Eroica

The Day That Changed Music Forever

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British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film depicts the first performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony, June 9th, 1804, in Vienna, Austria. Prince Lobkowitz (Jack Davenport) has invited friends to listen to Beethoven conduct his new symphony for the first time. Among the aristocratic attendees are Count Dietrichstein (Tim Pigott-Smith), Countess Brunsvik (Claire Skinner), and composer Josef Haydn (Frank Finlay). The actual musical score is performed by the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner.

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Cast

Ian Hart actor Jack Davenport actor Peter Hanson actor Claire Skinner actor Frank Finlay actor Leo Bill actor Trevor Cooper actor Fenella Woolgar actor Lucy Akhurst actor Victoria Shalet actor

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Celina Liesegang actor

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Jacob Engelberg actor Anton Lesser actor Jonathan Aris actor Tim Pigott-Smith actor Robert Glenister actor Joseph Morgan actor

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Ian Thompson actor

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Sarah Ford actor