Beethoven
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No 5 in F Op 24, Spring
Performed by Amalia Hall and Stephen De Pledge. Audio
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 5 In D Op 70/1, "Ghost"
Performed by NZTrio at their 'Origins' concert, Auckland Concert Chamber, 5 July 2020 Audio
NZSO: Beethoven's Fifth
Beethoven’s famous opening 'da-da-da-dah' rhythmic motif has found its way into pop songs, Morse code and even Doctor Who. By using this across all four movements, Beethoven revolutionised symphonic… Video, Audio
NZSO: Emperor Series
Watch and listen to the NZSO playing Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Video
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Was this 1808 concert the most important in the history of classical music?
Beethoven's Pastoral was first performed in a mammoth four-hour long concert in 1808. We take a look at this event, which has been described as one of the most significant in the history of classical… Video
Roy Phillips still going strong 50 years after 'Girlie'
Fifty years ago this week, British-born musician Roy Phillips and his band The Peddlers were on top of the New Zealand music charts with their smash hit, 'Girlie.' Video, Audio
A little Classical Music
We hear another wonderful piece of classical music to soothe our soul picked by pianist and Nights classical music curator, Rachel Church. Audio
Beethoven 250: live from the APO
RADIO + VIDEO: In a slight change of plan, we now present an encore performance of Bruch: Violin Concerto and Beethoven: Symphony No 6, Pastoral.
Beethoven's Piano Concertos
Indra Hughes presents an overview of Beethoven's five Piano Concertos. Audio
BEETHOVEN: Septet Op 20
Tianwa Yang (violin), Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Nicholas Rimmer (piano), Andrew Beer (violin), Robert Ashworth (viola), Gordon Hill (bass), Ingrid Hagan (bassoon), James Fry (clarinet), Nicola Baker… Audio
Queen and Coldplay are the new Beethoven and Mozart
The likes of ABBA, Queen and Coldplay should now be put on the same pedestal of the world's greatest classical composers according to a new study published in the Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and… Audio
BEETHOVEN: Grosse Fugue Op 133
Performed by the Brodsky Quartet at their 'Fugues' concert for CMNZ, Auckland Concert Chamber, 13 May 2019. Audio
BEETHOVEN (orch Mitropoulos): String Quartet No 14 Op 131
Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Recorded 21 September 2019 by RNZ Concert. Audio
History through the Piano: Beethoven's World
John Drummond looks at famous pieces of piano music as windows into the world in which they were created. A composer cannot help but reflect the world he lives in, his understanding of life, his… Audio
The highs and lows of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Austrian-New Zealand bass Anthony Robin Schneider gives Clarissa Dunn an insider's view on the challenges of singing the bass part in Beethoven's Choral Symphony. Audio
Beethoven's symphonies: why you need to hear them
Dr Hamish Robb explains why Beethoven's symphonies are just as relevant today as when they were first performed. Video, Audio
Edo de Waart: World authority on Beethoven brings all nine of his symphonies to NZ audiences
Edo de Waart began his career as an Assistant Conductor to Leonard Bernstein and is now a world authority on Beethoven. Frank Zappa has called him "the Paul McCartney of classical music". He is Music… Audio
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58
Performed by Javier Perianes and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giordano Bellincampi at their Great Classics Series concert, Auckland Town Hall, 25 July 2019. Audio