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Before noon,
he is rehearsing with singers. Often in the evening, he is playing
continua in the opera orchestra or in the symphonic productions. And it's real impressive... ..how this child,
because he's 11 years old, is surviving in this snake pit of an orchestra environment,
which is very difficult and hard. And it proves he is very talented
and self-aware. Beethoven was employed as court
organist, in Bonn, by the brother of Emperor Joseph, from Vienna,
and there's one story that tells us how wildly
Beethoven played the organ
he is rehearsing with singers. Often in the evening, he is playing
continua in the opera orchestra or in the symphonic productions. And it's real impressive... ..how this child,
because he's 11 years old, is surviving in this snake pit of an orchestra environment,
which is very difficult and hard. And it proves he is very talented
and self-aware. Beethoven was employed as court
organist, in Bonn, by the brother of Emperor Joseph, from Vienna,
and there's one story that tells us how wildly
Beethoven played the organ
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Before noon,
he is rehearsing with singers.
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Often in the evening, he is playing
continua in the opera orchestra
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or in the symphonic productions.
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And it's real impressive...
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..how this child,
because he's 11 years old,
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is surviving in this snake pit
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of an orchestra environment,
which is very difficult and hard.
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And it proves he is very talented
and self-aware.
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Beethoven was employed as court
organist, in Bonn, by the brother
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of Emperor Joseph, from Vienna,
and there's one story that
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tells us how wildly
Beethoven played the organ.
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Movie Summary
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.