Featured Festivals
| Stockholm March 2020 |
Fact file
| Year of birth | 1770 |
| Year of death | 1827 |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Period | Romantic |
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LondonLunchtime Recital - Daryl Giuliano (cello) Julia Mametyeva (piano)
Emmanuel, Bloch, Beethoven
Daryl Giuliano; Julia Mametyeva
RavelloThe art of variation
Bach C.P.E., Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms
Raffaele Maisano, Piano
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Smouldering Beethoven and barnstorming Ives from Elder and the LSO
Plenty of mustard with Ives' beguiling Americana and intelligent Beethoven from Kirill Gerstein.
The elixir of love: Blomstedt conducts the Philharmonia
As spry as ever at 91, Herbert Blomstedt returns to the Philharmonia for an energetic "Eroica" Symphony with plenty of brio.
Day trips: Beethoven and Berlioz from Herbert Blomstedt
The veteran Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt proved an illuminating tour guide through a pair of early 19th-century programmatic symphonies.
In Zurich, Leonidas Kavakos wears two hats
Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos plays – and conducts – the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in works by Mozart, Schoeck and Beethoven.
Paradise Regained: a heavenly evening with Aurora
Missy Mazzoli's double bass concerto receives its UK premiere as part of Kings Place's Venus Unwrapped season.
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