beethoven: the man revealed
He discovers some rarities that demonstrate the great composer’s fondness for Britain, including variations on God Save the King and Rule Britannia, and tells the fascinating stories of the keyboard duels he was forced to take part in by his patron. In the penultimate episode of the series, we find Beethoven coming to terms with his nephew Karl’s suicide attempt, by accepting an invitation for them both to stay at the countryside retreat belonging to Beethoven’s younger brother. John tells more stories of Beethoven’s early life in Vienna, as he took in the sights and sounds of one of Europe’s most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities. Oktober 2012). John also plays music that Beethoven composed for a mysteriously titled “immortal beloved” and explains why, despite his obvious love for the opposite sex, marriage might not have suited Beethoven at all. Then, John discovers some of the fine music Beethoven composed in 1804, including the pieces he wrote to come to terms with his continuing deafness, the Piano Concerto in which Ludwig deliberately includes a “wrong” note, and John explains why Beethoven tore up the dedication to one of this most ground-breaking works; his Symphony No.3 - the Eroica. Beethoven scholar and classical radio host John Suchet has had a lifelong, ardent interest in the man and his music. Beethoven scholar and classical radio host John Suchet has had a lifelong, ardent interest in the man and his music. His informative style of presentation, coupled with a deep knowledge of classical music, has won a wide spectrum of new listeners to the station. And yet how he overcame it and left a musical legacy that is unparalleled today is inspiring. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. Beethoven: The Man Revealed By Suchet, John. But when it came to perform that work for the first time, why did the soloists complain? John will also reveal why Beethoven became a piano teacher at the age of 13, and as well as playing part of one of his best-known piano sonatas, he discovers a Violin Concerto that Beethoven wrote as a teenager, of which only a fragment survives. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. Real life was proving to be just as dramatic; after a violent confrontation between Beethoven and his nephew, a desperate Karl took a train to Baden with a bag packed with pistols and gunpowder. He plays a movement that John describes as “his profoundest expression of the pain of deafness, of isolation, of almost total withdrawal from the world” as Beethoven faces a health crisis he is sure is going to kill him, before playing the extraordinary movement that he wrote when he recovered. As John reaches the half-way point of his series on the life of Beethoven, he spends the coming episodes focusing on different aspects of the great composer’s music - and he begins with the Piano Sonatas. Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the world's best loved and most influential composers. This is the real Beethoven, and Suchet brings him effortlessly to life. A fascinating but inevitably frustrating read. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. John begins by turning the clock back to discuss some of the mystery around the great composer’s arrival in the world, and explains why no-one is sure exactly when he was born. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. John focuses on just one year in the life of Beethoven; 1804. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. John Suchet provides an amazing, and often shocking account of the personal life of a great composer. These twelve months were some of the most turbulent of the great composer’s personal life, but they also saw him write some of his very best music. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. In this special edition to mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth - with a new section featuring his most celebrated pieces - John Suchet shows us the man behind the music. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. John plays the music Ludwig was composing around that time too, including his first attempt at a Theme with Variations, and how, as a boy, Beethoven wrote a series of Piano Quartets that he could play alongside adults. Finally, John plays part of a Piano Trio that Beethoven composed for a friend - but which was a disaster when he first premiered it, owing to his worsening deafness, along with music Beethoven wrote for his literary hero. -- Professor Barry Cooper, University of Manchester; "John Suchet's wonderfully readable biography of Beethoven will give a fresh insight for many people into the happenings behind the music. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. He also plays the finale of Beethoven’s biggest choral work - albeit finished three years too late for the ceremony for which it was written - along with his final piano sonata, and the first of his Late Quartets, considered to be amongst the greatest body of writing in all music. Paperback. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. Finally, we’ll meet a now little-known violinist who sight-read a Beethoven sonata during a performance, to great acclaim by the composer himself. He also plays the overture that opened a concert given in Beethoven’s honour after he was unable to give his Piano Concerto No.5 its first performance, tells the story of Beethoven’s disastrous journey to a spa town to recover his health, and plays part of the work that Beethoven composed whilst he was there; a piece he referred to as “my little symphony”, his Symphony No.8. All 52 episodes of Classic FM presenter and Beethoven aficionado John Suchet’s fascinating exploration of Beethoven’s life and works will be available for on-demand listening. To download Beethoven: The Man Revealed PDF, you should follow the button below and save the ebook or have access to additional information which might be relevant to BEETHOVEN: THE MAN REVEALED book. Then, John describes the moment when the young composer felt forced into ensuring his father was dismissed from his job and plays a joyful piece that Beethoven composed around that time, giving the impression that, despite his family dramas, he didn’t have a care in the world. John tells the story, and plays the wind quintet and septet that debuted in concert around that time, reflecting the composer’s mood after the legal verdict was revealed. Finally, John discovers how Beethoven incorporated jazz into one of his sonatas; so much so that world-renowned pianist Mitsuko Uchida describes it as “boogie woogie”. He explains how it took Beethoven four attempts to arrive at a completed overture, why the opera was initially banned by the censor and then shut down after three nights, and what made Beethoven decide to meet with his patron and rewrite it; piece by piece, and line by line in order for the work to finally find its audience. John Suchet brings this out very well, without trying to gloss over his subject’s difficult and at times impossible personality, and he offers some fresh angles on the frequently told story. The Sunday Times bestseller, revised and updated for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. *FREE* shipping on eligible orders. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. One, set in Ancient Greece and written to open a huge new theatre, and the other a deeply patriotic tribute to a former king. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. The Sunday Times bestsellerYou know the music... but do you know the man?Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the world's best loved and most influential composers. John also reveals which Piano Sonata Beethoven gave as a parting gift to one of his patrons, who was escaping the backdrop of war and panic that was engulfing Vienna at the hands of Napoleon, and discovers how Beethoven was persuaded to stay in the city to compose his final, and most mighty Piano Concerto; No.5 - the Emperor. Karl had chosen a career that was not music, and - against Beethoven’s wishes - was continuing to see his mother. Wenn Sie nicht alle Cookies akzeptieren möchten oder mehr darüber erfahren wollen, wie wir Cookies verwenden, klicken Sie auf "Cookie-Einstellungen anpassen". All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. John puts Beethoven’s love life in the spotlight, as he attempts to uncover the identity of the composer’s so-called “Immortal Beloved”; the subject of a love letter Beethoven wrote, the intended recipient of which is lost to history. He tells the story of the Piano Sonata written by the great composer that required more keys than the standard piano, as well as more force from the pianist’s fingers. “An ideal ‘first book’ on Beethoven” from one of the world’s most eminent classical music aficionados (Booklist). John Suchet has carried out excellent research and he admirably revealed the man. The composer meets his literary hero, the German poet Goethe, but he discovers they do not get on. He is still able to compose astonishing music though, and John plays two more real rarities, including an overture Beethoven composed to mark the opening of a new theatre, and a poem that he set to music; a Song of Sacrifice. That doesn’t stop Beethoven continuing to compose music based on his poetry, as John demonstrates when he plays a real rarity. Cart All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. John also plays the opening of Beethoven’s first symphony - which premiered at the first concert that Ludwig himself put on - and reveals why the opening of the piece would have shocked audiences to the core. This special edition marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth and includes a new section featuring a detailed guide of his most important compositions, his family tree and timeline. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. John explains what impact the opening chords of his ‘Eroica’ Symphony would have had on the original audience, and why the soloist is the one setting the pace for the very first time, in his Piano Concerto No.4. When he emerged, he was determined to compose as much as possible, becoming obsessed with a musical theme that became a metaphor for his deafness, including his ultimate defiance against his failing hearing; his Symphony No.3 - the Eroica. John thinks so, and explains why. John also reveals the biggest influence on Beethoven’s childhood; the teacher who recognised the young Ludwig as the genius that he was. Januar 2020. John tells the story of exactly what happened when the young Beethoven got to meet his musical hero, and reveals why Beethoven turned down Mozart’s offer to take him on as a pupil. He also reveals Beethoven’s reaction when he received a letter from his brother, informing him that he intended to marry the mother of an illegitimate child. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book as I am currently studying music and I am in the middle of learning the appassionata. John reveals which Italian double bass virtuoso impressed Beethoven so much, the great composer began to fly the flag for the instrument himself. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. He’ll reveal what Beethoven came up with when faced with both the small, such as his Elegie on the Death of a Poodle, as well as the large; as John plays Beethoven’s Cantata on the Death of an Emperor. Episode 15 - Professional Success & Personal Struggle, Episode 8 – Musical Success and Family Drama. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. He reveals the String Quartet that Beethoven insisted was written only for a small circle of connoisseurs and should never be performed in public - an instruction that was ignored - as well as a bright and uplifting Violin Sonata that belies the troubles the composer faced. John plays a piece one critic described as “Incomprehensible, like Chinese, a confusion of Babel”; his Grosse Fuge. John reveals more of Beethoven’s life in Vienna, as the French Revolutionary Army under Napoleon Bonaparte is bearing down on the city. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. John continues the dramatic story of Beethoven’s attempts to win custody of his 9 year old nephew after his brother’s death. John describes the argument which finally lead to the composer making the long journey back to Vienna, in freezing conditions, in an open-top milk cart. This is a very well written, lively and sympathetic study of the man and the development of his genius against the odds. Click here to see all the comments and my replies. But then, a devastating event led to Beethoven taking a dramatic course of action; his brother died, and he fought for legal custody of his nephew. Bitte versuchen Sie es erneut. September 2014. Beethoven was unkempt, and capable of huge anger, hostility, unkindness, and offensive behaviour. John explains how Beethoven’s student nephew Karl continued to resent his uncle, and dreaded him visiting, embarrassed by his erratic behaviour. I liked this book because it revealed Beethoven as a person struggling with many different challenges throughout his lifetime, difficult family and personal relationships, becoming gradually deaf which he had to adjust to in order to continue to compose and achieve everything that he had set himself to do during his life time. John takes a closer look at Beethoven’s family, showing the devastating effect of alcohol on those closest to the young composer as he grew up, and playing a piece he composed as a boy which seemed to reflect the stress he was under, as he dealt with a fraught — and at times violent — relationship with his two younger brothers. John also reveals Beethoven’s final words, uttered in response to a case of German wine that was sent to him by his publisher, and explains which composer, in the final days of his life, Beethoven claimed to be “the greatest who ever lived”. Beethoven could count the number of close friends he had on one hand. John Suchet presents Classic FM's flagship morning programme, from 9am every weekday. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. by John Suchet. John also plays a short love song that he suspects was dedicated to her, and discovers a piece that Beethoven wrote for the daughter of a woman he was known to be close to. His style is easy but laboured – every event is introduced by telling us that something life changing was about to happen, a mantra which quickly becomes tiresome. The lives and relationships of the Strauss family were certainly fascinating ... John Suchet skilfully mixes the family dramas with informative details of history and place and no great knowledge of music is needed to enjoy this book" -- Nudge-Book.com; "Suchet ... very knowledgeable music presenter on Classic FM radio station, tells the story clearly, logically and with entertaining language" -- Army Rumour Service. In this episode, John explores the friendship between Beethoven and the German-born inventor and showman, Johann Nepomuk Malzel. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. He also tells how, in 1804, Beethoven fell in love with his best friend’s wife, before also becoming infatuated with one of his music pupils. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. John also explores the uneasy relationship between the young composer and his teacher, Joseph Haydn. Beethoven arrives in Vienna, and John tells us about the attic that Beethoven made his home, reveals what was on his first shopping list on arrival in a new city, and describes the uneasy relationship Beethoven had with Haydn, as he took lessons from the older composer. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. Despite the challenges of his personal and professional life, Beethoven continue to compose masterful music. John will also play some little-heard works that the composer had crammed into his bag for the journey, including an octet for wind instruments. Could she be the one? It's Beethoven the man revealed my biography of Beethoven that that I. I public. His family life, his relationships, his behavior, his triumphs, his struggles, it all shaped him and made him and the music he composed compelling. Beethoven The Man Revealed by John Suchet provided a diversity of Beethoven’s life. John reveals Beethoven’s extraordinary reaction when one of Germany’s most famous piano virtuosos suggested he might be a “better composer than a performer”; Beethoven proved him wrong. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. The position he seeks is abolished, and his health problems keep coming too, as he’s struggling with his sight as well as his hearing. lluminates Beethoven's difficult childhood, his struggle to find a wife, his ungovernable temper, his emotional volatility, his tendency to push away those trying to help him, and in middle age his obsessive compulsion to control his nephew's life We’ll hear music he wrote for the unusual combination of two oboes and cor anglais, and John tells the story of the chaotic build up to the first performance of Beethoven’s first piano concerto – now labelled his Piano Concerto No.2. John focuses on some of the commissions that the young Beethoven received, and the works that he composed as a result. Then, John picks up the story 55 years later with a short canon Beethoven composed to compensate for his non-appearance in London to conduct his Symphony No.9, Ars Longa, Vita Brevis; Art endures, but life is short. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. Listen and subscribe on Global Player. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. In this episode, John paints a picture of a sad, withdrawn Beethoven who, approaching his final year, found conversation impossible because of his deafness, and whose health was in terminal decline. Then, John reveals the final complete piece of music that the great composer would write, as his health was dramatically failing; a surprisingly jaunty String Quartet that belied his physical and mental condition. Through this book, Ludwig van Beethoven appears as a living being, facing sorrow and hardship just as any other person. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. Classic FM back in 2012, but this is a special new anniversary Edition. The first was Mozart, and he reveals how Beethoven reacted to the death of his great hero. Picture: Classic FM. He lifts the lid on what happened in the courtroom and how the boy’s mother attempted to visit her son in disguise - dressed as a man - while he was in Beethoven’s care. Wählen Sie ein Land/eine Region für Ihren Einkauf. John also explores why the failures of Beethoven’s father led to the boy becoming the main breadwinner when only a teenager, and plays the piece of music that Ludwig composed when he was 13, and already re-writing the musical rules. In this episode, John provides further musical evidence that Beethoven’s increasing deafness was not impeding his creativity, as he plays two different overtures to two different plays - both of which he composed in 1811 at the age of 40. As Karl, while enrolled at business school, continues to see his mother in defiance of Beethoven’s wishes, John plays the deep and intense String Quartet that reflects the composer’s hurt at the time; a piece that one of his friends said “cost him tears in the writing.” He also plays the piece that Beethoven composed whilst in the midst of a court battle to gain sole custody of his brother’s son, and the epic sonata written by Beethoven that even the finest pianists say is almost impossible to play. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. 232 x 154 mm. That latter duel earned its place in musical history, as it inspired Beethoven to come up with a theme that he would return to again and again, ultimately reaching its zenith in his Symphony No.3, the Eroica. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. He reveals … Sie hören eine Hörprobe des Audible Hörbuch-Downloads. Beethoven: The Man Revealed - revised & updated edition (English Edition) eBook: Suchet, John: Amazon.de: Kindle-Shop The book gives a fascinating insight into the life of Beethoven with detailed descriptions and documentary evidence from his life. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. In this episode, John celebrates some of the landmark moments in classical music for which Beethoven was responsible. John focuses on Beethoven’s music for the instrument that originally made his name; the piano. Ludwig and his brother Johann didn’t get on, and as passers-by witnessed Beethoven’s increasingly eccentric appearance and behaviour whilst on his daily walks, it soon became clear that the family were heading for a huge row. We’re told repeatedly how widely known the first notes of the 5th symphony are. In this episode, John examines those wealthy, aristocratic individuals who bank-rolled Beethoven’s career. Beethoven: The Man Revealed with John Suchet. I am now more aware of the depth of his talent, the growing problem and … All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. There’s also a piece Beethoven wrote for the late wife of a patron - one of his least known works - along with a delightful piano Sonata, and the first performance of Beethoven’s only opera in its final completed form; Fidelio. Plus, he continues to play music by the great composer that is rarely heard, as John discovers two unknown drinking songs written by Beethoven, and reveals which piece of music first brought him to the attention of one of the leading composers of the day; Joseph Haydn. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. What followed was a confrontation, a meeting with a Bishop, and a piece of music that perhaps reflected the great composer’s temperament at the time; a series of funeral marches. Beautifully illustrated, it will appeal to the music lover who wants to enhance the experience of listening to some of the greatest music ever written." You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc. The drama of Beethoven’s temperamental relationship with his nephew continues in this episode. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition.