Twenty works encompassing a wide spectrum of classical greats are interpreted and explained. Each week’s documentary interpretation is followed by a separate performance of the work.
DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES: BEETHOVEN No. 5: Wednesday 1st September, 8.00pm
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 (1808). Presented by Wulf Konold.
MASTERPIECES: BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY No. 5: Wednesday 1st September, 8.30pm
REPERTOIRE: Beethoven Symphony No. 5; ORCHESTRA: Berliner Philharmoniker; CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, 2001.
DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES: BEETHOVEN No. 9: Wednesday 8th September, 8.00pm
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 (1808). Presented by Wulf Konold.
MASTERPIECES: BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY No. 9: Wednesday 8th September, 8.30pm
REPERTOIRE: Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (1808). ORCHESTRA: Berliner Philharmoniker; CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado. Philharmonie Berlin 2000.
DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES: DEBUSSY: Wednesday 15th September, 8.00pm
Claude Debussy – La Mer (1905). Presented by Paul Roberts.
MASTERPIECES: DEBUSSY: LA MER: Wednesday 15th September, 8.30pm
REPERTOIRE: Claude Debussy – La Mer (1905). ORCHESTRA: Berliner Philharmoniker; CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim. Kolner Philharmonie 2000.
DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES: RAVEL: Wednesday 22nd September, 8.00pm
Maurice Ravel – Bolero (1928). Presented by Paul Roberts.
MASTERPIECES: RAVEL: BOLERO: Wednesday 22nd September, 8.30pm
Maurice Ravel – Bolero (1928). ORCHESTRA: Berliner Philharmoniker; CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim. Waldbuhne in Berlin, 1998.
DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES: SCHUBERT: Wednesday 29th September, 8.00pm
Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 7 ‘Unfinished’ (1826). Presented by Habakuk Traber.
MASTERPIECES: SCHUBERT: SYMPHONY No. 7: Wednesday 29th September, 8.30pm
Franz Schubert - Symphony No.7 "Unfinished" (1826). ORCHESTRA: Berliner Philharmoniker; CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim. Basilica of the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 1992.