Beethoven Awareness Month
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Beethoven as Folk Troubador
Beethoven composed dozens of settings of folk tunes from non-German countries. Tonight, Terrance McKnight samples a few gems. Plus: the composer's oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives.
Nov 12, 2011 -
Café Concert: Miró Quartet
After a dramatic personnel change, the Austin, Texas-based Miró Quartet is reconnecting with its roots in the music of Beethoven. Watch them perform in the WQXR Cafe.
Nov 11, 2011 -
Beethoven in a New (Darker) Light
In a new exhibit at the Miami Art Museum, the multimedia artist Enrique Martinez Celaya offers a chilling perspective on the final days of Beethoven's life.
Nov 9, 2011 -
Which Regal Pianist Reigns Supreme?
Of these regal pianists of the 20th century — Rudolf Serkin, Claudio Arrau, Artur Rubinstein — by just a couple votes you chose Rubinstein as the pianist you wanted to hear perform... Nov 9, 2011
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How Beethoven Became an American Icon
Feminists and black radicals, filmmakers, architects and rappers all grasped something in the emotional power of Beethoven’s music. Michael Broyles explores this in the new book Beethoven in America.
Nov 9, 2011 -
Purposefully Bleak
Q2 Music welcomes back pianist-in-residence Jed Distler for a month-long investigation of Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas and the far-reaching effects this titanic body of repertoire has... Nov 7, 2011
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The Electric and Kinetic Sound World of Michael Gordon
As WQXR presents Beethoven Awareness Month, Q2 Music spotlights today's most distinct and inventive compositional voices. This week Nadia Sirota focuses on the music of Bang on a Can ... Nov 7, 2011
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Artemis Quartet Reaches Rapturous Heights in Beethoven Set
A new box set features the Artemis Quartet's performances of Beethoven's sixteen string quartets.
Nov 6, 2011 -
All Ears on Beethoven
With WQXR's Beethoven Awareness Month underway, Terrance McKnight reflects on the composer's lasting influence on the worlds of jazz, pop, big band and even disco.
Nov 5, 2011 -
Road to Joy with Jeremy Denk
Today at 1 pm, we celebrate Beethoven Awareness Month with pianist Jeremy Denk. We delve into the revolutionary nature of Beethoven's works and ask—who are the modern-day Beethovens? ... Nov 4, 2011