A few weekends ago, I attended a marathon performance of all of Beethoven's violin sonatas in a single concert, organized by ...

Ludwig was partial to an alcoholic beverage too. Laura Tunbridge, author of the biography Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces, notes that his doctors did recommended that he cut back, “which is ...

as Beethoven explores scalic passages in the strings. Throughout this passage, the brass instruments play the dominant pedal note (E), which the woodwind instruments take over in bar 172.

And then the recorded notes of an orchestra playing Beethoven began to filter out of the amped-up sound system. Simply as a moment of drama, it was effective. Beethoven’s majestic but tender ...

The Beethoven and Berg violin concertos aren’t commonly paired ... where the Bach chorale (whose melody is related to Berg’s 12-note row) makes its appearance, the effect of having the grieving voice ...