Performer: Ronald Brautigam

Brautigam bridged Wilms and Beethoven at the fortepiano, while Farrenc’s First Symphony added symphonic breadth, all shaped by the assured playing of the Kölner Akademie under Michael Alexander Willens.

Streamed from an empty concert hall, the Concertgebouw's Beethoven Festival Online offered a series of six chamber works. 

Nicholas Collon decides that Mendelssohn is really a very revolutionary composer, while Amy Dickson's saxophone and Ronald Brautigam in Mozart provide vibrant contrasts.

One of the world's leading fortepiano players tells us about his lifelong love of historical pianos and how he returns to the real Beethoven.