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Presto from Op. 59:2

by Martin Saving

An excerpt from the last concert in our Beethoven cycle. Watch video here.

Lento from Op. 135

by Martin Saving

An excerpt from the last concert in our Beethoven cycle. Watch video here.

Vivace from Op. 135

by Martin Saving

An excerpt from our last concert in our Beethoven cycle

First volume of Beethoven Quartets released on Wigmore Live

by Iain Handyside

Wigmore Live has released the first double-disc volume of our concerts, featuring Op. 18 no. 4, Op. 74 ‘Harp’ and Opp. 130 and 133.  We have played five concerts at the Wigmore Hall so far, with our final concert on …

Beethoven Dissected Part II

by Martin Saving

We look at the third movement of Op. 130 in detail

Beethoven Dissected Part I

by Martin Saving

Why do we bother analysing music?

Beethoven and Dickens

by Sara Bitlloch

Sara writes about the similarities between Beethoven and Dickens

Was Beethoven’s metronome broken?

by Martin Saving

MetronomeWe have had a lot of interesting feedback from our readers regarding our blog post concerning Beethoven’s metronome markings. Without wanting to give too much importance to the subject of the speed of his quartets, we couldn’t avoid passing this