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2020 in classical music: when Covid rained on Beethoven's birthday parade The composer's 250th anniversary was a somewhat muted affair. But musicians – and more cautiously, institutions – refused to be silenced 13 December 2020 • 2:00pm Celebrations for Beethoven's 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 concert halls had planned to spend the 250th anniversary of his birth ­staging Beethoven symphonies, s...

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>> brown: plus, the kids are home-- for good. paul solman reports on the new accordion family, as adult children come home to live. >> when i first moved home i would like six months and then you won't be here anymore. i feel like i'm getting complacent. >> ifill: ray suarez shows us basketball's latest shooting star, new york york knicks point guard jeremy lin. >> brown: and birds do it, bees do it, and you know the rest. poet tony hoagland takes a humorous look at the animal kingdom for some valentine's day verse. >> if i were a peacock, i would flex my muscles to spread the quills...

>> brown: plus, the kids are home-- for good. paul solman reports on the new accordion family, as adult children come home to live. >> when i first moved home i would like six months and then you won't be here anymore. i feel like i'm getting complacent. >> ifill: ray suarez shows us basketball's latest shooting star, new york york knicks point guard jeremy lin. >> brown: and birds do it, bees do it, and you know the rest. poet tony hoagland takes a humorous look at the animal kingdom for some valentine's day verse. >> if i were a peacock, i would flex my muscles to spread the quills...