Beethoven was sitting in a bar after the 1826 premiere of his String Quartet No. 13 when some buddies sat down next to him. The final movement, the Fuge, was a little hard to digest, they told the ...

Beethoven’s late quartets are among the composer’s most enigmatic, profound and personal masterpieces. The six movements of No.13 encompass a journey through myriad philosophies: introversion, folksy ...

With the Edinburgh International Festival’s survey of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas well passed now, the Beethoven baton passes to Glasgow for the final instalment of the city’s three-year focus on the ...

Nicholas Kitchen, the Borromeo Quartet's first violinist, shares his thoughts about Beethoven's "Great Fugue." The members of the Borromeo Quartet are regular visitors to WGBH. To hear and see them ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. "Grotesque", "monstrous", "chaotic", "madness"... When audiences ...

Join Keynote String Quartet live for an epic night featuring Beethoven's String Quartet No. 13, Op.130 with the Grosse Fugue! Keynote String Quartet Presents Beethoven String Quartet No. 13, Op.130 ...

It’s not even 249 years after Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth — Dec. 16, 1770 — yet programmatic celebrations of his 250th anniversary have already begun. Beethoven’s symphonies, sonatas and concertos ...

The UB Music Department’s presentation of the award-winning Dover Quartet tonight, April 24 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on SUNY at Buffalo’s North Campus at 7:30 p.m. is the rescheduled ...