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Donald Macleod visits Beethoven’s birthplace museum with Erica Buurman to examine Beethoven’s personal cashbox and talk about his relationship with money and the world of business.

This week, Donald Macleod takes us to Beethoven’s home town of Bonn and the Beethoven-Haus museum, which now occupies the building where he was born. Donald is joined by Erica Buurman, director of the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, and together they explore some of the everyday objects and household artefacts owned by the composer to see what they can tell us about how he lived.

Composer of the Week will be returning to the story of Beethoven’s life and music throughout 2020. Part of Radio 3’s Beethoven Unleashed season marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth.

Piano Sonata No 9 in E, Op 14 No.1 (mvt 1 Allegro)
Louis Lortie, piano

Triple Concerto (mvt 3 Rondo)
Gordan Nikolitch, violin
Tim Hugh, cello
Lars Vogt, piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor

Cello Sonata in A, Op 69 (mvt 4 Allegro Vivace)
Mischa Maisky, cello
Martha Argerich, piano

Missa Solemnis (Agnus Dei)
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Jennifer Johnson, mezzo soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Matthew Rose, bass
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner

Produced by Chris Taylor for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Cymru Wales