Watch The Genius of Beethoven Season 1 Full Episodes

Beethoven again revolutionises musical composition with works such as the Hammerklavier Sonata, the Missa Solemnis, the 9th Symphony and the baffling...

The music of Beethoven's creative middle years is explored, alongside the dramatised recollections of his family and friends. In this period he wrote...

This first programme looks at Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and 2nd Symphony, and charts his turbulent early years as a pianist and composer in...