24th July 2015
Royal College of Music
17:45 Friday 24 Jul 2015 Royal College of Music
German culture experts Professor Karen Leeder and Professor Robert Vilain tlak with Anne McElvoy on the great German Romantic poetry that inspired Beethoven throughout his life, from Schiller’s 'Ode to Joy' to Goethe’s 'Egmont' and Treitschke’s 'Fidelio'.
Broadcast on BBC R3 during the interval