Season 1
3 episodes · 2005
Episode 1. The Rebel
2005-06-03
The baton is raised on a major season dedicated to one the greatest musical heavyweights of all time - Ludwig van Beethoven.
Episode 2. Love and Loss
2005-06-10
Charles Hazlewood explores the music of Beethoven's prodigiously creative middle years, a period in which Napoleon's troops swept through Europe. With revolution in the air, Beethoven wrote five symphonies, four concertos and his only…
Episode 3. Faith and Fury
2005-06-17
Charles Hazlewood 's drama documentary reaches a crescendo with the final tragic years of the composer's life. While he continued to produce extraordinary works such as the Hammerklavier sonata, Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony,…
