Lebrecht Weekly | Ferdinand Ries: Piano trio and sextets (Hyperion)
While writing a book about Beethoven (to be published next year), I recoiled from many of the pupils, acolytes, secretaries, amanuenses, self-seeking musicians and all…
Browsing: Beethoven
Did you know that…
In Osaka every December there is a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth with a chorus of 10,000? No, that’s not a misprint. 10,000 singers! They…
Beethoven at 250: Our Team’s Picks
Today, we celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday. Baptised in Bonn on December 17 1770, the 16th is widely accepted as being the day the…
Winter festivals
Fredericton Fredericton Frostival Festival Fredericton, January 21 to February 7 www.tourismfredericton.ca Montreal Luminothérapie Montréal, 26 novembre au 28 février www.quartierdesspectacles.com Festival Classica Saint-Lambert, 11 au…
Winter Festival Picks
Beethoven 250 Festival Nov. 22 to Dec. 13 The Royal Conservatory of Music presents a series of concerts as a homage to Beethoven in late…
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: Landmark Recordings
In the space of a single-page survey, it would be impossible to give a comprehensive overview of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on record, so we will…
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Franz Schmidt – 4th symphony, &c. (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings)
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra has issued an oblong boxed set of its inaugural concerts with music director Kirill Petrenko. The new chief’s performances of Tchaikovsky’s…
For the MSO opener, a masked ball
Not your usual opening night. Small crowd. No mingling. No buzz. Except insofar as the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Bernard Labadie proved itself equal on…
Yannick and OM put spotlight on Beethoven — and Montreal
The familiar setting is Bourgie Hall, festooned with microphones, lamps, music stands and cleared of audience chairs. Yannick Nézet-Séguin stands on a podium near the…
NAC Orchestra Kicks off the Season with Beethoven Festival, Performs all 9 Symphonies
The annual FOCUS Festival presents the Beethoven edition, a 10-day immersive classical music experience with concerts and free events such as musical salons, piano marathons,…
