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BEETHOVEN 2020 : 250th Anniversary
A week long special programming from 12 to 20 December
We bring Beethoven's 250th Anniversary celebration to a fitting close with an entire week dedicated to the composer!
On Mezzo, from December 12 to 20: The Complete Piano Sonatas performed by Daniel Barenboim (PREMIERE), the Complete Symphonies and Concertos by some landmark artists of today and yesterday (Karajan, Bernstein, Zimerman, Thielemann, Blomstedt, Buniatishvili, Mutter…), the Complete String Quartets by The Belcea Quartet, Fidelio filmed in Vienna earlier this year, the Missa Solemnis by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and 3 great choreographies after the composer's oeuvre by John Neumeier, Maurice Béjart and Thierry Malandain.
The Complete Piano Sonatas + Diabelli Variations - Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim (c) Deutsche Grammophon
Filmed this year at the Boulez Saal, this new recording of the Complete Piano Sonatas by Daniel Barenboim will be broadcasted for the first time on Television.
Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3 - 12 December, 7:10pm - Sonatas Nos. 4, 5, 6 - 13 December, 9:50pm - Sonatas n°7, 8 "Pathétique", 9 - 14 December, 10pm - Sonatas Nos. 10, 11, 12 - 15 December, 9pm
Sonatas Nos. 13, 14 "Moonlight", 15 - 16 December, 7:20pm - Sonatas Nos. 16, 17 "The Tempest", 18 - 16 December, 10pm
Sonatas Nos. 19, 20, 21 "Waldstein" - 17 December, 7:05pm
Sonatas Nos. 22, 23 "Appassionata", 24 - 18 December, 10:15pm - Sonatas Nos. 25, 26 "Les Adieux", 27 - 18 December, 10pm
Sonatas Nos. 28, 29 "Hammerklavier" - 20 December, 6:30pm - Sonatas Nos 30, 31, 32 + Diabelli Variations - 20 December, 8:30pm
The Complete Symphonies
Christian Thielemann (c) Unitel
Symphony No.1: Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra (2017) - 12 December, 8:30pm
Symphony No.2: Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker (1984) - 13 December, 8:30pm
Symphony No.3 Eroica: Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker (2008) - 14 December, 8:30pm
Symphony No.4: Paavo Järvi, Berliner Philharmoniker (2018) - 15 December, 8:30pm
Symphony No.5: Herbert Blomstedt, GewandhausOrchester (2017) - 16 December, 6pm
Symphony No.6: Leonard Bernstein, Wiener Philharmoniker (1978) - 16 December, 8:30pm
Symphony No.7: Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker (2008) - 17 December, 6:25pm
Symphony No.8: Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker (2008) - 18 December, 7:10pm
The Complete Concertos
Leonard Bernstein, Krystian Zimerman (c) Unitel
Piano Concerto No.2: Rudolf Buchbinder, Daniel Harding, BRS Orchestra (2019) - 15 December, 10:05pm
Piano Concerto No.3: Seong-Jin Cho, Tugan Sokhiev, ONC Toulouse (2020) - 16 December, 5:25pm
Piano Concerto No.4: Richard Goode, Iván Fischer, BFO (2017) - 12 December, 8:30pm
Chamber Music - The Complete String Quartets
Quatuor Belcea (c) Heliox
The Complete String Quartets - Belcea Quartet (2012)
Quartets Nos. 1, 11, 16 - 12 December, 11pm - Quartets Nos.10, 3, 12 - 15 December, 10:40pm
Quartets Nos. 6, 13 - 16 December, 11:15pm - Quartets Nos. 9, 14 - 17 December, 9pm
Quartets Nos. 2, 5, 15 - 18 December, 10:45pm - Quartets Nos. 4, 7, 8 - 20 December, 10:45pm
Violin Sonatas Nos. 3, 4, 5 Spring - Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov (2020) - 13 December, 11pm - Cello Sonatas Nos. 1, 3 & Variations - Gautier Capuçon, Frank Braley (2017) - 14 December, 11:05pm
Fidelio & Missa Solemnis
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (c) RCO Ronald Knapp
Missa Solemnis - 19 December, 6:55pm
Marlis Petersen (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (alto), Werner Güra (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass)
