Music Feature

Tales from the Stave

Tuesday 10 April 2007 13:30-14:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Frances Fyfield tracks down the stories behind the scores of well-known pieces of music. The composer produced two manuscript copies of his last symphony. One of them, prepared for the then newly-launched Royal Philharmonic Society, is in the British Library. In addition to Beethoven's notes and revisions, the score reveals the curious story of one of the most famous double bass players of all time. Bassist Rodney Slatford and conductor and editor Jonathan Del Mar examine this cornerstone of the western classical repertoire.

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