Donald Macleod examines Beethoven's relationships with friends, family, women, patrons and publishers, and with the city which he made his home - Vienna. Show more

Donald Macleod introduces Beethoven's music for a play by Goethe and a piano fantasia, both written during the dark days following the Napoleonic occupation of Vienna. Show more

Donald Macleod considers two different sides of Beethoven's character: his business instinct and his giving to charity. Show more

Donald Macleod introduces the cello sonata dedicated to a friend Beethoven asked to help him find a wife and the choral work barely finished in time for his own benefit concert. Show more

Donald Macleod introduces music by Beethoven from 1812 - a year of family crises and emotional torment revealed in one of the most famous love letters in the history of music. Show more