http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/features/beethoven/feature-beethoven.html en-ca Copyright © CBC 2008 Nine conversations about Beethoven's nine symphonies. Bramwell Tovey - Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra - and CBC Radio 2's Bill Richardson consider these mighty works and talk about what makes them so powerful. Tovey illustrates passages on the piano. CBC Radio 2 will broadcast performances by Tovey and the VSO daily starting March 31 2008. The concerts are available for streaming at Concerts on Demand. http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/gettingstarted.html Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:59:55 PST Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:59:55 PST podcasting@cbc.ca (Podcasting) podcasting@cbc.ca (Podcasting) Music http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/images/promo-beethoven.jpg http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/features/beethoven/feature-beethoven.html Conductor Bramwell Tovey and CBC Radio 2 host Bill Richardson complete their survey of the complete Beethoven Symphonies with a look at the massive Symphony no. 9 - the Choral Symphony - and it's famous setting of the Ode to Joy. http://podcast.cbc.ca/radio2/beethoven2008/CBCR2Beethoven2008_2008-04-10.mp3 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/features/beethoven/feature-beethoven.html Music Conductor Bramwell Tovey and CBC Radio 2 host Bill Richardson make their way through Beethoven's Symphony no. 8, one of his most good-natured works. http://podcast.cbc.ca/radio2/beethoven2008/CBCR2Beethoven2008_2008-04-09.mp3 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/features/beethoven/feature-beethoven.html Music Conductor Bramwell Tovey and CBC Radio 2 host Bill Richardson look into Beethoven's Symphony no. 7, described by Richard Wagner as "the apotheosis of the dance." http://podcast.cbc.ca/radio2/beethoven2008/CBCR2Beethoven2008_2008-04-08.mp3 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/features/beethoven/feature-beethoven.html Music Conductor Bramwell Tovey and CBC Radio 2 host Bill Richardson take a tour through Beethoven's Symphony no. 6 - the "Pastoral" - a musical depiction of a country scene. http://podcast.cbc.ca/radio2/beethoven2008/CBCR2Beethoven2008_2008-04-07.mp3 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/features/beethoven/feature-beethoven.html Music Conductor Bramwell Tovey and CBC Radio 2 host Bill Richardson look at Beethoven's Symphony no. 5, one of the most famous works of classical music ever written. Its opening four-note tune has been compared to the sound of "fate knocking at the door." http://podcast.cbc.ca/radio2/beethoven2008/CBCR2Beethoven2008_2008-04-04.mp3 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/features/beethoven/feature-beethoven.html Music Conductor Bramwell Tovey and CBC Radio 2 host Bill Richardson examine Beethoven's Symphony no. 4, a work that pays homage to another great classical composer, Franz Josef Haydn. http://podcast.cbc.ca/radio2/beethoven2008/CBCR2Beethoven2008_2008-04-03.mp3 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/features/beethoven/feature-beethoven.html Music Conductor Bramwell Tovey and CBC Radio 2 host Bill Richardson consider Beethoven's Symphony no. 3 - the "Eroica". It's a revolutionary work that "changes everything" and marks the beginning of Romanticism in music. http://podcast.cbc.ca/radio2/beethoven2008/CBCR2Beethoven2008_2008-04-02.mp3 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/features/beethoven/feature-beethoven.html Music Conductor Bramwell Tovey and CBC Radio 2 host Bill Richardson take stock of Beethoven's Symphony No. 2, one of Beethoven's most refined and sophisticated works. http://podcast.cbc.ca/radio2/beethoven2008/CBCR2Beethoven2008_2008-04-01.mp3 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/features/beethoven/feature-beethoven.html Music Conductor Bramwell Tovey and CBC Radio 2 host Bill Richardson look into Beethoven's Symphony No. 1, a "musical revolution in a velvet glove." http://podcast.cbc.ca/radio2/beethoven2008/CBCR2Beethoven2008_2008-03-31.mp3 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/features/beethoven/feature-beethoven.html Music