Beethoven: Innovator - the podcast

Sketches, sketches, and more sketches – the unending quest for the fullest possible expression

Listen as acclaimed pianist Dr Robert Taub and historian Professor James Daybell animate Beethoven today in our world. Beethoven was a non-conforming troublemaker whose revolutionary music continues to withstand all tests of time.

Join us throughout this five-part series to take a fresh look at musical topics including how we perceive music, how our range of hearing has evolved over time, and how and why Beethoven composed.

“The Myth of the Authentic Pianoforte” – how we hear music and how our perceptions have evolved over time

Listen as acclaimed pianist Dr Robert Taub and historian Professor James Daybell animate Beethoven today in our world. Beethoven was a non-conforming troublemaker whose revolutionary music continues to withstand all tests of time.

Join us throughout this five-part series to take a fresh look at musical topics including how we perceive music, how our range of hearing has evolved over time, and how and why Beethoven composed.

“Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes. You yourselves are a mistake!” wrote Beethoven to publisher Breitkopf und Härtel. Beethoven cared deeply about how his music would be interpreted by others, and how it would outlive him.

Listen as acclaimed pianist Dr Robert Taub and historian Professor James Daybell animate Beethoven today in our world. Beethoven was a non-conforming troublemaker whose revolutionary music continues to withstand all tests of time.

Join us throughout this five-part series to take a fresh look at musical topics including how we perceive music, how our range of hearing has evolved over time, and how and why Beethoven composed.

Tempo, tempo, tempo – the most important element of music?

Listen as acclaimed pianist Dr Robert Taub and historian Professor James Daybell animate Beethoven today in our world. Beethoven was a non-conforming troublemaker whose revolutionary music continues to withstand all tests of time.

Join us throughout this five-part series to take a fresh look at musical topics including how we perceive music, how our range of hearing has evolved over time, and how and why Beethoven composed.

Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas are considered the Mt Everest for pianists. Why did he write them?

Listen as acclaimed pianist Dr Robert Taub and historian Professor James Daybell animate Beethoven today in our world. Beethoven was a non-conforming troublemaker whose revolutionary music continues to withstand all tests of time.

Join us throughout this five-part series to take a fresh look at musical topics including how we perceive music, how our range of hearing has evolved over time, and how and why Beethoven composed.