Programmes, concerts and features celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth.
The complete set of Radio 3 Beethoven Unleashed podcasts, with Donald Macleod.
Georgia Mann and neurosurgeon Henry Marsh explore the puzzle of Beethoven’s poor health.
In 1808 Beethoven's four-hour benefit concert of challenging new music courted disaster..
Tom Service introduces the composer who innovated in every type of music he touched.
Rachel Parris leads us on an irreverent tour of Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh and Georgia Mann dissect Beethoven.
Donald Macleod introduces personal highlights of his year-long celebration of Beethoven.
How did Beethoven compose one the most famous works in classical music?
Beethoven's cantatas on the death and accession of emperors. Presented by Jonathan Swain.
Thierry Fischer conducts Beethoven's 'Emperor' Concerto with pianist Boris Giltburg.
Donald Macleod and conductor John Eliot Gardiner explore Beethoven's nine symphonies.
Five different Beethovens - from a poet, an actor, an MP, a professor and a musician.
He's the most famous composer in western music, but what makes Beethoven Beethoven?
Tom Service explores the finale from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Tom Service asks if posterity's casting of Beethoven as a hero is problematic.
