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Sarah's Music: Ta ta ta taaaaa! - Beethoven's Fifth

March 3, 2017

Sarah Willis takes a look at the most iconic piece of music in the world, Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, with the help of conductor François-Xavier Roth and his orchestra Les Siècles at the Beethovenfest in Bonn.

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Bonn Sarah Willis und François-Xavier Roth beim Beethovenfest
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Ta ta ta taaaaa! - Beethoven´s 5th

The Les Siècles musicians perform on the instruments which Beethoven would have used. Sarah finds out why and what difference it makes to play on period instruments to interpret this famous piece.