Most shared Beethoven features

A step-by-step guide to Beethoven’s nine symphonie

A step-by-step guide to Beethoven’s nine symphonies

Ludwig van Beethoven

Was Beethoven black? Twitter debates German composer’s true heritage

how tall were the great composers

How tall were the great composers?

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How high can you score in this composer version of ‘Who Am I’?

How high can you score in this composer version of ‘Who Am I’?

Lifestyle

Live music returns to Geneva... with distancing

Choir and orchestra fill historic concert hall for socially-distanced Beethoven’s Ninth

Beaker Ode to Joy

The Muppets predicted music in lockdown… in a Beethoven video from 10 years ago

Chaichana the elephant dances to a Beethoven piano sonata

Watch this friendly elephant experience a Beethoven piano sonata

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‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’ reworked in the style of Beethoven

‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’ reworked in the style of Beethoven is a stroke of genius

Rats prefer jazz to classical music

Controversial study shows rats prefer jazz to classical music, when on drugs

Stephen Fry says Beethoven’s music ‘brought colour back’ to his life when he had depression

Stephen Fry on his depression, and how Beethoven’s music ‘brought colour back’

Austria’s Brucknerhaus set to reopen its doors with summer performance of Beethoven

Austria’s Brucknerhaus Linz set to reopen with a series of summer concerts

Classical music on Netflix

How to get your classical music fix on Netflix

Videos

Kanneh-Mason Beethoven

The Kanneh-Mason family live-streamed a brilliant Beethoven concerto in lockdown

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

NYO invites NYCGB to perform socially distanced ‘Ode to Joy’

Young musicians of the UK invite the world to a massed performance of Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’

NYO

Vaughan Williams and Beethoven top the Classic FM Hall of Fame 2020

Beethoven zooms to the top of the Classic FM Hall of Fame in his 250th anniversary year

Classic FM Hall of Fame

'Five Elise'

Beethoven’s ‘Fur Elise’ but it’s in a jazzy 5/4... so ‘Five Elise’

Rotterdam Philharmonic Beethoven Skype concert

This orchestra’s Beethoven ‘Ode to Joy’ Skype concert is everything the world needs

This absolutely epic Beethoven ‘Ode to Joy’ flashm

This absolutely epic Beethoven ‘Ode to Joy’ flashmob is still the greatest