Beethoven’s middle-period Op.59 quartets are near-contemporaries of his ‘Eroica’ Symphony and audaciously transfer symphonic ambition to chamber music. The Brodsky Quartet attempts to bring an epic ...

Ludwig van Beethoven - inspired as a young man by the ideals of the Enlightenment and by all things heroic - named his Third Symphony the "Eroica." In December 2012, conductor Kurt Masur took on the ...

Why should Beethoven’s string quartets have come to represent the pinnacle of achievement in western classical music? After all, this is a modest, intimate format involving just four players, better ...

Sunday 5 June 2005 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3) A selection of pieces by Beethoven, presented by Sean Rafferty. 2 hours 30 minutes Playlist Overture: Coriolan, Op.62 ECO, Benjamin Britten Piano Sonata in C, ...

A conductor-and-orchestra partnership that has been in place for a decade has surely earned itself the right to tackle Beethoven’s symphonies. Although the roll-call of recordings from the past is ...

Beethoven’s Third Symphony marked the beginning of a musical revolution. It begins with two simple chords that completely surprised me last summer at the Bravo! Vail festival. I was working backstage ...

Beethoven's Third Symphony is regarded as a turning point in musical history, and it marks the beginning of his career's second period. Beethoven's ideas for the "Eroica" began during his tumultuous ...