Beethoven and Barenboim at the BBC Proms
Neil Simpson
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Posted 29.09.2012
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UK Entertainment
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Kenneth Clark once noted that he could not describe 'civilisation' - but he knew it when he saw it. With Beethoven's fifth, sixth and ninth symphonies, I wouldn't attempt to form any description of what human civilisation is or represents - but I know it when I hear it.
