The 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth has somewhat fallen off the cultural radar owing to the pandemic, though a few of the musicians streaming online concerts from their music rooms have focused ...

Beethoven's symphony's form one of the most important bodies of work in musical history. The third, the fifth and the ninth get all the headlines and are generally the most well-loved, but the first ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a well-known composer of the late Classical period. His music was heavily influenced by his predecessors Mozart and Haydn. A symphony is a piece of music for an orchestra. In ...

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Rather confusingly, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, written during 1796 and 1797 isn't actually the first one he composed. The Piano Concerto No. 2 may have been published in 1801, but it was ...

Absolutely; the focus and stamina were such that a sinking would have been impossible. Any difficulties rest with us, and I confess I have a problem with the biggest movements. Like much in late ...

A new book, a new recording and some old instruments, all addressing the most memorable phrase in music: the opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Matthew Guerrieri has written a book about this ...

Piano tutor and Lecturer, Sydney Conservatorium Music, University of Sydney In our series Decoding the music masterpieces, music experts explain key works of classical music. Without question, the ...

When Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work heralded by many as his magnum opus. He had started work on his 10th Symphony but, ...