The Genius of Beethoven
Season 1
A dramatized documentary on the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Where to Watch Season 1
3 Episodes
- Love and Loss
E2Love and LossCharles Hazlewood explores the music of Beethoven's prodigiously creative middle years, a period in which Napoleon's troops swept through Europe. With revolution in the air, Beethoven wrote five symphonies, four concertos and his only opera, Fidelio, which took its inspiration from the Napoleonic ideas of freedom, truth and equality. - Faith and Fury
E3Faith and FuryCharles Hazlewood 's drama documentary reaches a crescendo with the final tragic years of the composer's life. While he continued to produce extraordinary works such as the Hammerklavier sonata, Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony, Beethoven's personal life was dominated by the bitter custody battle for his nephew Karl.
