For the last two years of his life, Beethoven's world was dark and silent. His health was completely shot. And his emotional state was worse. He'd failed in his relationship with his nephew Karl, and ...

If Haydn is today called the ‘father’ of the String Quartet, and Mozart took the form to new heights, then Beethoven – characteristically – took hold of it and completely transformed it. The five Late ...

Beethoven's three "Razumovsky" string quartets left both their first performers and the public shocked and suspicious. The violinist Ignaz Schuppanzigh, whose quartet premiered the Opus 59 works, ...

There is such a legacy of recordings of Beethoven's quartets that new versions find it hard to make their mark. This cycle from the Takacs Quartet promises to be different. The group will complete its ...

The Calidore String Quartet reflect on the importance of Beethoven's quartets in their lives Beethoven’s music has been an integral part of our quartet since the beginning. In our first reading ...

The line of cars expecting to enter the underground parking of the Colburn School was long and stationary. A Beethoven concert was to begin in 10 minutes. It took another frustratingly full 25 minutes ...