LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Beethoven’s Tenth - Recreated symphony is aired

Genre

News report; Interview; Music

TX Date

15 Oct 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:49

Description

Beethoven’s Tenth Symphony has received its first airing - played by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Beethoven died before its completion but Aberdeen University lecturer Barry Cooper has recreated the symphony’s first movement from Beethoven’s notes. It has received a mixed reaction; conductor Sir Yehudi Menuhin heaps praise upon it but others have referred to it as a patchwork quilt made up of Schubert and Mendelssohn. Report by Linda Duffin includes music from the symphony.

Contributors

Yehudi Menuhin; Linda Duffin

Keywords

Music; Classical music; Ludwig van Beethoven; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Barry Cooper

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