These are three words I thought I would never write. I refer to Beethoven's own assessment of his Septet opus 20. The work is usually described as "rarely played". Well, you know that saying about ...

In what must surely rank as a standout concert in the entire four-plus decades of the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, the ensemble was joined recently by acclaimed Austrian violinist Daniel ...

Beethoven SeptetClarinetist Sabine Meyer and her ensemble, called the Sabine Meyer Winds, join a few string players to perform Beethoven's Septet for Winds and Strings. We hear them in concert at the ...

Beethoven’s Septet has been one of his most popular chamber works ever since it was written. It was first performed in 1800, and was quite innovative for the time. The clarinet for example, has a role ...

The project began on a more modest scale, however, with this recital of chamber works, given excellent performances and full of intriguing surprises. Opening the cycle with Beethoven’s Septet, Op. 20, ...