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S01E03 - "Faith and Fury"
Aired on Jun 17, 2005, 11:00 AM
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The Rebel
This first programme looks at Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and 2nd Symphony, and charts his turbulent early years as a pianist and composer in Vienna, after having rejected his abusive alcoholic father.
Jun 3, 2005
60 min
Love and Loss
The music of Beethoven's creative middle years is explored, alongside the dramatised recollections of his family and friends. In this period he wrote five symphonies, four concertos, and his only opera - Fidelio.
Jun 10, 2005
60 min
Faith and Fury
Beethoven again revolutionises musical composition with works such as the Hammerklavier Sonata, the Missa Solemnis, the 9th Symphony and the baffling late string quartets - all composed when he was profoundly deaf.
Jun 17, 2005
60 min
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