成人快手

Beethoven has found a quote by Kant, which seems to fit with the poetic, spiritual music he is writing in this, his final creative period 鈥� 鈥淭here are two things which raise man above himself and lead to eternal, ever-increasing admiration: the moral law within me and the starry sky above me.鈥� However, below Kant鈥檚 starry skies, Beethoven鈥檚 life is in some disarray.

This week, Donald Macleod explores Ludwig van Beethoven鈥檚 life and work between 1822 and 1824 鈥� a period during which the composer completed his greatest late masterpieces. It was also a time in which Beethoven became acutely aware of his own mortality, struggling with both his dwindling finances and his deteriorating health, and sought help from, among others, his brother Johann and a new secretary - Anton Schindler.

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

Symphony no. 9, Op.125 - II. Molto Vivace - Presto
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wiener Singverein
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

Missa Solemnis, Op.123 - Sanctus - Pleni sunt c艙li - Osanna
Ann-Helen Moen (soprano)
Roxana Constantinescu (mezzo-soprano)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Benjamin Bevan (baritone)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)

Music for Consecration of the House - "Wo sich die Pulse jugendlich jagen"; "La脽t uns im Tanze", WoO.98
Sylvia McNair (soprano)
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Fidelio, Op.72 - O namenlose Freude!
Gundula Janowitz (soprano)
Ren茅 Kollo (tenor)
Manfred Jungwirth (bass)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

Piano Sonata no 32 in C minor, Op.111
Maurizio Pollini (piano)

Producer: Sam Phillips