Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is in many ways the ne-plus-ultra of the orchestra literature. Not only does it require more extensive instrumental resources than was normal for the period, it draws in a ...

The last of Friday’s three piano events at St John’s Priory is given by Samson Tsoy and devoted to the final three piano sonatas by Beethoven. Tsoy is a very capable performer well equipped to meet ...

Even when he does things that are interpretatively questionable, there is always a wonderful purity about his playing that separates him from the rest. Lewis’s fourth national tour with Musica Viva ...

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 ...