Episode 7: Beethoven

David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast

Global

Music, Kids & Family, Education

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

You’ve heard his music, now it’s time to hear his story. David dives into the life of one of history’s greatest – and grumpiest – composers. Each episode is also accompanied by a playlist in Apple Music – you can find those here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/curator/classic-fm/1211395150 Beethoven: Symphony No.5 – Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (SDG) Beethoven: Symphony No.7 – Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (SDG) Walter Murphy: A Fifth of Beethoven Beethoven: Rage Over a Lost Penny – Ronald Brautigam (BIS) Beethoven: Symphony No.3 – Dresden Philharmonic/Michael Sanderling (Sony) Beethoven: Für Elise – Ji Liu (Classic FM) Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (BIS) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 ‘Moonlight’ – Ji Liu (Classic FM)

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0:00.0	This is a global original podcast from Classic FM. Have you heard any music?
0:28.4	I have listened to all the modern records on my gramophone or cassette tape player?
0:34.8	If you have heard some music, then you've most likely heard this music. It's a piece
0:39.7	called Symphony No. 5, and it was composed by one of the most famous musicians in history.
0:46.7	A man by the name of... Oh, who could that be?
0:53.5	Oh no, pirates!
0:57.7	Don't worry, listeners.
0:59.3	Oh, get them.
1:03.2	Ah, yes.
1:06.6	Okay, I got them all.
1:09.5	Anyway, today's episode is about Beethoven.
1:15.5	Today we're going to wind our way through Beethoven's epic story,
1:20.0	from his beginnings as a young genius,
1:22.4	all the way to the day he joined the band One Direction.
1:27.1	Oh, that doesn't seem right.
1:30.2	I think I may have got my notes mixed up.
1:32.4	Well, I guess we'll find out as we go.
1:35.1	And what better way to tell the story of this legendary musician than with a top 100 countdown.
1:43.4	Top 100 atdown Top 100 and 100
1:46.2	It's a fifth of Beethoven
1:53.8	by Walter Murphy
1:55.5	It was released in 1976
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