Becoming Beethoven's Fifth
How and why did Beethoven choose to open the most famous piece in classical music with 'ta-ta-ta-taaaaah'? And how did he decide what to do after that? Tom Service seeks answers.
Beethoven 5: one of the most instantly recognisable and enduring works in all classical music. How did Beethoven compose it? How did he whittle down his musical choices from the endless number available to make this seemingly inevitable-sounding, gripping orchestral drama?
For insights into the essence of composition -- how you decide what comes next -- Tom Service talks to one of today's most exciting young composers. Shiva Feshareki explains how she decides one musical path over another in her own work and what choices she has made in her new piece based on a specially recorded performance of the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth.
Part of Radio 3鈥檚 Beethoven Remixed project, which offers musicians and non-musicians alike the chance to create their own remixes of Beethoven鈥檚 Fifth, using recordings made by the 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales: /programmes/p08x4b5z
David Papp (producer)
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
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Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
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Performer: Walter Murphy.- KENWEST MUSIC.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.- Warner Classics.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven 5 remix
Composer: Shiva Feshareki. Performer: Shiva Feshareki. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
Performer: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven 5 remix
Composer: Shiva Feshareki. Performer: Shiva Feshareki. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
Performer: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
Performer: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
Performer: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
Performer: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Bernstein talks 'How a Great Symphony was Written'
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Performer: New York Philharmonic.- Sony.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bernstein talks 'How a Great Symphony was Written'
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Performer: New York Philharmonic.- Sony.
- G010003713942S.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
Performer: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Bernstein talks 'How a Great Symphony was Written'
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Performer: New York Philharmonic.- Sony.
- G010003713942S.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven 5 remix
Composer: Shiva Feshareki. Performer: Shiva Feshareki. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. Performer: Vienna Philharmonic.- DG.
- 4474002.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. Performer: Vienna Philharmonic.- DG.
- 4474002.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. Performer: Vienna Philharmonic.- DG.
- 4474002.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- Teldec.
- 0927497682.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. Performer: Vienna Philharmonic.- DG.
- 4474002.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. Performer: Vienna Philharmonic.- DG.
- 4474002.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67
Performer: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales.
Broadcasts
- Sun 6 Dec 2020 17:00麻豆社 Radio 3
- Fri 11 Dec 2020 16:30麻豆社 Radio 3
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