer's lifetime and the likely causes of his hearing loss. Doktor speert das Tor dem Tod, WoO 189. Accentus Trio in E-flat major, WoO 38 (after the Septet, Op 20) (IV. Andante con Variazione). Paul Meyer (clarinet), Claudio Bohorquez (cello), Eric le Sage (piano). Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II, WoO 87 (VII. Todt, Todt!). Sally Matthews (soprano), Tamara Mumford (mezzo), Barry Banks (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor, Op 57 `Appassionata" (III. Allegro ma non troppo). Alfred Brendel (piano). Symphony 7 in A, Op 92 (II. Allegretto). Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Raphael Kubelik. String Quartet No13, Op 130 (V. Cavatina). Takacs Quartet