2020 in classical music: when Covid rained on Beethoven's birthday parade
2020 in classical music: when Covid rained on Beethovens birthday parade The composers 250th anniversary was a somewhat muted affair. But musicians – and more cautiously, institutions – refused to be silenced 13 December 2020 • 2:00pm Celebrations for Beethovens 250th anniversary were muted by the pandemic Credit: Heritage Images The theme of classical music this year was meant to be triumph over adversity, as personified in the figure of Ludwig van Beethoven. The world’s concer...
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