Beethoven: Symphony Nos. 9

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Carrie ( Morgana Robinson), Patricia ( Felicity Kendal), Maurice (Shearsmith), Kenneth (Pemberton) and Jean ( Fiona Shaw) attend a private retrospective art exhibition. They are met by the waitress Bea ( Montserrat Lombard), but none knows why they have been invited. The soprano and alto parts were sung by two famous young singers: Henriette Sontag and Caroline Unger. German soprano Henriette Sontag was 18 years old when Beethoven personally recruited her to perform in the premiere of the Ninth. [16] [17] Also personally recruited by Beethoven, 20-year-old contralto Caroline Unger, a native of Vienna, had gained critical praise in 1821 appearing in Rossini's Tancredi. After performing in Beethoven's 1824 premiere, Unger then found fame in Italy and Paris. Italian composers Donizetti and Bellini were known to have written roles specifically for her voice. [18] Anton Haizinger and Joseph Seipelt sang the tenor and bass/ baritone parts, respectively. Letter of April 1878 in Giuseppe Verdi: Autobiografia delle Lettere, Aldo Oberdorfer ed., Milano, 1941, p. 325. A 2018 live special received particular praise for its unusual and creative format. The episode, described as "astonishingly bold and ambitious" by reviewer Sean O'Grady, [65] appeared to suffer technical difficulties within its first 9 minutes of broadcast. [66] The difficulties, including the continuity announcer's voiceover, were in-fact part of the programme's plot, which centred on the premise that the studios in which the episode were being filmed were haunted. [66] Around 20% of the audience reportedly switched off before the deception became apparent. [66] The plot included a number of features playing with the live format, including Shearsmith and Pemberton watching the live broadcast, and Shearsmith sending a Tweet during the show. [66] [67]

Béla Bartók borrowed the opening motif of the scherzo from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to introduce the second movement (scherzo) in his own Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 (Sz 51). [69] [70] People open the canister, transfer the gas into a container (usually a balloon), then inhale from the balloon. a b Parker, Robin (6 February 2014). "Inside No. 9 debuts with 1.1m". Broadcast. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014 . Retrieved 6 February 2014. (subscription required)

At the 2019 British Academy Television Awards, Pemberton won for Best Male Comedy Performance, while at the 2019 British Academy Television Craft Awards, Barbara Wiltshare won for Best Director: Multi-Camera. [186]

a b "BBC launches digital episode of Inside No. 9". BBC. 18 March 2014. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015 . Retrieved 24 April 2014. Del Mar, Jonathan (1981) Orchestral Variations: Confusion and Error in the Orchestral Repertoire London: Eulenburg Books, p. 43a b c "Find the Inside No. 9 hare". British Comedy Guide. 25 March 2017. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017 . Retrieved 4 January 2018. Dugdale, John; Raeside, Julia (5 April 2015). "Choice; Thursday 9 April". Culture, The Sunday Times. pp.60–1. Buch, Esteban, Beethoven's Ninth: A Political History, translated by Richard Miller, ISBN 0-226-07824-8 (University of Chicago Press)

Rev. Corey F. O'Brien, " November 9, 2008 sermon" at North Prospect Union United Church of Christ in Medford. Segal, Victoria; Raeside, Julia (26 April 2015). "Choice; Wednesday 29 April". Culture, The Sunday Times. pp.56–7. One legend is that the compact disc was deliberately designed to have a 74-minute playing time so that it could accommodate Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. [73] Kees Immink, Philips' chief engineer, who developed the CD, recalls that a commercial tug-of-war between the development partners, Sony and Philips, led to a settlement in a neutral 12-cm diameter format. The 1951 performance of the Ninth Symphony conducted by Furtwängler was brought forward as the perfect excuse for the change, [74] [75] and was put forth in a Philips news release celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Compact Disc as the reason for the 74-minute length. [76] TV theme music [ edit ]Noorduin, Marten (17 May 2021). "The metronome marks for Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in context". Early Music. 49: 129–145. doi: 10.1093/em/caab005. ISSN 0306-1078. Lynch, Donal (9 March 2014). "TV of the week; Appointment to View with Donal Lynch". Living, Sunday Independent. p.36. In a film within the episode, an English family (Pemberton, Rula Lenska, Jessica Raine and George Bedford) travel to an Austrian chalet in December 1977. They are told the story of the Krampus by their guide (Shearsmith). Meanwhile, the film's director ( Derek Jacobi) provides audio commentary.

Norrington, Roger (14 March 2009). "In tune with the time". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 15 May 2013. a b c d "Inside No. 9, BBC2". Broadcast. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014 . Retrieved 6 February 2014. (subscription required) Disparate characters - a widower ( Phil Davis) looking for a partner, a woman ( Maxine Peake) talking to her therapist ( Sara Kestelman), an American serial killer (Pemberton), a young internet celebrity, a terminally ill man (Shearsmith) and a blind woman - talk to the camera, not knowing their lives are about to collide. A My Family episode gone wrong". BBC. 26 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017 . Retrieved 1 February 2014.K. A. Schouhamer Immink (2007). "Shannon, Beethoven, and the Compact Disc". IEEE Information Theory Society Newsletter. 57: 42–46 . Retrieved 6 February 2018. Some volatile substances are covered by the 2016 Psychoactive Substances Act, which means it’s illegal to give away or sell. In the 17th century, villager Elizabeth Gadge ( Ruth Sheen) stands accused of witchcraft; she will be burnt at the stake if found guilty. Magistrate Sir Andrew Pike ( David Warner) summons renowned witch-finders Mr Warren (Shearsmith) and Mr Clarke (Pemberton) to investigate, planning to use the trial to increase interest in the village. The British premiere of the symphony was presented on 21 March 1825 by its commissioners, the Philharmonic Society of London, at its Argyll Rooms conducted by Sir George Smart and with the choral part sung in Italian. The American premiere was presented on 20 May 1846 by the newly formed New York Philharmonic at Castle Garden (in an attempt to raise funds for a new concert hall), conducted by the English-born George Loder, with the choral part translated into English for the first time. [57] Leopold Stokowski's 1934 Philadelphia Orchestra [58] and 1941 NBC Symphony Orchestra recordings also used English lyrics in the fourth movement. [59]