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Loading...The Genius of Beethoven
The Genius of Beethoven is a three-part BBC docudrama portraying the life and works of the celebrated German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven.
The first episode, The Rebel, explores Beethoven’s compositions, including the Moonlight Sonata and the Second Symphony. It also chronicles his troubled early years as a composer and pianist in Vienna after rejecting his abusive, alcoholic father.
The second episode, Love and Loss, examines music composed during his creative middle years, with dramatisations based on the recollections of friends and family. During this period, Beethoven wrote five symphonies, four concertos, and his only opera, Fidelio.
The third and final episode, Faith and Fury, highlights Beethoven’s revolutionary works, including the Hammerklavier Sonata, Missa Solemnis, the Ninth Symphony, and the intricate late string quartets. Remarkably, they were all composed when he was profoundly deaf.
