Why Beethoven
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Beethoven is defaced by climate activists
News
Local media have reported that the statue to…
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All the Beethoven cadenzas, except the best
Why Beethoven
The Spanish violinist Maria Duenas has just released…
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London gets an unscheduled Beethoven cycle
Why Beethoven
Neither the wokey-woke South Bank nor the unfocussed…
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Why did Beethoven never go to church
Podcast
In a new Spectator podcast, Damian Thomson and…
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Revealing new cadenzas in the Beethoven concerto
Why Beethoven
From the press release for Maria Duenas’ DG…
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Four things that Beethoven never did
Why Beethoven
In my monthly music essay for The Critic…
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Für Elise: the honky-tonk version
Why Beethoven
This is Chopin Competition winner Bruce Liu cutting…
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The book that plays as you read
Why Beethoven
Hawk-eyed purchasers of Why Beethoven have spotted a…
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Why Beethoven: The Wigmore Hall event
Why Beethoven
This was last week’s launch performance by the…
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Beethoven is used to deter gangs
Why Beethoven
A branch of McDonalds in Wrexham, Wales, has…
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John Barbirolli conducted more 7ths than any other symphony
Why Beethoven
A reader has written to the Daily Telegraph…
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Beethoven’s most performed work is revealed
Why Beethoven
In a Daily Telegraph today, I reveal analysis…
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