thu 10 dec 2020 20:00 hour
Music by 20th-century composers.
Beethoven and the 20th century – 11
This is the eleventh and final part of a series about Ludwig von Beethoven’s influence on 20th and 21st centuries composers. In this final episode, the music shifts gradually higher and higher up the parody ladder.
Playlist:
- Michael Gordon: Rewriting Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. The Bamberg Symphony conducted by Jonathan Nott
- Johan de Meij: Extreme Beethoven. Koninklijke Harmonie St. Lutgardis conducted by Dieter Boffé
- Louis Andriessen: Beethoven’s nine symphonies for pops orchestra and ice cream bell (1970). Promenadeorkest conducted by Gijsbert Nieuwland
- Dudley Moore: Beethoven Parody ‘And the same to you’. Piers Lane, piano
