Discover Beethoven’s heroic Symphony No. 3, a revolutionary work that changed the course of music history. Carlos and St. John explore the score and its political background, shedding light on Beethoven’s ambivalent feelings toward Napoleon, a would-be hero turned tyrant.
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Creative Credits
Carlos Botero, Host
St. John Flynn, Host (Houston Public Media)
Mark DiClaudio, Audio Production and Editing (Houston Public Media)
Todd Hulslander, Technical Supervision (Houston Public Media)
Brad Sayles, Houston Symphony Broadcast Recording Engineer (Houston Public Media)
Calvin Dotsey, Executive Producer
Music Credits
Most orchestral excepts featured in On the Music are taken from archival Houston Symphony recordings. We also supplement these with commercially available recordings to ensure that we respect the rights of our musicians and to fill in gaps in our archives. Credits are listed by order of first appearance. The Houston Symphony Broadcast Recording Engineer is Brad Sayles of Houston Public Media.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica (movement 1) – Archival Houston Symphony Recording. Conducted by Hans Graf.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (movements 2-4) – Bavarian Radio Symphony. Cond. Mariss Jansons. BEETHOVEN, L. Van: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 / Reflections (Bavarian Radio Symphony, Jansons). 2013. MP3.
Bach: Goldberg Variations – Jando, Jeno, piano. BACH, J.S.: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988.
Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music – Kassel Spohr Chamber Orchestra. Cond. Roberto Paternostro. MOZART, W.A.: Masonic Music (Complete) (Heo Young-Hoon, Kassel Spohr Chamber Orchestra, Paternostro).
Beethoven: “Eroica” Variations – Jando, Jeno, piano. BEETHOVEN: ‘Eroica’ Variations / 32 Variations, WoO 80.
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Sources/Recommended Reading
Grove, George. Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies.
Hopkins, Antony. The Nine Symphonies of Beethoven. London: Heinemann, 1981. Print.
Lockwood, Lewis. Beethoven: The Music and the Life. New York: W.W. Norton, 2003. Print.
Sipe, Thomas. Beethoven, Eroica Symphony. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1998. Print.
Solomon, Maynard. Beethoven. New York: Schirmer Trade, 1998. Print.