This weekend - Beethoven Bonaza

Saturday 7 November at Noon EST and Sunday 8 November at Noon EST

We honor Beethoven this weekend on Beethoven Radio! Tune in to hear a two day tribute to our namesake. It will officially kick off Saturday at Noon EST when Nicole Marie features the best of Beethoven's Concertos, Sonatas, Fur Elise and so much more on Beethoven's beautiful music. Saturday night we will also feature Beethoven's opera Fidelio commercial free!

During Saturday evening join Nicole Marie as she presents Saturday Night at the Opera at 8PM EST - Beethoven's Fidelio! Like much else in Beethoven's career, the opera involved considerable struggle on the composer's part, and it went through several versions before achieving full success. The opera is a central work of Beethoven's so-called "middle period," and like some of Beethoven's music of this time it emphasizes heroism. The story also engaged Beethoven's strong feelings about the struggle for political liberty that was taking place in Europe in his day. As elsewhere in Beethoven's vocal music, the music is not especially kind to the singers. The principal parts of Leonore and Florestan, in particular, require great vocal skill and endurance in order to project the necessary intensity, and top performances in these roles attract admiration. Some notable moments in the opera include the "Prisoners' Chorus", an ode to freedom sung by a chorus of political prisoners, Florestan's hallucinating vision of Leonore come as an angel to rescue him, and the highly melodramatic scene in which the rescue finally takes place. The finale celebrates Leonore's bravery with alternating contributions of soloists and chorus.

Then on Sunday Nicole Marie returns for Symphony Sunday from Noon to 6PM EST. This Sunday Nicole features all of the Beethoven Symphonies in honor of our Beethoven Bonanza Weekend! Join us starting at Noon for all of the Beethoven Symphonies in order. We'll start with number one and work our way, in order, to the Ode to Joy! Send us an email to: request@beethoven.com  Thanks for listening to Classical Music without the Attitude... WCCC AM 1290 Beethoven Radio!