Beethoven
List of News Articles
![A violinist shown at three different ages: as a young man in a drawing, middle-aged in a painting and elderly in an old photo]()
Joseph Joachim and the great German violin concertos
17 June 2024
Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Brahms: four violin concertos, all connected by a single violinist.![]()
Beethoven's Seventh: the apotheosis of the dance?
10 June 2024
How has Wagner's epithet affected the way we approach this favourite Beethoven symphony?![]()
Heavenly realms
6 May 2024
We look at some of the many depictions of Heaven in the Christian choral tradition.![]()
La numérotation des symphonies
22 April 2024
Pour marquer le concert de l'Orchestre à la Halle aux Grains, le 21 mai, nous nous penchons sur une question parfois épineuse ...![]()
Die Nummerierung von Sinfonien
22 April 2024
Anlässlich unserer Konzerte in Würzburg (am 26. und 27. Mai), werfen wir einen Blick auf eine knifflige Frage ...![]()
Ravel and the art of orchestration
25 March 2024
What makes Ravel such a great orchestrator?![]()
Beethoven and the Eroica theme
4 March 2024
What drew Beethoven to return to the same theme four times over?![]()
Arrangements, (re)orchestrations and transcriptions: a bluffer's guide
15 January 2024
Is there any real difference between these terms?![]()
An introduction to Janissary music
11 December 2023
Why is Mozart's Violin Concerto No 5 known as the Turkish ... and is it warranted?![]()
The (mis)numbering of symphonies
3 November 2023
To mark the launch of our new Mendelssohn CD, we look at the thorny issue of how symphonies are numbered. Warning: may cause confusion!![]()
Napoleon and the Eroica
28 August 2023
If the Eroica was originally entitled the Bonaparte, what does the music tell us about Beethoven's view of Napoleon?![]()
Young composers on the cusp of greatness
19 June 2023
