200 Years Of Moonlighting

First broadcast 20010619. First repeated 20010810.

 
 
Description
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's `Moonlight Sonata'. He wrote it for a pupil whom he hoped to marry, but it was rejected by the girl - as was he, according to biographer John Suchet. Pianist John Lill and Prof Malcolm Wilson demonstrate the pitfalls of playing the piece.