Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9 (Choral) on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Tonight's performances of the 8th and 9th Symphonies of Beethoven close out the 2014 BeethovenFest in Bonn from Deutsche Welle Radio.
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6 (Pastoral) and 7 on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
It's not just apocrypha to relate that Beethoven loved the "Woods". He carried a notebook with him so as to jot down (music) ideas as they came to him on his walks. The 6th Symphony contains some of those ideas....
Beethoven’s 3rd & 4th Symphonies from BeethovenFest Bonn 2014 on the “Evening Concert”
The Third Symphony of Beethoven bears the title "Eroica" (Heroic). There are many great stories, some true, some not, about how he came to title it thusly.
Andris Nelsons conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s First 3 Symphonies
Tonight's "Evening Concert" is the first of many in the Beethovenfest Bonn sequence from the Deutsche Welle Festival concerts of summer 2014.
Beethoven’s 4th Symphony from the New York Philharmonic on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
The Fourth Symphony of Beethoven is often thought to be a lesser (opinions vary) work in that it appears on the surface to not be as revolutionary a work as the 3rd or 5th symphonies. Are 'they" right or not? Tune in to find out.