In 1970, Argentinian-Israeli conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim and his close friend, filmmaker Christopher Nupen, collaborated on a thirteen-part series about Ludwig van Beethoven - marking the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. Lost to the British public for half a century, this series of films has never been shown together on national television in the UK. Now, as we celebrate the 250th anniversary in 2020, the episodes have been resurrected in their original form.
In the 13th and final Episode, the "Barenboim on Beethoven" series concludes with a spirited performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, with the young Barenboim at the helm of the New Philharmonia Orchestra. There is no motif in Western music more widely known or parodied than the one that opens Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, with its hammer blows of fate.
Music piece excerpts performed:
0:20 Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
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