Donald Macleod explores Beethoven’s many house moves in Vienna and asks whether they are a symptom of his dissatisfaction with the city he had come to call home. Show more
Donald Macleod finds Beethoven seeking financial stability in Vienna and making further attempts to find love. However, nothing goes to plan. Show more
In the wake of his failure to secure a lucrative permanent role, Donald Macleod examines how Beethoven made money from 1807 to 1809 and his business dealings with Muzio Clementi. Show more
Donald Macleod finds Beethoven seemingly ready to settle down as he is awarded the benefit concert he so badly wanted, but will he stay in Vienna or go somewhere else? Show more
Donald Macleod explores how Beethoven coped with the escalating war between the Austrian and the French, and with Napoleon’s second occupation of Vienna. Show more