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Category: Radio 3

Date: 27.05.2005
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Listeners will be able to download live performances of Beethoven's nine symphonies from next month, as part of Â鶹Éç Radio 3's Beethoven Experience.

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All Beethoven symphonies, performed by the Â鶹Éç Philharmonic in Manchester and conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, will be broadcast during the Â鶹Éç's Beethoven season and then made available as mp3 files at bbc.co.uk/radio3.

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The one-off project aims to gauge audiences' appetite for music downloads and their preferred content, and will inform the development of the Â鶹Éç strategy for audio downloads and on demand content.

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"We hope this experiment brings more people into contact with Beethoven's work and encourages them to explore it further themselves," said Roger Wright, Controller, Radio 3.

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"Radio 3 is delighted to offer innovative ways of experiencing classical music."

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Simon Nelson, Controller of Â鶹Éç Radio and Music Interactive, explained: "Downloading technologies can transform the value we deliver to listeners and make our programmes more accessible for both new and existing audiences."

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The downloads will be available for one week after broadcast, with dates as follows:

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Symphonies 1 to 5 (broadcast in Afternoon Performance, 2.00-3.40pm): Nos. 1 and 3 on Monday 6 June and nos. 2, 4 and 5 on Tuesday 7 June;

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Then symphonies 6 to 9: no.6 on Monday 27 June, no. 7 on Tuesday 28 June, no. 8 on Wednesday 29 June and no. 9 on Thursday 30 June.

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Listeners should visit bbc.co.uk/radio3 for more details.

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The Beethoven season is the Â鶹Éç's largest ever focus on a single creative artist, with output across Â鶹Éç Radio, Television and Interactive.

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In an unprecedented event, Radio 3 will clear its schedule to broadcast The Beethoven Experience (5-10 June) - the complete works of Beethoven in one week - and Â鶹Éç Television will mount its biggest retrospective devoted to the works of one composer, taking viewers on a journey through Beethoven's dramatic life and greatest music.


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Category: Radio 3

Date: 27.05.2005
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