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The Secrets Of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

Presenter Ian Hislop and conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner explore the story behind the German composer’s most famous symphonic work.

Often cited as one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, the opening notes of the fifth symphony are among the most recognisable in the history of music, but the inspiration behind it is less clear. Many believe that Beethoven was railing against fate and his deafness in this piece, which was composed in Vienna between 1804 and 1808. In this documentary Gardiner argues that the music features a little-known, radical message expressing Beethoven’s belief in the ideals of the French Revolution, and shows how his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique convey that message in their performance of the Fifth Symphony.

To investigate Gardiner’s theory, Hislop visits the German city of Bonn, where Beethoven was born, raised and exposed to radical ideas, and Paris, where a new wave of composers were creating original compositions in a musical revolution that mirrored the political movement of the era. He

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Iain Farrington

British musician

Iain Farrington (born 1977) is a British pianist, organist, composer and arranger. He performs regularly with some of the country's leading singers, instrumentalists and choirs, as well as giving solo recitals.

Biography

Early years and education

Farrington studied piano at the Royal Academy of Music, London and was Organ Scholar at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and Organ Scholar at St John's College, Cambridge. As a solo pianist, accompanist, chamber musician and organist, he has performed at Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room, the BBC Proms, the Royal Opera House, and in the US, Japan, South Africa, and across Europe.

Career

Farrington played the piano at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, performing "Chariots of Fire" with Rowan Atkinson (as Mr. Bean), the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle (and appeared as a runner in Mr. Bean's dream sequence).[1] He has made two solo piano recordings featuring his own compositions and arrangements, Fiesta! and

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PIANO CONCERTO NO.2 IN B FLAT MAJOR, OP.19

Monday 6th June, 1000-1300
Glenn Gould (piano)
Leningrad Conservatoire Orchestra
Vladimir Slovák (conductor)

1.  Allegro con brio
2.  Adagio
3.  Rondo: Molto allegro

This is the earliest of Beethoven’s five numbered piano concertos: it follows the so-called ‘No. 0’ in E flat major, of which only the solo part has survived, but precedes the official No. 1 in C major, which was the first to be published. Beethoven began writing the piece during his youth in Bonn, perhaps as early as 1788, and then continued to work on it after moving to Vienna in 1792 to study with Haydn. In the process, he replaced the work’s original finale (which is probably the piece published after his death as a separate Rondo in B flat major), and apparently its original slow movement as well. There may well have been performances of an interim version in Vienna in 1795 or 1796, with the composer as soloist; and in 1798 Beethoven wrote out a new orchestral score before performing the Concerto (together with No. 1) in Prague. But it was not until 1

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