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Beethoven writes the Fifth Piano Concerto in 1809
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Being Beethoven

Beethoven writes theFifth Piano Concerto in 1809 while Vienna is being bombarded Piano...

Beethoven writes the
Fifth Piano Concerto in 1809 while Vienna is being bombarded
by French artillery. MUSIC: Piano Concerto No. 5
by Beethoven

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Beethoven writes the Fifth Piano Concerto in 1809
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while Vienna is being bombarded by French artillery.
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MUSIC: Piano Concerto No. 5 by Beethoven
Duration
12 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:38
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary

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Marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth in 1770, a documentary series that focuses on the real, complex and often difficult man behind the great composer.
S01 • E01 Malinconia's an amazing movement and very unusual, - Being Beethoven 00:17
Malinconia's an amazing movement and very unusual,
S01 • E01 AGGRESSIVE STRINGS - Being Beethoven 00:34
AGGRESSIVE STRINGS
S01 • E02 I think this is one of the reasons why his music - Being Beethoven 00:20
I think this is one of the reasons why his music
S01 • E01 It's a memory, but it's significant. - Being Beethoven 00:15
It's a memory, but it's significant.
S01 • E01 It's particularly clear, somehow, - Being Beethoven 00:35
It's particularly clear, somehow,
S01 • E02 Beethoven can express emotions in music - Being Beethoven 00:34
Beethoven can express emotions in music
S01 • E03 In the sketchbook, he jots down an idea for new strength - Being Beethoven 00:27
In the sketchbook, he jots down an idea for new strength
S01 • E01 "I must say that I lead a wretched life. - Being Beethoven 00:10
"I must say that I lead a wretched life.
S01 • E03 I think the late quartets are...they're transcendental. - Being Beethoven 00:13
I think the late quartets are...they're transcendental.
S01 • E02 He just improvises, extemporises, plays for goodness knows how long. - Being Beethoven 00:16
He just improvises, extemporises, plays for goodness knows h...
S01 • E03 This blew me away, and that combined, I think, especially - Being Beethoven 00:19
This blew me away, and that combined, I think, especially
S01 • E02 And, apparently, she was moved very strongly - Being Beethoven 00:51
And, apparently, she was moved very strongly
S01 • E03 One of the things that's the most moving to me about the late quartets - Being Beethoven 00:36
One of the things that's the most moving to me about th...
S01 • E02 People so often say, "Words fail me on this occasion", - Being Beethoven 00:28
People so often say, "Words fail me on this occasion&qu...
S01 • E03 There's a kind of unpleasant irony here that a lot of people have noted - Being Beethoven 00:23
There's a kind of unpleasant irony here that a lot of p...
S01 • E01 But I don't believe that he was just simply losing his hearing, - Being Beethoven 00:32
But I don't believe that he was just simply losing his ...
S01 • E03 Karl, I think, reaches the point in 1826 where he decides - Being Beethoven 00:10
Karl, I think, reaches the point in 1826 where he decides
S01 • E01 "To give you an idea of this strange deafness, let me tell you, - Being Beethoven 00:10
"To give you an idea of this strange deafness, let me t...
S01 • E03 Karl climbs up to Castle Waldstein, near where I am standing. - Being Beethoven 00:25
Karl climbs up to Castle Waldstein, near where I am standing...
S01 • E01 "If I'm some distance away, - Being Beethoven 00:15
"If I'm some distance away,