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Beethoven Unleashed: Symphonies No 4 and No 5

As part of a special week of broadcasts, Kate Molleson dips into the archive of the 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra to explore recent performances of Beethoven symphonies.

Beethoven Unleashed: As part of a special week of broadcasts, Kate Molleson dips into the archive of the 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra to explore recent performances of Beethoven symphonies. And she talks to its chief conductor Thomas Dausgaard about his conception of 'Composer Roots', and how Beethoven's music emerged amidst the influence of his predecessors and contemporaries. In this evening's programme Symphonies 4 and 5 are discussed in terms of the Romanticism engendered by Beethoven along with contemporaries such as Eybler and M茅hul.

Presented by Kate Molleson

CD Track
Eybler: Symphony No.2, mvt.2. Michael Hofstetter (conductor), Geneva Chamber Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Donald Runnicles
Recorded at Perth Concert Hall in 2013

8.05 INTERVAL
麻豆官网首页入口 SSO Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard discusses his concept of Composer Roots, and we hear some of the music that influenced Beethoven's musical personality.

CD Track
Mehul: Symphony No.1 in G minor. Marc Minkowski (conductor), Les Musiciens du Louvre

8.20 Part 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard
Recorded at City Halls, Glasgow, in 2016

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Wed 20 May 2020 19:30

Music Played

  • Joseph Leopold Eybler

    Symphony no 2, 2nd movement

    Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Gen猫ve. Conductor: Michael Hofstetter.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no 4

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
  • 脡tienne M茅hul

    Symphony no 1

    Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no 5

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cello Sonata in D Op 102 No 2

    Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata in F major Op.24 (Spring) for violin and piano

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Beatrice Rana.
  • Elaine Agnew

    骋濒谩蝉

    Performer: Christopher Blake.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 May 2020 19:30

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