What is Beethoven's greatest symphony? Well, it's a matter of taste, but many claim that the Seventh is the one that has it all. The deepest sadness and the most exultant sense of triumph. From Barbican Hall in London, we'll hear it performed by Jiri Belohlavek and the BBC Symphony.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Jacquet de la Guerre: First, second and third movements of Sonata No. 2 in D for Violin and Basso Continuo
Bizzarrie Armoniche Ensemble with violinist Riccardo Minasi
Giovanni da Palestrina: "Vestiva i colli"
Violinist Riccardo Minasi and harpsichordist Giulia Nuti
Brevnov Monastery, Prague, Czech Republic
Giovanni da Palestrina: "Sicut cervus"
The St. Olaf Choir with conductor Anton Armstrong
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Anonymous: "Chahamezrab"
Hesperion XXI
Musica Mundi Festival, Brussels, Belgium
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
The BBC Symphony Orchestra with conductor Jiri Belohlavek
Barbican Hall, London, England
Hour 2
Peter Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from "Eugene Onegin"
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with conductor David Zinman
Moritz Moszkowski: Fourth movement from Suite for Two Violins and Piano
Violinists Jasmine Lin and Tai Murray, and pianist Katherine Collier
Strings in the Mountains, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G, Op. 32, No. 5
Pianist Valentina Lisitsa
Sanibel Music Festival, Sanibel, Florida
Igor Stravinsky: Divertimento, Ballet Suite from "The Fairy's Kiss"
Academy Festival Orchestra and conductor Alexander Lazarev
Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, CA
Peter Tchaikovsky: "October" and "April" from "The Seasons," Op. 37b; Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4; and "Ardent Declaration"
violist Helen Callus and pianist Robert Koenig
Unitarian Society, Santa Barbara, California
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