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| Composer | Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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KlostersOpening concert – A glimpse of Olympus
Mendelssohn, Mozart, Beethoven
Camerata Salzburg; Antonello Manacorda; Lukas Sternath
AmsterdamKings Return: magical a cappella harmonies
Mozart, Rossini, Delibes, Bizet, Orff, Saint-Saëns, Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, Verdi, Puccini, Traditional, Berlin, Carmichael, Troup, Hargrove, Redding, Wonder
Kings Return
AmsterdamBeethoven 5 and Stella Chen plays Dvořák's Violin Concerto
Franck, Dvořák, Beethoven
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra; Marc Albrecht; Stella Chen
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Concerto Budapest delivers Beethoven with high-octane fire in Dublin
András Keller’s orchestra offers intensity, finesse and sheer dramatic sweep, from Tchaikovsky’s infernal tragedy to a Beethoven Fifth Symphony driven with exhilarating momentum.
Victory Symphonies? Pappano and the LSO in Leningrad and Vienna
Prokofiev opens Seong-Jin Cho’s LSO Artist Portrait series, sandwiches between symphonies by Shostakovich and Beethoven.
LSO launches Edinburgh International Festival residency
Sir Antonio Pappano's skills as a communicator are clear, whether he's speaking or conducting, but it's the depth of the LSO's sound that impresses most as it launches its EIF residency.
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StockholmBeethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C minor
Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op.67
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Hartmut Haenchen
StockholmHarp and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Glière, Beethoven
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Nathalie Stutzmann; Xavier de Maistre
OsloHerbert Blomstedt / Oslo Philharmonic
Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op.67
Oslo Philharmonic; Herbert Blomstedt
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Bachtrack top ten: Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven's achievements were huge; he composed the greatest symphony cycle ever, as well as string quartets, piano sonatas and concertos which all broke new ground.
Beethoven 250: Riccardo Chailly on the nine symphonies
The Italian maestro reflects on his relationship with Beethoven's epic symphonic cycle, from performances with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig to his Milanese Filarmonica della Scala.
Too much of a good thing? Beethoven's 1808 Akademie in Vienna
In December 1808, Ludwig van Beethoven staged an ambitious fundraising concert at the Theater an der Wien: four hours in length and containing four premieres!