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3 x 60'

Matchlight for BBC Four

He is the world’s most famous composer; his music is the soundtrack to every great ceremony in the world. But if ever a man struggled for his art, it was Beethoven. His was a tragic, dramatic life: beset by deafness, lost loves, and darkness. This series take a radical approach to a music biography: telling Beethoven’s story in the present tense, through a cast of internationally famous musicians and conductors, but unpacked by the real words of Beethoven himself.

Ratings:

BBC Four (UK) - #1 programme of the day for the key commercial demo

Reviews:

"Left its viewers feeling both educated and uplifted" inews