Beethoven

• E1

  The Rebel

  The baton is raised on a major season dedicated to one the greatest musical heavyweights of all time - Ludwig van Beethoven.

  2005-06-03
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• E2

  Love and Loss

  Charles Hazlewood explores the music of Beethoven's prodigiously creative middle years, a period in which Napoleon's troops swept through Europe. With revolution in the air, Beethoven wrote five symphonies, four concertos and his only opera, Fidelio, which took its inspiration from the Napoleonic ideas of freedom, truth and equality.

  2005-06-10
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• E3

  Faith and Fury

  Charles Hazlewood 's drama documentary reaches a crescendo with the final tragic years of the composer's life. While he continued to produce extraordinary works such as the Hammerklavier sonata, Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony, Beethoven's personal life was dominated by the bitter custody battle for his nephew Karl.

  2005-06-17
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Top cast

Paul Rhys

Ludwig van Beethoven

Charles Hazlewood

Self - Presenter

Alan Emslie

Timpanist

David Bamber

Prince Lichnowsky

Casper Harvey

Young Karl van Beethoven

Sarah Hadland

Johanna van Beethoven

Christian Coulson

Archduke Rudolph

Jonathan Slinger

Carl van Beethoven