Beethoven Awareness Month
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Timothy Andres: Bringing the Virtuoso Composer-Performer Tradition into the 21st Century
As part of WQXR's Beethoven Awareness Month, Q2 Music honors the spirit of arguably the most iconic and paradigm-shifting composer of all time with four weeklong portraits of some of ... Nov 21, 2011
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Germany's Oldest Orchestra Shakes Up Beethoven Symphonies
The Leipzig Gewandhaus performed the first Beethoven symphony cycle in 1825. Under Riccardo Chailly, they've recorded a new version that packs a punch.
Nov 20, 2011 -
Mayor Designates November 20 as 'Beethoven Day' in NYC
Sunday, November 20 is "Beethoven Day," in New York City, signed and sealed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. The honor comes in recognition of today's Beethoven sonata marathon.
Nov 20, 2011 -
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Plays Beethoven
On Wednesday night, WQXR presented a live broadcast of John Eliot Gardiner conducting three works by Beethoven. Nov 16, 2011
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Interpreting Beethoven: How Authentic?
How do you prefer Beethoven symphonies: with the massive string sections and beefed-up choruses of the modern orchestra or the gutsy, lean sound of period-instrument groups? Weigh in here.
Nov 14, 2011 -
Bagatelles, Ludes and Loose Change
Q2 Music welcomes back pianist-in-residence Jed Distler as part of our month-long investigation of Beethoven's far-reaching effects on contemporary keyboard music.
Nov 14, 2011 -
Beethoven Endurance Test: The 32-Sonata Marathon
On Sunday in The Greene Space, we presented all 32 of Beethoven's piano sonatas live over the course of 12 hours. Check back here later for highlights of the event. Nov 14, 2011
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Tyondai Braxton: Blazing New Paths in New-Music
As part of WQXR's Beethoven Awareness Month, Q2 Music honors the spirit of arguably the most iconic and paradigm-shifting composer of all time with four weeklong portraits of some of ... Nov 14, 2011
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Planet Opera: Following Beethoven's Footsteps in Vienna
Vienna is often considered Mozart and Schubert's town. But Beethoven left his own indelible mark on the city, writes Fred Plotkin.
Nov 14, 2011 -
85 CDs of Beethoven, from Symphonies to Mandolin Works
The Guarneri Quartet, Dresden Staatskapelle, Alfred Brendel and Henryk Szeryng are among the artists on a box set featuring Beethoven's collected works.
Nov 13, 2011