Ludwig van Beethoven was a prodigious composer. He’s credited with 722 individual works, including symphonies, sonatas, and choral music — creations that pushed the boundaries of composition and ...
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Biography and memoir news every morning. It is an irony that so little of Beethoven’s music is being played this year. Coronavirus ...
Beethoven fans and aficionados give us 250 words – no more, no fewer – on the great composer, as the world marks the 250th anniversary of his birth. 16 December 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of ...
The Ensemble for the Romantic Century (ERC) returns to Lenox, Massachusetts, for the second consecutive summer, with 12 performances of the fully staged theatrical concert, Beethoven Love Elegies.
Must he stay or should he leave? Wilhelm Furtwangler, who many consider the greatest conductor ever, agonised over a decision on which he felt much depended. After seizing power in 1933, the Nazis had ...