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Radio 3 clears the air for Beethoven
Charlotte Higgins, arts correspondent
Friday December 17, 2004
The Guardian
Musical marathon ... Radio 3 will be devoting 136 hours to Beethoven next June.
Every note Beethoven wrote will be heard during a marathon devoted to the composer on Radio 3.
The schedules will be cleared for a week in June, the Radio 3 airwaves will be unsullied by music by any other composer, and listeners will be treated to such little-known delights as Beethoven's 100 or so settings of Scottish, Irish and Welsh folksongs.
Over the six days and nights some of Beethoven's works will even be heard twice: "There are about 100 hours of Beethoven's music, but we are devoting 136 hours to him," said Radio 3's controller, Roger Wright.
According to Mr Wright, Beethoven's range and diversity of output make his work a natural candidate for the completist treatment. It will also provide a unique chance - for those listeners brave enough to undertake the entire marathon - to assess the composer's whole output.
"There are so many mountaintops in Beethoven that will reveal themselves more fully if we put the valleys in between," he said. "There will be a learning journey that will take people through pieces they didn't even know existed."
Bach, Schumann and Brahms will be given the complete-works treatment in future - as will Anton Webern, though his entire oeuvre will take just one day to broadcast.
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BBC Radio 3 to clear schedule for a week of Beethoven
Staff, Brand Republic 11:00 17-12-2004
LONDON - BBC Radio 3 is to clear an entire week's schedule for 'The Beethoven Experience', which will see it air the entire work of the composer, marking the first time the station has staged such an event.
The Beethoven week will broadcast the entire works of Ludwig Van Beethoven. It will range from the complete string quartets and symphonies to lesser-known works such as the folk songs and the cantatas.
Running over six consecutive days and nights from June 5 2005, 'The Beethoven Experience' will give listeners an opportunity to hear the full repertoire, including many different interpretations, in place of usual Radio 3 programming.
As well as regular presenters, the week will see contributions from artists led by Alfred Brendel, Sir Roger Norrington and violinist Peter Cropper of the Lindsay Quartet.
Actors will take part in the week as well, with John Hurt reading the composer's letters and John Suchet extracts from his trilogy on Beethoven's life, 'The Last Master'.
Roger Wright, controller of Radio 3, said: "This innovative approach to programming that Radio 3 can uniquely deliver builds on the award-winning success of our special evenings and seasons such those dedicated to Berlioz, Walton, Janacek and Dallapiccola."
The week will include live music-making with performances from the Lindsay Quartet and a special performance of 'Wellington's Victory'.
Other highlights on Radio 3 in 2005 include special evenings dedicated to the work of Jacqueline du Pre on what would have been her 60th birthday, as well as a week-long season celebrating the works of Leonard Bernstein.
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Radio 3 clears the air for Beethoven
Charlotte Higgins, arts correspondent
Friday December 17, 2004
The Guardian
Musical marathon ... Radio 3 will be devoting 136 hours to Beethoven next June.
Every note Beethoven wrote will be heard during a marathon devoted to the composer on Radio 3.
The schedules will be cleared for a week in June, the Radio 3 airwaves will be unsullied by music by any other composer, and listeners will be treated to such little-known delights as Beethoven's 100 or so settings of Scottish, Irish and Welsh folksongs.
Over the six days and nights some of Beethoven's works will even be heard twice: "There are about 100 hours of Beethoven's music, but we are devoting 136 hours to him," said Radio 3's controller, Roger Wright.
According to Mr Wright, Beethoven's range and diversity of output make his work a natural candidate for the completist treatment. It will also provide a unique chance - for those listeners brave enough to undertake the entire marathon - to assess the composer's whole output.
"There are so many mountaintops in Beethoven that will reveal themselves more fully if we put the valleys in between," he said. "There will be a learning journey that will take people through pieces they didn't even know existed."
Bach, Schumann and Brahms will be given the complete-works treatment in future - as will Anton Webern, though his entire oeuvre will take just one day to broadcast.
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And here is a similar news item:
BBC Radio 3 to clear schedule for a week of Beethoven
Staff, Brand Republic 11:00 17-12-2004
LONDON - BBC Radio 3 is to clear an entire week's schedule for 'The Beethoven Experience', which will see it air the entire work of the composer, marking the first time the station has staged such an event.
The Beethoven week will broadcast the entire works of Ludwig Van Beethoven. It will range from the complete string quartets and symphonies to lesser-known works such as the folk songs and the cantatas.
Running over six consecutive days and nights from June 5 2005, 'The Beethoven Experience' will give listeners an opportunity to hear the full repertoire, including many different interpretations, in place of usual Radio 3 programming.
As well as regular presenters, the week will see contributions from artists led by Alfred Brendel, Sir Roger Norrington and violinist Peter Cropper of the Lindsay Quartet.
Actors will take part in the week as well, with John Hurt reading the composer's letters and John Suchet extracts from his trilogy on Beethoven's life, 'The Last Master'.
Roger Wright, controller of Radio 3, said: "This innovative approach to programming that Radio 3 can uniquely deliver builds on the award-winning success of our special evenings and seasons such those dedicated to Berlioz, Walton, Janacek and Dallapiccola."
The week will include live music-making with performances from the Lindsay Quartet and a special performance of 'Wellington's Victory'.
Other highlights on Radio 3 in 2005 include special evenings dedicated to the work of Jacqueline du Pre on what would have been her 60th birthday, as well as a week-long season celebrating the works of Leonard Bernstein.
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So everybody get your recorders ready!
Michael
[This message has been edited by Michael (edited 12-17-2004).]
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