Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Or was it for Therese? Beethoven gave the piece to a woman by that name. But he didn’t write it for her ...

Well, pianist Garrick Ohlsson pulled a Beethoven = Bagatelle (Bagatelle, Op. 119) out of his sleeve and closed out a = recital with it in Prague. And finally, cellist Steven Isserlis = introduces a ...

Alfred Brendel, playing his annual Orchestra Hall recital over the weekend, reassured us all that the Viennese Classical tradition is alive and well in his eminently capable hands. The veteran pianist ...

When Russian-born pianist Igor Levit dropped in to play Beethoven at the Tiny Desk, he admitted he was – even after four cups of coffee – "still in my time zone change." A little jet-lagged, he had ...

‘Für Elise’ on a charming miniature piano clock – and there’s a lot going on... The notation and music says Bagatelle in A Minor, but the keyboard movement speaks of some phased minimalism, more akin ...

What exactly constitutes a Beethoven bagatelle is a moot point, as witness the varied add-ons to the standard published sets of Opp 33, 119 and 126, masterpieces all. As you’d expect from such an ...

Listen each weekend from now until mid-December for the Beethoven 250 Concert Series. Each concert explores a different aspect of Beethoven’s music including re-creations of concerts Beethoven ...