January
Saturday 25 January 2020: Jonathan Biss, pianist, will discuss his Coursera lectures on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Wigmore Hall, London 4.30pm
Saturday 25 January 2020: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/ Marios Papadopoulos (piano) Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 7.30pm
Sunday 26 January 2020: Beethoven: Piano Trio in G Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Wigmore Hall, London 11:30am
Sunday 26 January 2020: Rossini: Overture, William Tell Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Schubert: ‘Die Forelle’ (The Trout) arr. Jackson, 'Du bist die Ruh’ arr. Webern, ‘Geheimes’ arr. Brahms, ‘Am Tage aller Seelen’ arr. Reger, ‘Erlkönig’ arr. Liszt Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 Stephanie Childress (violin), Benjamin Appl (baritone) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vasily Petrenko Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 2.30pm
Sunday 26 January 2020: Mozart, Piano Sonata in B flat major, "Linz", K333 (K315c) Beethoven: Sonata no. 8 in C minor Chopin: 2 Polonaises, Piano Sonata no. 3 in B minor Louis Demetrius Alvanis (piano) Westminster Cathedral Hall, London 4.30pm
- A guide to Beethoven's Symphony No. 1
Sunday 26 January 2020: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Piano Sonata No. 20 in G, Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Jonathan Biss (piano) Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm (Post concert talk at 8.30pm)
Sunday 26 January 2020: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Roderick Williams (bass) City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Jeffrey Skidmore Ex Cathedra Symphony Hall, Birmingham 4.00pm
Monday 27 January – Thursday 6th February 2020: Free touring exhibition exploring the life and work of Beethoven. Barbican Hall, London (Level G)
Tuesday 28 January 2020: Ravel: Suite, Ma mère l'Oye, La valse Debussy: La Mer Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 Eric Lu (piano) Orchestre National De Lille/ Alexandre Bloch Symphony Hall, Birmingham 7.30pm
Tuesday 28 January 2020: Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D major, Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica", Op.55 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/ Sir Roger Norrington Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 7.00pm
Tuesday 28 January 2020: Beethoven, Egmont Overture, Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Symphony no. 5 in C minor Warren Mailley-Smith (piano), Piccadilly Sinfonia St Martin-in-the-Fields, London 7.30pm
Wednesday 29 January 2020: Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D major, Symphony no. 4 in B flat major Unsuk Chin, SPIRA – A Concerto for Orchestra Britten: Young Apollo Martin James Bartlett (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham 2.15pm
- Five essential works by Beethoven
Wednesday 29 January 2020: A free pre-concert meeting for schools. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Participate team will discuss: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 3 Stravinsky: Violin Concerto Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra The Spire, Poole 6.15pm
Wednesday 29 January 2020: Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op.12 No.1 & no.2: Vals, Dance of the Elves, Halling, Elegi, Butterfly, Little Bird, Til våren, Elegi, March of the trolls, Notturno, Scherzo, Brooklet, Wedding day at Troldhaugen Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 14 in C sharp minor Schubert: Four Impromptus Ravel: La Valse Denis Kozhukhin (piano) Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 7.30pm
Wednesday 29th January 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No.1, Symphony No.3 Stravinsky: Violin Concerto Stefan Jackiw (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Kirill Karabits Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts, Poole 7.30pm
Wednesday 29 January 2020: Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye: Suite, La Valse Debussy: La Mer Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58 Eric Lu (piano) Orchestre National de Lille/ Alexandre Bloch Cadogan Hall, London 7.30pm
Thursday 30 January 2020: Enescu: Ménétrier for Violin Solo Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 8 Skalkottas: Petite Suite No 2 Brahms: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin), Filipo Gorini (piano) St George’s, Bristol 1.00pm
- How did Beethoven cope with going deaf?
Thursday 30 January 2020: Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.3, Elegischer Gesang, The Ruins of Athens: Overture, Christ on the Mount of Olives, Angel’s Chorus, Symphony No.9 Giselle Allen (soprano), Sarah Castle (mezzo soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Neal Davies (bass-baritone), Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, RNCM Chorus, Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 7.30pm
Thursday 30 January 2020: Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 6 in G Beethoven: String Quartet in F Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Borodin Quartet Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm
Thursday 30 January 2020: Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D major, Symphony no. 4 in B flat major Unsuk Chin: SPIRA – A Concerto for Orchestra Martin James Bartlett (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestr/ Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham 7.30pm
Thursday 30 January 2020: Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye , La Valse, for orchestra Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major Debussy: Images, for orchestra: Ibéria, La Mer Eric Lu (piano), Orchestre National de Lille/ Alexandre Bloch Sage Gateshead, Gatesead 7.30pm
Thursday 30 January 2020: Prokofiev: Suite, The Love for Three Oranges Kenneth Hesketh: Uncoiling the River (English premiere) Beethoven: Symphony No.5 Clare Hammond (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vasily Petrenko Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 7.30pm
- Six of the best... Beethoven's overlooked works
Thursday 30 January 2020: Grieg: Violin Sonata no. 2 in G major Saint-Saëns: Violin sonata no. 1 in D minor Beethoven: Sonata No. 9 in A major, 'Kreutzer', Op.47 Tai Murray (violin), Silke Avenhaus (piano) Djanogly Recital Hall, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham 7.30pm
Friday 31 January 2020: Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye , La Valse, for orchestra Debussy: Images, for orchestra: Ibéria Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major Eric Lu (piano), Orchestre National de Lille/ Alexandre Bloch, Conductor Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield 7.00pm
February
Saturday 1 February 2020: Alfred Brendel String Quartet Masterclass Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford 11.00am
Saturday 1 February 2020: Marios Papadopoulos Piano Masterclass The Peculiar Genius of Beethoven: A Conversation Between Alfred Brendel and Misha Donat Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford 2.00pm
Saturday 1 February 2020: TS Eliot: Four Quartets Beethoven:String Quartet No. 15 in A minor Jeremy Irons (narrator), Soloists of the Oxford Philharmonic Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 7.00pm
Saturday 1 February 2020: Mendelssohn: The Fair Melusina, overture in F major Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Symphony no. 8 in F major Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano),English Symphony Orchestra/ Kenneth Woods Shirehall, Hereford 7.30pm
Saturday 1 February 2020: Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye , La Valse, for orchestra Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op.58 Debussy: Images, for orchestra: Ibéria, La Mer Eric Lu (piano), Orchestre National de Lille/ Alexandre Bloch Leeds Town Hall, Leeds 7.30pm
Saturday 1st February 2020: 10.00am & 6.00pm: Beethoven Bites 11.00am: Beethoven: Beethoven Bites, Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 6 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko 1.00pm & 5.00pm: Beethoven: Quartets: 1.15pm & 5.15pm: Beethoven's Violin 1.30pm & 5.30pm: Bagatelles: A composer at play 2.15pm: Beethoven NEIN! mv I: Alone 3.00pm: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 & Symphony No 3 - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Kirill Karabits 7.00pm: Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 & Symphony No 4 - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Barbican, London
- The best recordings of Beethoven's Fidelio
Sunday 2 February 2020: 1.001am & 2.00pm: 'Ah, Ludwig!' 12.15pm & 4.00pm: Beethoven's Violin 12.30pm & 4.30pm: Bagatelles: A composer at play 12.45pm: Music & deafness panel discussion 1.30pm: Beethoven NEIN! mv III: Apart 2.00pm: Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 & Symphony No. 8 - Royal Northern Sinfonia/ Lars Vogt 3.45pm & 7.30pm: Beethoven: Quartets: Music, love, life & letters 5.00pm & 7.30pm: Beethoven Bites 6.00pm: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 – Hallé/ Sir Mark Elder 9.00 pm: Beethoven NEIN! mv IV: Retreat
Barbican, London
Sunday 2 February 2020: Rob Cowan - Beethoven on Disc: The Great Moments Alfred Brendel String Quartet Masterclass Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford 10:00am
Sunday 2 February 2020: Beethoven: String Quartet in D, String Quartet in C sharp minor György Kurtág: Officium breve Kuss Quartet St George’s Hall Concert Room, Liverpool 2.30pm
Sunday 2 February 2020: Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, String Quartet No. 16 in F major, String Quartet No. 9 in C major Takács Quartet Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 3.00pm
Sunday 2 February 2020: Beethoven: Egmont Overture Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor Brahms: Hungarian Dance no. 6 in D major, Symphony no. 4 in E minor Sonoko Miriam Shimano Welde (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Harish Shankar Rose Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 7.30pm
Tuesday 4 February 2020: Tells Beethoven’s story by linking his music into modern films. Royal Welsh College Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff 10:30am
Tuesday 4 February 2020: Enescu,: Impressions d'enfance, Ménétrier Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Op. 30 No. 3 Skalkottas: Petite Suite No. 2 for violin and piano Brahms, Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin), Filippo Gorini (piano)
Wigmore Hall, London
1.00pm
Tuesday 4 February 2020: Beethoven: String Quartet in F, String Quartet in C sharp minor Bruno Mantovani: String Quartet No. 6 Kuss Quartet Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm
Tuesday 4 February 2020: Beethoven: String Quartet no. 7 in F major, String Quartet no. 13 in B flat major Chiaroscuro Quartet Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham 7.30pm
Wednesday 5 February 2020: Haydn: Sonata in D, Hoboken XVI:51 Chopin: Barcarolle, Polonaise-fantaisie Beethoven: Sonata in A flat Schubert: Sonata in A, Deutsch James Lisney (piano) St George’s, Bristol 7.30pm
Wednesday 5 February 2020: A free pre-concert meeting for schools. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Participate team will discuss: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 3 Stravinsky: Violin Concerto Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Plymouth Guildhall, Plymouth 6.15pm
Wednesday 5 February 2020: Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4, Symphony No.6 Alfredo Ovalles (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Marta Gardolińska Plymouth Guildhall, Plymouth 7.30pm
Thursday 6 February 2020: 09.30am – 10.30am Professor Glenn Stanley – University of Connecticut Dealing with Fidelio: Beethoven’s Problem Child and our Problem Too 10.45am - 11.45am Professor Elaine Sisman – Columbia University Counting Works, Counting Variations Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford
Thursday 6 February 2020: 1.45pm – 2.45pm Professor William Kinderman – University of California, Los Angeles : Dystopian and Utopian Symbols in Beethoven: from the Appassionata to Op. 111 3.00pm – 4.00pm Professor Birgit Lodes – University of Vienna: Beethoven Confronts Death 4.15pm - 5.15pm Professor Nicholas Marston – University of Cambridge: Registering the ‘Eroica’ Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford
Thursday 6 February 2020: A free pre-concert meeting for schools. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Participate team will discuss: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 3 Stravinsky: Violin Concerto Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Streatham Campus, Exeter 6.15pm
Thursday 6 February 2020: J.S. Bach: Violin sonata no. 3 in C major Beethoven: String Quartet no. 14 in C sharp minor Brodsky Quartet Kings Place, Hall One, London 6.45pm
Thursday 6 February 2020: Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major Brahms: Piano Sonata no. 2 in F sharp minor, 4 Klavierstücke Debussy: Images, Set 2 Brett Dean: Hommage à Brahms Melvyn Tan (piano) Royal Over-Seas League: Princess Alexandra Hall, London 7.00pm
Thursday 6 February 2020: Howard Skempton: The Moon is Flashing, Piano Concerto Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge James Gilchrist (tenor), Ensemble 360 Crucible Theatre, The Studio, Sheffield 7.15pm
Thursday 6 February 2020: Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture and Incidental Music (selection), Operferlied, Symphony No 3 in E flat major Jennifer Johnston (singer), Manchester Chamber Choir, BBC Philharmonic/ Ben Gernon The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 7.30pm
Thursday 6 February 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Symphony No. 5 in C minor Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/ Marios Papadopoulos (piano) Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 7.30pm
- The best recordings of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
Thursday 6 February 2020: Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4, Symphony No.6 Alfredo Ovalles (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Marta Gardolińska Exeter University Great Hall, Exeter 7.30pm
Thursday 6 February 2020: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 8, 15 Variations and a Fugue, Piano Sonata No 17, Tempest Piano Sonata No 21, Op 53 Waldstein Evgeny Kissin (piano) Barbican Hall, London 7.30pm
Thursday 6 February 2020: Purcell: Chacony in G minor, Borodin: String Quartet no. 2 in D major Beethoven: String Quartet no. 9 in C major Piatti String Quartet Lakeside Arts Centre: Djanogly Recital Hall, Nottingham 7.30pm
Friday 7 February 2020: 09.00am - 10.00am Professor David B. Levy – Wake Forest University: Whither the European Hymn?: Re-imagining Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in the 21st century 10.15am - 11.15am Claire Holden – University of Oxford: Beethoven: The Long and Short of it 11.30am - 12.30am Professor Barry Cooper – University of Manchester: Performing Beethoven’s Piano Music in the 21st Century Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford
2.00pm - 3.00pm Professor Laura Tunbridge – University of Oxford: Beethoven Great and Small 3.15pm - 4.15pm Professor Daniel Leech-Wilkinson – King’s College, London: Treating Beethoven as Shakespeare 4.30pm – 5.30pm Professor Dr Christine Siegert – Beethoven Haus Bonn: Gender and Space in Beethoven’s Incidental Music to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s ‘Egmont’ Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford
Friday 7 February 2020: J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion, Erbarme dich, mein Gott Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A III. Presto (excerpt) Dvořák: Serenade for Strings (excerpt) Alexander Armstrong (presenter and singer), Paul Blezard (interviewer), Orchestra of St John’s/ John Lubbock Wigmore Hall, London 1.00pm
Friday 7 February 2020: Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major Bridge: Cello Sonata in D minor Joanna Gutowska (cello), Anna Szalucka (piano) Charlton House, London 1.00pm
Friday 7 February 2020: Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4, Symphony No.6 Alfredo Ovalles (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Marta Gardolińska Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth 7.30pm
- The best recordings of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
Friday 7 February 2020: Beethoven: String Quartet no. 9 in C major, String Quartet no. 14 in C sharp minor Benjamin Nabarro (violin), Donald Grant (violin), Simone van der Gissen (viola) Square Chapel, Halifax 7.30pm
Saturday 8 February 2020: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra cellist Gethyn Jones joins Principal Guest Conductor Andrew Manze to discuss Beethoven's Missa Solemnis Music Room, Liverpool 11.00am
Saturday 8 February 2020: Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B flat Weber: Variations on a theme from Silvana Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat Nash Ensemble: Alasdair Beatson (piano), Richard Hosford (clarinet), Stephanie Gonley (violin), Michael Gurevich (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Adrian Brendel (cello) Wigmore Hall, London 5.30pm
Saturday 8 February 2020: Dobrinka Tabakova: Dawn (London premiere) Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major Nicholas Angelich (piano), Aurora Orchestra/ Nicholas Collon Hall One, Kings Place, London 7.00pm
Saturday 8 February 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No.1 Péter Eötvös, Snatches of a Conversation for double bell trumpet & ensemble Scriabin, Symphony No.2 in C minor Marco Blaauw (trumpet), Omar Ebrahim (narrator), London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vladimir Jurowski conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Festival Hall, London 7.30pm
Saturday 8 February 2020: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor Haydn: Mass no. 11 in D Minor "Nelson Mass” or "Missa in Angustiis" Arina Lazgiian (piano), St George's Beckenham Church Choir, Chameleon Arts Orchestra/ Marcus Wibberley St John's Smith Square, London 7.30pm
Saturday 8 February 2020: Beethoven: Cello Sonata no. 5 in D major Myaskovsky: Cello Sonata no. 1 Grieg: Sonata in A minor Piatigorsky: Variations sur un thème de Paganini Kristiana Ignateva (cello), Kumi Matsuo (piano) Civic Centre, Berkhamsted 7.30pm
Sunday 9 February 2020: Beethoven: String Quartet in D Brahms: String Quartet in A minor Heath Quartet Wigmore Hall, London 11.30am
- The best recordings of Beethoven's symphonies
Sunday 9 February 2020: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 Bruckner: Symphony No.4 Yeol Eum Son (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/ Andrew Manze Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 2.30pm
Sunday 9 February 2020: Beethoven: Overture 'Leonore' Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Walton: Symphony No 1 in B flat minor Esther Yoo (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Carlos Miguel Prieto St David's Hall, Cardiff 3.00pm
Sunday 9 February 2020: Beethoven: String Quartet no. 11 in F minor Bliss: Clarinet Quintet Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major Joseph Shiner (clarinet), Allegri Quartet Kings Place: Hall One, London 6.30pm
Monday 10 February 2020: Sacconi Quartet performs from memory, in almost complete darkness. Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in C sharp minor Sacconi Quartet Wigmore Hall, London 6.15pm
Tuesday 11 February 2020: Beethoven: Grosse Fugue - fugue for string quartet in B flat major, String Quartet no. 2 in G major Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor Carmen Ho: The Way It Is (World Premiere) Ensemble 360 Upper Chapel, Sheffield 7.15pm
Tuesday 11 February 2020: Mozart: String Quartet in D minor Haydn: String Quartet no. 23 in F minor Beethoven: String Quartet no. 13 in B flat major Chiaroscuro Quartet University of Southampton, Turner Sims, Southampton 8.00pm
Wednesday 12 February: Beethoven: Symphony No 9 Iwona Sobotka (soprano), Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano), Robert Murray (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), London Symphony Chorus/ Simon Halsey, London Symphony Orchestra/ Simon Rattle Barbican Hall, London 6.30
Wednesday 12 February 2020: Beethoven: String Quartet in G Bartók: String Quartet No. 6 Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 4 in E minor The Endellion String Quartet Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm
- Five of the best recordings of Beethoven's piano sonata cycles
Wednesday 12 February 2020: Beethoven: 12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen Rachmaninov: Vocalise Popper: Dance of the Elves, Hungarian Rhapsody Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso in B minor Lutosławski: Sacher Variation for solo cello Brahms: Cello Sonata no. 2 in F major Jamal Aliyev (cello), Jâms Coleman (piano) St. Mary's Lichfield, Lichfield 7.30pm
Thursday 13 February 2020: In Search of Beethoven: An account of the life and works of the composer. Barbican Cinema 2, London 2.00pm
Thursday 13 February 2020: Berg: Violin Concerto Beethoven: Christ on the Mount of Olives Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Pavol Breslik (tenor), David Soar (bass) London Symphony Chorus/ Simon Halsey, London Symphony Orchestra/ Simon Rattle Barbican Hall, London 7.30pm
Thursday 13 February 2020: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Symphony No. 7 in A major Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/ Marios Papadopoulos (piano) Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 7.30pm
Thursday 13 February: Beethoven: Violin Sonata in F Op. 24, Violin Sonata in A Op. 30 No. 1 Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2 James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano) Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm
Thursday 13 February 2020: Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for violin and orchestra Waxman: Carmen Fantasy Marco Fatichenti (piano), Andrea L (violin) 1901 Arts Club, London 7.30pm
Friday 14 February 2020: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Gershwin: 3 Preludes, The Man I Love, Girl Crazy: Embraceable You, Rhapsody in Blue Warren Mailley-Smith (piano) St James's Church, Picadilly, London 6.00pm
- How many symphonies did Beethoven write?
Friday 14 February 2020: Mozart: Rondo alla Turca from Piano Sonata no.11 in A major Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight" Brahms: 6 Pieces for piano: Intermezzo in A major Liszt: Liebestraum no. 3 in A flat major, Rigoletto: Paraphrase de Concert, Hungarian rhapsody Chopin: Ballade no. 1 in G minor, Nocturne no. 16 in E flat major, Fantasie in C sharp minor, Debussy: Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Jonathan French (piano) Coventry Cathedral, Coventry 7.30pm
Saturday 15 February 2020: Beethoven: Cantata for the death of Emperor Joseph II; Leonore Prohaska: Trauermarsch; Symphony No 7 in A major Miah Persson (singer), Kitty Whately (singer), Anthony Gregory (singer), Andrew Foster-Williams (singer), Manchester Chamber Choir, BBC Philharmonic/ Mark Wigglesworth The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 7.30pm
Saturday 15 February 2020: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1, Wind Octet, Piano Concerto No.3 Nathan Williamson (piano) Prometheus Orchestra/ Edmond Fivet Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 7.30pm
Saturday 15 February 2020: Mozart: Bassoon Quartet in B flat (after Bassoon Sonata K292) (arr. Iain Farrington) Dohnányi: Sextet in C Beethoven: Septet in E flat Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm
Saturday 15 February 2020: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major Beethoven: Egmont Overture Ga: Idyllikon Catherine Schofield (leader), Michael Foyle (violin), Kew Sinfonia / John Beswick St Michael and All Angels Church, Chiswick, London 7.30pm
Saturday 15 February 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No.4, Missa Solemnis Sarah Wegener (soprano) Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), Steve Davislim (tenor), Johannes Weisser (bass) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/ Andrew Manze Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 7.30pm
Saturday 15 February 2020: Walton: Viola Concerto Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 Timothy Ridout (viola), Philharmonia Orchestra Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford 7.30pm
Sunday 16 February 2020: Why Beethoven Threw the Stew Hear some of Beethoven's most famous works and discover the man behind the music. Why was he so grumpy? How did he overcome being deaf? Inspired by the book of the same name by cellist Steven Isserlis. Royal Festival Hall, London 12.00pm
Sunday 16 February 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No.1* Fauré: Élégie for cello and orchestra Mahler: Totenfeier Copland: Danzón Cubano Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra/Simon Emery/Andrew Manze,*conductor Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 2.30pm
Sunday 16 February 2020: Berg: Lulu: suite Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor Iwona Sobotka (soprano), Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano), Robert Murray (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), London Symphony Chorus/ Simon Halsey, London Symphony Orchestra/ Simon Rattle Barbican Hall, London 7.00pm
- A guide to Beethoven's Symphony No. 2
Sunday 16 February 2020: Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.4 in C major Lutosławski: Grave Barber: Sonata for Cello and Piano Rachmaninov: Sonata for Cello and Piano Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 7.30pm
Sunday 16th February 2020: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2, Wind Sextet, Piano Concerto No. 4 Nathan Williamson (piano), Prometheus Orchestra/ Edmond Fivet Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh 4.00pm
Monday 17 February 2020: Beethoven: String Quartet in F Puccini: Crisantemi Ensemble of St Luke’s Music Room, Liverpool 1.00pm
Monday 17 February 2020: Coleridge-Taylor: "Othello Suite" Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major Tai Murray (violin), Chineke! Orchestra/ Fawzi Haimor Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick 7.30pm
Monday 18 February 2020: Beethoven: Complete piano sonatas Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Pianists The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 10am
Wednesday 19 February 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 Oliver Knussen, Violin Concerto Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 Leila Josefowicz (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vasily Petrenko Royal Festival Hall, London 7.30pm
Wednesday 19 February 2020: Glinka: A Life for the Tsar: overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 in E minor Leon McCawley (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Domingo Hindoyan Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge 7.30pm
Thursday 20 February 2020: Onslow: String Quintet No. 28 Hummel: String Quartet in C major Beethoven: String Quartet no. 9 in C major David Adams (violin), Claire Sterling (violin), Malin William-Olsson (violin), Harry Atkinson (double bass), Emily Nebel (violin), Alice Neary (cello) The Salomé Quartet Bridges Centre, Monmouth 7.30pm
Thursday 20 February 2020: Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major Rachel Podger (violin), Christopher Glynn (piano) Kings Place: Hall One, London 7.30pm
Thursday 20 February 2020: Schubert: Violin Sonata (Sonatina) in D major, Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major Dvořák: Romantic pieces for violin and piano Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Maria Włoszczowska (violin), Sophia Rahman, (piano) Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead 7.30pm
Friday 21 February 2020: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Highlights from his Sonatas and Symphonies Isabel Mundry: Beethoven Resonances (UK premiere) Helmut: Tableau, for orchestra Francesco Filidei: New Work (UK premiere) Cage: Concerto for piano and orchestra Zimmermann: Photoptosis Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Gürzenich Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth Royal Festival Hall, London 7.30pm
Friday 21 February 2020: Jörg Widmann: Con brio Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 Noa Wildschut (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Elim Chan Usher Hall, Edinburgh 7.30pm
Saturday 22 February 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 3 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Karabits Sage Gateshead, Sage One Gateshead 12pm
Saturday 22 February 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No. 2, Symphony No. 4 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov Sage Gateshead, Sage One, Gatehead 3.30pm
Saturday 22 February 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Symphony No. 6 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko Sage Gateshead: Sage One 7.30pm
Saturday 22 February 2020: Jörg Widmann: Lied for Orchestra Ravel: Shéhérazade Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Dima Slobodeniouk Royal Festival Hall, London 7.30pm
Saturday 22 February 2020: Haydn: String Quartet in C Jörg Widmann: String Quartet No. 7 'Studie über Beethoven' (UK première) Beethoven, String Quartet in B flat with Grosse Fuge The Artemis Quartet Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm
Saturday 22 February 2020: Rameau: Gavotte and Variations Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 4 in E flat major Liszt: Berceuse, Piano Sonata in B minor Benjamin Grosvenor, (piano) Dorking Halls: Grand Hall, Dorking 7.30pm
Saturday 22 February 2020: Jörg Widmann: Con Brio, concert overture for orchestra Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A major, Allegretto Noa Wildschut, (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra/ Elim Chan Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 7.30pm
Sunday 23 February 2020: Mozart: Piano Sonata in C major, Piano Concerto no. 12 in A Beethoven: Piano Trio no. 3 in C minor Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano), Strings Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen's Hall, Edinburgh 3.00pm
Sunday 23 February 2020: Beethoven: Cello Sonata no. 2 in G minor Brahms, Cello Sonata no. 1 in E minor for Cello and Piano Shostakovich, Cello Sonata in D minor Lydia Shelley (cello), Nicolas Stavy (piano) Conway Hall, London 25 Red Lion Square, London 6.30pm (pre-Concert talk 5.30pm)
Sunday 23 February 2020: Beethoven: 5 Variations on 'Rule Britannia', 6 Variations on an Original Theme in G, 9 Variations on a March by Dressler in C minor, 12 Variations on 'Menuet à la Viganò' from Haibel’s Le nozze disturbate in C, 7 Variations on 'God save the King' in C Feldman: Last Pieces John Cage: 7 Haiku, In a Landscape George Crumb: Processional Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm
Sunday 23 February 2020: Coleridge-Taylor: Othello Suite, Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Beethoven: Symphony No.7 Tai Murray (violin), Chineke! Orchestra/ Fawzi Haimor Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 7.30pm
- A guide to Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
Sunday 23 February 2020: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor Giselle Allen (soprano), Sarah Castle (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Jackson (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Hallé Choir, Hallé/ Sir Mark Elder Sage Gateshead: Sage One, Gateshead 7.00pm
Monday 24 February 2020: Course dates: Monday 24 February Thursday 27 February Monday 2 March Julian Philips, course presenter Laura Roberts, piano Wigmore Hall, London 3.00pm
Monday 24 February 2020: Bach: English Suite no. 3 in G minor Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre: Suite no. 3 in A minor Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 31 in A flat major, Alexander Soares (piano) St Hildeburgh's Church, Hoylake, 7.30pm
Monday 24 February 2020: Mozart: Quintet in C minor for String Beethoven: String Quintet in C Felix Mendelssohn String Quintet no. 2 in B flat major Artisti con Brio Penrith Methodist Church, Penrith 7.30pm
Wednesday 26 February 2020: Beethoven: String Quintet in C Felix Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 2 in B flat Artisti con Brio Candid Arts, London 6pm
Thursday 27 February 2020: Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A flat, Piano Sonata in F Minor, Piano Sonata in E, Piano Sonata in C Minor Boris Giltburg (piano) St John’s Smith Square, London 7pm
Thursday 27 February 2020: Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas with Jonathan Biss Discussion Wigmore Hall, London 3pm
Thursday 27 February 2020: Henning Kraggerud: Preghiera Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor Brodsky Quartet Kings Place, London 6.45pm
Thursday 27 February 2020: Beethoven: Tremate, Empi, Tremate: Trio for soprano, tenor and bass with orchestra; Symphony No.8*, Fidelio: Act II Simon O’Neill (Florestan, tenor), Rachel Nicholls (Leonore, soprano), Brindley Sherratt (Rocco, bass) Gemma Summerfield (Marzelline, soprano), Stuart Jackson (Jacquino, tenor), James Platt (Don Fernando, bass) Hallé Choir, Hallé/Sir Mark Elder/Ben Gemon* The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 7.30pm
Thursday 27 February 2020: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat, Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Ronan O’Hora (piano) Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican, London 7.30pm
Thursday 27 February 2020: Haydn: Symphony no. 52 in C minor Beethoven: Triple Concerto for violin, cello, and piano in C Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (violin), Philip Higham (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Kristian Bezuidenhout, (Piano) (Harpsichord) Queen's Hall, Edinburgh 7.30pm
Friday 28 February 2020: Kabalevsky: Improvisation Mussorgksy: Une Larme, Hopak Tchaikovsky: Aveu Passionné Beethoven, Arr Bowden: Adagio Sostenuto From Piano Sonata No 14; 'Moonlight' For Viola And Piano Shostakovich: Viola Sonata Lawrence Power (viola), Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) LSO St Luke's, London 1pm
Friday 28 February 2020: Talk on the new Bärenreiter Urtext Edition of Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas. Jonathan Del Ma, presenter Wigmore Hall, London 6pm
Friday 28 February 2020: Beethoven: Overture 'Coriolan'; Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Symphony No. 3 in E flat Martin Roscoe (piano), BBC Philharmonic/Clemens Schuldt Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent 7.30pm
Friday 28 February 2020: Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Roger Norrington Usher Hall, Edinburgh 7.30pm
- A guide to Beethoven's Symphony No. 4
Friday 28 February 2020: Beethoven: Sonata for Piano No. 14 in C sharp minor Handel: Water Music Suite in F Finzi: Eclogue Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Concerto for Piano No. 12 in A Adam Johnson (piano), Brandenburg Sinfonia/Andrew Earis, St Martin in the Fields, London 7.30pm
Friday 28 February 2020: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F, Piano Sonata No. 10 in G, Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat, Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Jonathan Biss (piano) Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm (post-Concert talk at 9.30pm)
Friday 28 February 2020: Haydn: Symphony No. 52 in C minor Beethoven: Triple Concerto for violin, cello, and piano in C Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (violin), Philip Higham (cello) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Kristian Bezuidenhout (Piano, Harpsichord) City Halls: Concert Hall, Glasgow 7.30pm
Friday 28 February 2020: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Krzysztof Penderecki: Chaconne in memory of Jean Paul II Enescu: Symphony No. 1 in E flat Jeremy Denk (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Osmo Vanska Royal Festival Hall, London 7.30pm
Friday 28 February 2020: Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Prokofiev: Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Franck: Violin Sonata in A ((trans. from the Violin Sonata)) Truls Mørk (cello), Behzod Abduraimov (piano) Kings Place: Hall One, London, 7.30pm
Friday 28 February 2020: Haydn: String Quartet No. 11 in D minor Onslow: String Quartet in C minor Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor Consone String Quartet Agata Daraskaite (violin), Magdalena Loth-Hill (violin), Elitsa Bogdanova (viola), George Ross (cello) Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa 7.30pm
Saturday 29 February 2020: Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’ Giselle Allen (singer), Sarah Castle (singer), Stuart Jackson (singer), Neal Davies (singer), Hallé Choir, The Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham 7.30pm Free Pre-Concert Talk: 6.20pm
Saturday 29 February 2020: Jonathan Dove: Experts from Airport Scenes, Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances Robert Markham (piano), Hull Philharmonic Orchestra/Timothy Redmond Hull City Hall, Hull 7.30pm
Saturday 29 February 2020: Beethoven: Sonata No. 16 in G, Sonata No. 18 in E flat, Sonata No. 22 in F, Sonata No. 23 in F minor Freddy Kempf (piano) St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 7.30pm
Saturday 29 February 2020: Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faun, Fantaisie for piano and orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Roger Norrington Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow 7.30pm
March
Sunday 1 March 2020: Beethoven: Fidelio Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Simon Neal (Don Pizarro), Amanda Forsythe (Marzelline), Robin Tritschler (Jaquino), Egils Silinš (Don Fernando), Filipe Manu (First Prisoner), Second Prisoner (ByeongMin Gil), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House, London 3pm
Monday 2 March 2020: Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor Op. 18, String Quartet in E flat Op. 74, String Quartet in F Op. 59 No. 1 Belcea Quartet Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm
Monday 2 March 2020: Chopin: Nocturne in E minor, Op 72 No. 1, Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op KK VIa No. 16, Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op KK IVb No. 8, Nocturne in E-flat, Op 9 No. 2 Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 in F minor Fazıl Say, Troy Sonata Fazıl Say (piano) Barbican Hall, London 8.30pm
Tuesday 3 March 2020: Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor Op. 18 No. 4, String Quartet in E flat Op. 74 'Harp' String Quartet in F Op. 59 No. 1 Belcea Quartet Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm
Tuesday 3 March 2020: Beethoven: Fidelio Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Simon Neal (Don Pizarro), Amanda Forsythe (Marzelline), Robin Tritschler (Jaquino), Egils Silinš (Don Fernando), Filipe Manu (First Prisoner), Second Prisoner (ByeongMin Gil), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House, London 7.30pm
Wednesday 4 March 2020: Mozart: Piano Trio in C, K548 Kaija Saariaho: Light and Matter Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (Finale, arr. Linos Piano Trio) Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Linos Trio Konrad Elias-Trostmann (violin), Vladimir Waltham (cello) Prach Boondiskulchok (piano) Methodist Church Hall, Bideford 7.30pm
Wednesday 4 March 2020: Beethoven: Missa solemnis Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Atkins (tenor), Brindley Sherratt (bass) BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Richard Farnes Barbican, London 7.30pm
Wednesday 4 March 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Symphony No. 7 in A Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Maxim Emelyanychev Perth Concert Hall (Horsecross), Perth 7.30pm
Thursday 5 March 2020: Rachmaninov: Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 5 in D Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor Mithras Piano Trio Hull University, Middleton Hall, Hull 7.30pm
Thursday 5 March 2020: Berners: Polka Mozart: Zaide K344, Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben Beethoven, Bagatelle in G Op. 126 Sullivan: The Gondoliers, Kind sir, you cannot have the heart Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Timothy West (interviewee), Paul Blezard (interviewer), Hannah Davey (soprano), Maki Sekiya (piano), Orchestra of St John’s/John Lubbock Wigmore Hall, London 1pm
- A guide to Beethoven's Symphony No. 5
Thursday 5 March 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Symphony No. 7 in A Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Maxim Emelyanychev Usher Hall, Edinburgh 7.30pm
Friday 6 March 2020: Beethoven: Fidelio Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Simon Neal (Don Pizarro), Amanda Forsythe (Marzelline), Robin Tritschler (Jaquino), Egils Silinš (Don Fernando), Filipe Manu (First Prisoner), Second Prisoner (ByeongMin Gil), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House, London 7.30pm
Friday 6 March 2020: Beethoven: Violin concerto Op. 61, Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F, Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G, Symphony No .4 Midori (violin), Festival Strings Lucerne Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden 7.30pm
Friday 6 March 2020: Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in F, Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D, Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in G minor Mozart: Andantino in B flat Diabelli: Sonatina for Cello and Piano in C Peter Adams (cello), Magdalena Nasidlak (piano) Holywell Music Room, Oxford 7.30pm
Friday 6 March 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Symphony No. 7 in A Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Maxim Emelyanychev City Halls: Concert Hall, Glasgow 7.30pm
Saturday 7 March 2020: Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D, Op. 12 No. 1 Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A major, Op. 12 No. 2, Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 in F Spohr: Mazurka and Scherzo from Sechs Salonstücke Viotti: Serenade in A major for Two Violins Tamás András (violin), Evgenia Epshtein (violin), Katya Apekisheva (piano) Hollywell Music Room, Oxford 3pm
Saturday 7 March 2020: Rie: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F minor Paganini: Cantabile Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 8 in G, Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 10 in G Kreutzer: La Molinara Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin), Charlotte Scott (violin), Diana Ketler (piano) Holywell Music Room, Oxford 7.30pm
Saturday 7 March 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat, Mass in C Emily Dorn (Singer), Rachel Frenkel (singer), Luis Gomes (singer), Evan Hughes (singer), Dresden Chamber Choir, BBC Philharmonic/Omer Meir Wellber The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 7.30pm
Saturday 7 March 2020: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor, Impromptu Fantasie in C sharp minor, Op. 66, Ballade no. 1 in G minor Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor, 3 Concert Etudes: Un sospiro Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, Clair de lune Rachmaninov: Prelude in C sharp minor for piano Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Warren Mailley-Smith (piano) Manchester Cathedral, Manchester 7.30pm
Saturday 7 March 2020: Haydn: Piano Trio in E flat, Hob XV:10 Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht, (arr. E. Steuermann for piano trio) Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Rautio Piano Trio Civic Centre, Berkhamsted 7.30pm
Sunday 8 March 2020: Schubert: String Trio in B flat D471 Beethoven: Septet in E flat Op. 20 Nash Ensemble Wigmore Hall, London 11.30am
- A guide to Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
Sunday 8 March 2020: Beethoven, Piano Sonata Nos. 30-32 Steven Osborne, piano Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow 2.30pm
Sunday 8 March 2020: Beethoven: 3pm – 4.15pm: Piano Concerto No. 2 and Piano Concerto No. 1 5pm – 6.30pm: Piano Concerto Nos. 3 and 4 7.30pm – 8.30pm: Piano Concerto No. 5 Howard Shelley (piano) London Mozart Players St John Smith Square, London
Sunday 8 March 2020: Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Variations in E flat on an Original Theme Op. 44, Piano Trio No. 5 in D Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (violin), Ashok Klouda (cello) Simon Callaghan (piano) Conway Hall, London 6.30pm
Monday 9 March 2020: Beethoven: Fidelio Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Simon Neal (Don Pizarro), Amanda Forsythe (Marzelline), Robin Tritschler (Jaquino), Egils Silinš (Don Fernando), Filipe Manu (First Prisoner), Second Prisoner (ByeongMin Gil), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House, London 7.30pm
Monday 9 March 2020: Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G, Cello Sonata in D Op. 102 No. 2 Leoš Janáček: Pohádka Debussy: Cello Sonata, Suite bergamasque, Clair de lune (arr. Alexandre Roelens for violin and piano) Ravel: Pièce en forme de habanera Poulenc: Violin Sonata Julia Hwang (violin), James Drinkwater (piano), Ben Tarlton (cello), Jâms Coleman (piano) Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm
Monday 9 March 2020: Beethoven, Trio in B flat, Op. 97 'Archduke' Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time Emma Lisney (violin), Michael Whight (clarinet), Joy Lisney (cello) Purcell Room at Southbank Centre, London 7.45pm
Tuesday 10 March 2020: Beethoven: String Trios Op .9, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Queyras Trio St George's Hall Concert Room, Liverpool 7.30pm
Tuesday 10 March 2020: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth Hall 7.30pm
Wed 11 March 2020: Beethoven: Triple Concerto Mahler: Symphony No. 1 Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), Pablo Ferrández (cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Robin Ticciati Royal Festival Hall, London 7.30pm
Wednesday 11 March 2020: Beethoven: String Trio in E flat Op. 3, String Trio in G Op. 9 No. 1, String Trio in D Op. 9 No. 2, String Trio in C minor Op. 9 No. 3, Serenade for string trio in D Op. 8 Daniel Sepec (violin), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Wigmore Hall, London 7pm
Wednesday 11 March - Sunday 15 March 2020: Beyond the Score Beethoven, Symphony No.5, a dramatic exploration The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Wednesday 11 March 2020 - 2.15pm Thursday 12 March 2020 - 7.30pm Sunday 15 March 2020 - 4pm Gerard McBurney (creative director), The Hallé Orchestra/Gergely Madaras The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 12 March 2020: Fazıl Say: Grand Bazaar (UK première) Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat Fazıl Say (piano), RSNO Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Thomas Søndergård Caird Hall, Dundee 7.30pm
Thursday 12 March 2020: Debussy: Cello Sonata Kabalevsky: Cello Sonata Op. 71 Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 Bartholomew LaFollette (cello), Caroline Palmer (piano) St George’s, Bristol 1pm
Friday 13 March 2020: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5; Prometheus: Overture, Symphony No.5 Daniel Lebhardt (piano), The Hallé Orchestra/Gergely Madaras King George's Hall, Blackburn 6.30pm
Friday 13 March 2020: Beethoven: Aria 'Ah! perfido', Symphony No. 3 in E flat Strauss: Metamorphosen Rhian Lois (singer), National Orchestra of Wales/Jonathan Bloxham Brangwyn Hall, Swansea 7.30pm
Friday 13 March 2020: Beethoven: Fidelio Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Simon Neal (Don Pizarro), Amanda Forsythe (Marzelline), Robin Tritschler (Jaquino), Egils Silinš (Don Fernando), Filipe Manu (First Prisoner), Second Prisoner (ByeongMin Gil), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House, London 7.30pm
Friday 13 March 2020: Fazil Say: Grand Bazaar (UK Premiere) Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor Fazil Say (piano), RSNO Chorus, RSNO/Thomas Søndergård Usher Hall, Edinburgh 7.30pm
Saturday 14 March 2020: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Oxford Bach Choir, London Mozart Players/Benjamin Nicholas Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 7.30pm
Sunday 15 March 2020: Beethoven: Ah! Perfido Richard Straus: Metamorphosen Rhian Lois (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Jonathan Bloxham St George’s, Bristol 3pm
Tuesday 17 March 2020: Reicha: 4 Etudes Op. 97 Haydn: Capriccio in G Beethoven: Sonate No. 8, Op. 13 pathétique Ivan Ilić (piano) St David’s Hall, Cardiff 1pm
Tuesday 17 March 2020: Duruflé: Requiem Beethoven: Mass in C The Choir and Orchestra of Westminster School, The Westminster Choral Society, Tri-borough Music Hub, Pimlico Musical Foundation/Tim Garrard Barbican Hall, London 7pm
Tuesday 17 March 2020: Beethoven: Fidelio Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Simon Neal (Don Pizarro), Amanda Forsythe (Marzelline), Robin Tritschler (Jaquino), Egils Silinš (Don Fernando), Filipe Manu (First Prisoner), Second Prisoner (ByeongMin Gil), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House, London 5.30pm
Thursday 19 March 2020: Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 Melaine Dalibert: Etude II Chopin: 4 Nocturnes Liszt: Six Consolations Ivan Ilic (piano) St George’s, Bristol 1pm
- A guide to Beethoven's Symphony No. 7
Saturday 21 March 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Butterworth (orch. Roderick Williams): Six Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’ Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 Roderick Williams (baritone), The Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield 7pm
Saturday 21 March 2020: Palestrina: Gloria Patri (arr. Mark Steinberg) Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor Op. 132 Davidovsky: String Quartet No. 5 (Dank an Op. 132) Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13 Brentano String Quartet Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm
Saturday 21 March – Sunday 22 March 2020: Sat 21st March 3.00pm Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 1 Sat 21st March 7.30pm Piano Concerto No. 3 and Symphony No. 2 Sun 22nd March 2.00pm Piano Concerto Nos. 4 and 5 Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Caroline Pether (leader), Sinfonia Cymru/Gábor Takács-Nagy Hoddinot Hall, Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff
Sunday 22 March 2020: Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 2 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Rachel Starritt (piano) Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra St George’s, Bristol 7pm
Tuesday 24 March: Harrison Birtwistle: Cortege Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Yeol Eum Son (piano), Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon, Conductor St George’s, Bristol 7pm
Tuesday 24 March 2020: Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello in D minor Beethoven: Sonata for Cello in A Indira Grier (cello), Francis Grier (piano) St Martin in the Fields, London 1pm
Wednesday 25 March 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 Kaija Saariaho: Notes on Light Scriabin: Symphony No. 4 (The Poem of Ecstasy) Johannes Moser (cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Omer Meir Wellber Royal Festival Hall, London 7.30pm
Thursday 26 March 2020: Beethoven: String Trio No. 5, String Quartet No. 10 Jörg Widmann: Study on Beethoven Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Pieter Schoeman (violin), David Quiggle (viola), Kristina Blaumane (cello) London Philharmonic Orchestra Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 7.30pm
Thursday 26 March 2020: Brahms: Nänie Wagner: Act I Prelude from Parsifal Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Ekaterina Siurina (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor), Leon Košavić (baritone), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Nathalie Stutzmann Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 7.30pm
Friday 27 March 2020: Beethoven: Choral Fantasia and Symphony No. 9 Tim Hooper (chorus master), Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Mark Eager St David’s Hall, Cardiff 7pm
- A guide to Beethoven's Symphony No. 8
Friday 27 March 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, Overture: Egmont Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto Amy Rooney: IX Mark Simpson (clarinet), Ulster Orchestra/Moritz Gnann Ulster Hall 7.45pm
Friday 27 March 2020: Beethoven: Piano Sonata Nos. 30-32 Steven Osborne (piano) Upper Chapel, Sheffield 7.15pm
Friday 27 March 2020: Beethoven: Complete piano sonatas Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Pianists Ullverston Parish Church, Birmingham 11am
Saturday 28 March 2020: Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 Dutilleux: Le temps l’horloge Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Sally Matthews (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Gardner Royal Festival Hall, London 7.30pm
Saturday 28 March 2020: Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 in F, ‘Pastoral’ (from memory) Experience Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony from inside the heart of the orchestra Jessie Maryon Davies, presenter Aurora Orchestra Hall Two, Kings Place, London 21:15pm
Sunday 29 March 2020: Beethoven, Piano Sonata Nos. 30-32 Steven Osborne (piano) Dolphin Centre, Central Hall, Darlington 3pm
Sunday 29 March 2020: Brahms: Nänie Wagner: Act I Prelude from Parsifal Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’ Ekaterina Siurina (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor), Leon Košavić (baritone) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Nathalie Stutzmann Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 2.30pm
Monday 30 March 2020: Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B flat, Op. 11 Bruch: Eight Pieces, Op. 83 Old St Paul’s Trio, Calum Robertson (clarinet), John Kitchen (piano) Jamie Kenny (double bass) Music Room, Liverpool 1pm
Tuesday 31 March 2020: Dohnányi: Serenade in C major Beethoven: String Trio Op. 9 No. 3 in C minor Sinfonia Cymru St David’s Hall, Cardiff 1pm
April
Wednesday 1 April 2020: Ives: The Unanswered Question Thomas Adès: In Seven Days Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 Nicolas Hodges (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski Royal Festival Hall, London 7.30pm
Wednesday 1 April 2020: Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Symphony No. 4, Piano Concerto No. 5 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Sunwook Kim (piano) Poole’s Centre for the Arts, Poole 7.30pm
Thursday 2 April 2020: Meet the Music: Beethoven Jonathan James and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Quartet Poole’s Centre for the Arts, Poole 1pm
Thursday 2 April 2020: Beethoven: Egmont Overtur Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte for strings Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Joshua Weilerstein Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool 7.30pm (intro 6.15pm, Music Room)
Thursday 2 April 2020: Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Symphony No. 4, Piano Concerto No. 5 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Sunwook Kim (piano) Lighthouse, Poole 7.30pm
Friday 3 April 2020: Programme to include piano trios by Beethoven Trio Sōra Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk 12pm
Saturday 4 April 2020: Beethoven: King Stephen Overture, Grosse Fuge, Ah! Perfido, Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II Lise Davidsen (soprano), Angharad Lyddon (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Atkins (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass), London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski Royal Festival Hall, London 7.30pm
Sunday 5 April 2020: Beethoven: Variations for Cello and Piano on Bel Männern, Violin Sonata in A Op. 30, No. 1, the Ghost Trio Paul Barritt (violin), Nicholas Trygstad (cello), Darius Battiwalla (organ) Hallé St Peter's, Manchester 11am
Wednesday 8 April 2020: Beethoven: Sonata No 4 in A minor, Sonata No. 5 in F, Sonata No. 9 in A Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano) Barbican Hall, London 7.30pm
- A guide to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Thursday 9 April 2020: Beethoven: Symphony No. 2, Christ on the Mount of Olives Singers: Jennifer France (soprano), Neal Davies (bass), Toby Spence (tenor), Hallé Choir, RNCM Chorus, Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 7.30pm
Friday 10 April 2020: Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 3, Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’ Trio Sōra II Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk 12pm
Monday 13 April 2020: Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2 Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat Op. 18 Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Op. 45 Janine Jansen (violin), Denis Kozhukhin (piano) 7.30pm
Friday 17 April 2020: Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Symphony No. 5 Reicha: Piano Concerto Ivan Ilic (piano), Ulster Orchestra/Tianyi Lu Ulster Hall, Belfast 7.45pm
Saturday April 18 2020: Beethoven: Piano Sonata Nos. 30-32 (Op. 109, 110 and 111) Steven Osborne (piano) St Mary's Chuch, Wendover 7.30pm
Saturday 18 April 2020: Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Piano Concerto No. 3 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’ Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), Peter Holder (organ), Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Moritz Gnann Royal Albert Hall, London 7.30pm
Saturday 18 April 2020: Beethoven: Fidelio Overture. Piano Concerto No. 4, Symphony No. 6 Joanna MacGregor (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Matthew Coorey Brighton Dome, Brighton 7.30pm
Sunday 19 April 2020: Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat Op. 12 Sacconi Quartet Wigmore Hall, London 11.30am
Sunday 19 April 2020: Jonathan Biss will discuss his Coursera lectures on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. Wigmore Hall, London 3pm
Sunday April 20 2020: Beethoven: Fidelio Overture, Piano Concerto No. 4, Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) Joanna MacGregor (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Matthew Coorey Congress Theatre, Eastbourne 3pm
Monday 20 April 2020: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G, Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp, Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Jonathan Biss (piano) Wigmore Hall, London 7.30pm (post-concert talk at 9.30pm)
Monday 20 April 2020: Beethoven: Septet in E flat Timothy Lines (clarinet), Nina Ashton (bassoon) Timothy Jackson (horn), Thelma Handy (violin), Alex Mitchell (viola), Ian Bracken (cello), Anthony Williams (double bass) Music Room, Liverpool 8pm
Tuesday 21 April 2020: Beethoven: Sonata for Violin No. 5 in F Grieg: Sonata for Violin No. 3 Christopher Tun Andersen (violin), Oda Voltersvi (piano) St Martin in the Fields, London 1pm
Wednesday 22 April 2020: Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter, Symphony No. 7 Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Romance No. 2 Ning Feng (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Osmo Vänskä Symphony Hall, Birmingham 7.30pm
Thursday 23 April 2020: Beethoven: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Violin Concerto, Elegischer Gesang, Symphony No.1 Antje Weithaas (violin), Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Hallé Orchestra/Alondra de la Parra The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 7.30pm
Thursday 23 April 2020: Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, Symphony No. 4 Steven Osborne (piano), Sharon Roffman (violin), RSNO Music Hall, Aberdeen 7.30pm
Thursday 23 April 2020: Beethoven: Ah! Perfido, Piano Concerto No. 4 Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Boris Giltburg (piano), Susanne Bernhard (soprano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 7.30pm
Thursday 23 April 2020: Beethoven: Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in B-flat, Op. 11 Stravinsky: Suite from The Soldier’s Tale Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time Berkeley Ensemble Middleton Hall, Hull 7.30pm
Friday 24 April 2020: Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, Symphony No. 4 Steven Osborne (piano), Sharon Roffman (violin), RSNO Usher Hall, Edinburgh 7.30pm
Friday 24 April 2020: Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Symphony No. 1, Violin Concerto Antje Weithaas (violin), Hallé Orchestra/Alondra de la Parra St George's Concert Hall, Bradford 7.30pm
Friday 24 April 2020: Bloch: Schelomo Bruch: Kol nidrei, Op. 47 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Jan Vogler (cello), BBC Philharmonic/Omer Meir Wellber Nottingham Royal Concert Hall 7.30pm
Friday 24th April 2020: Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, Symphony No. 4 Steven Osborne (piano), Sharon Roffman (violin), RSNO Usher Hall, Edinburgh 7.30pm
Friday 24 April 2020: Mozart: Sonata in F K533/K494 Beethoven: 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk 7.30pm
Saturday 25 April 2020: Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, Symphony No. 4 Steven Osborne (piano), Sharon Roffman (violin), RSNO Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow 7.30pm
Tuesday 28 April 2020: Beethoven: Egmont overture Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor (20 mins) Matthias Wollong (violin), BBC Philharmonic/Omer Meir Wellber MediaCityUK Salford 2pm
Tuesday 28 April 2020: Beethoven: Sonata No. 1 in F, Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Sonata No. 3 in A, Sonata No. 4 in C, Sonata No. 5 in D Christopher Ellis (cello), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Christopher Marwood (cello), Tatjana Vassiljeva (cello), István Várdai (cello) Finghin Collins (piano), Richard Wigmore (musicologist) Town Hall Theatre, Galwa 7pm
Thursday 30 April 2020: Beethoven: Variations in E flat major on Mozart’s Magic Flute in E flat Rachmaninov: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19 Britten: Sonata for Cello and Piano in C, Op. 65 Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango Mischa Maisky (piano), Lily Maisky (piano) Galway Theatre, Galway 8pm
Wednesday 29 April 2020: Rossini: The Thieving Magpie: Overture Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 2.15pm
Thursday 30 April 2020: Rossini: The Thieving Magpie: Overture Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 Sarah McElravy (viola), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Julian Rachlin (violin) Symphony Hall, Birmingham 7.30pm
May
Monday 4 May 2020: Beethoven: Complete piano sonatas Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Pianists St James' Church, Chipping Campden 9.30am