第四台音樂會—貝多芬九在德累斯頓（1989）
Feb 5 Wed 星期三 8pm

On 5 February, Live on 4 presents Beethoven's Ninth Symphony featuring the Bavarian Radio Symphony joined by members of the Dresden State Orchestra and MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony, and the Bavarian Radio Choir joined by members of the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphomy Choir and the Leipzig Philharmonic Children's Choir, conducted by the BRSO's then-chief, Colin Davis. Soloists are Elisabeth Hallberg, soprano; Marilyn Schmiege, mezzo-soprano; Klaus König, tenor; and Jan-Hendrik Rootering, bass. The twist is that the performance was given in Dresden on 25 November 1989, two weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

2月5日播放的「第四台音樂會」由哥連‧戴維斯指揮，巴伐利亞電台交響樂團、德累斯頓管弦樂團和萊比錫德國中部電台交響樂團成員組成大型樂團，聯同萊比錫德國中部電台交響合唱團和萊比錫愛樂兒童合唱團，以及女高音賀保格、女中音舒米治、男高音卻尼克與男低音烏特寧一同演出貝多芬的第九交響曲。是次演出於1989年11月25日在德累斯頓現場錄音，正正是柏林圍牆倒下後兩星期。

第四台音樂會—貝多芬：歌曲與音樂會詠嘆調
Feb 11 Tue 星期二 8pm

Live on 4 on 11 February comes mostly from a recital given by baritone Benjamin Appl with pianist Graham Johnson in January 2015, performing Beethoven's almost completely obscured genre: his lieder. The programme's finale comes from a 2008 concert; soprano Anja Harteros sings Beethoven's concert aria Ah! perfido, with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marek Janowski.

2月11日播出的「第四台音樂會」是男中音阿佩爾與鋼琴家莊遜於2015年的音樂會，演出貝多芬不太為人熟悉的作品種類－藝術歌曲。當所有人將德國藝術歌曲標籤給舒伯特和舒曼時，貝多芬的藝術歌曲也有值得欣賞之處。這場音樂會更有女高音夏迪勞斯與楊諾夫斯基指揮柏林電台交響樂團演出貝多芬的音樂會詠嘆調《啊！騙子！》。

第四台音樂會—貝多芬：清唱劇與合唱幻想曲
​Feb 19 Wed 星期三 8pm

The 19 February Live on 4 programme continues the very positive anniversary journey of discovery with two Beethoven's little-known works: twin cantatas, the first On the Death of the Emperor Joseph II, the second On the Accession of the Emperor Leopold II, both from the year 1790, when Beethoven was still a student in Bonn. It's not clear if they were ever performed during his lifetime; the first documented performance of the memorial cantata wasn't until 1884. Our recording comes from a concert given in 1993 with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Karl Anton Rickenbacher, with soloists Bodil Arnesen, soprano and Alan Titus, baritone. Completing that programme is a 1985 performance, by the same Orchestra but with the RIAS Chamber Choir and pianist Alicia de Larrocha, of the popular Choral Fantasy, conducted by Riccardo Chailly.

第四台精選了貝多芬在學生時期的兩齣創作－為皇帝約瑟夫二世駕崩而寫的清唱劇及為皇帝利奧波特二世登基而寫的清唱劇，在2月19日的「第四台音樂會」播出。這場1993年的音樂會由力根巴夏帶領柏林電台交響樂團及合唱團演出。同場還有沙爾指揮樂團及合唱團聯同鋼琴家拉洛嘉演奏貝多芬的《合唱幻想曲》。

第四台音樂會—貝多芬：莊嚴彌撒曲於柏林
Feb 26 Wed 星期三 8pm

The series concludes on 26 February with a 2018 performance of what is arguably Beethoven's greatest work, the Missa solemnis, which he at first planned for the investiture of his friend and pupil, Archduke Rudolph of Austria, as Cardinal-Archbishop of Olomouc in what became the Czech Republic. But the work grew in scale until it dwarfed any mass that had previously been written; after almost four years, long after Rudolph had been installed in his post, Beethoven emerged with a work too monumental to play a supporting role in any sacred ritual, but one which itself has the character of a religious rite, or perhaps a secular one in religious dress. Marek Janowski again conducts, this time with the Kammerakademie Potsdam and the Berlin Radio Choir and soloists Iwona Sobotka, soprano; Jennifer Johnston, contralto; David Butt Philip, tenor; and Franz-Josef Selig, bass.

結束這套音樂會系列，是貝多芬的合唱巨著《莊嚴彌撒曲》。貝多芬原本為朋友的主教就職禮譜寫此曲，但最後成為一首富世俗色彩的宗教合唱作品。此版本由楊諾夫斯基帶領波茨坦室樂學院樂團、柏林電台合唱團及一眾獨唱家演出。