Beethoven
Starmer picks EU anthem as music that ‘sums up Labour Party’
The Opposition leader talked about the ‘sense of destiny’ and ‘moving forward to a better place’ in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
Rachmaninov tops Classic FM poll on 150th anniversary of birth
It was also a record year for film music.
Scientists sequence Beethoven’s genome using locks of his hair
The German composer and pianist began to suffer progressive hearing loss in his 20s.
Founder of orchestra says CBE award ‘rubber stamps’ diversity work
Chi-chi Nwanoku founded the first professional orchestra in Europe to be made up of a majority of black and minority ethnic musicians.
The music played during the Queen’s procession to her lying in state
The work of composers such as Beethoven and Chopin featured.
Charles Grodin, star of Midnight Run and Heartbreak Kid, dies aged 86
Grodin’s son Nicholas said his father died at his home from bone marrow cancer.
Irish pianist John O’Conor on not knowing Bono, opera with horses and wrestling
1 When did you think about a career in music and what were your first steps into it? I dreamed of a career in music from my teens but my parents were so dead against it that I considered just about everything else in the hope of placating them until finally when I was 18 I knew that I couldn’t live my life without music.
Graphic novel celebrating Beethoven’s life to be published
An album telling the story of his work is being released alongside the book.
Stephen Fry says he turns to Beethoven to fight depression
The comic has previously told of his attempts at taking his own life.
Britain’s favourite classical piece of 2020 revealed
The Classic FM Hall Of Fame logged more than 130,000 votes this year.