October 2014

Piano Concerto No. 5, ii. Adagio un poco mosso by Beethoven

Napoleon’s French armies had invaded Austria in 1809 and all that surrounded Ludwig van Beethoven were “nothing but drums, cannons, and human suffering in every form!” Beethoven’s reality was a war of bloodshed and a life of anxiety. He would crawl into the cellar of a friend’s house and cover his ears with pillows to save the remaining of

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