Great Composers in Words & Music: Ludwig van Beethoven

Introduction

I. Allegro (Excerpt)

Wild, Untamed, Arresting, Yearning, Tortured, Passionate

Var. 9, Allegro

Beethoven, It Should Be Said, Was No Mozart

I. March (Excerpt)

It Was Probably Waldstein Who, in the Following Months

IV. Finale (Excerpt)

Notwithstanding His Simmering Resentment Towards Haydn

I. Allegro con brio (Excerpt)

Eight Months After the Charity Concert

I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo (Excerpt)

The Next Few Years Witnessed Multiple Performances

I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio (Excerpt)

Less Than Two Years Later

I. Adagio sostenuto (Excerpt)

Unfortunately for Beethoven, the Sorrowful Mood

I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio (Excerpt)

Beethoven’s Productivity Continued on His Return to Vienna

Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (1814 Version) [Excerpt]

Wrapped Up with the Complicated Genesis

IV. Finale (Excerpt)

During This Period of Creative Inspiration

I. Allegro ma non troppo (Excerpt)

Before the Mega-Concert Took Place

VI. Chorus. Poco allegro (Excerpt)

Searching for Popular Acclaim at Home in Vienna

V. Agnus Dei (Excerpt)

Beethoven Interrupted Work on the Archduke’s Mass

Var. 21, Allegro con brio (Excerpt)

Beethoven Now Turned His Attention to a Work

IV. Finale (Excerpt) [1]

After Completion of the Ninth Symphony

IV. Finale (Excerpt) [2]

If Beethoven’s Life Was a Hollywood Blockbuster

V. Cavatina (Excerpt)