Happy Birthday, Beethoven!

By Frank Byrne,

Leah Sosland

Published April 29, 2024 at 2:50 PM CDT

Beethoven’s 250^th birthday occurs days before this show airs, so we devote the entire program to his music. We open with his stirring and noble “Consecration of the House” overture and the main course of our Beethoven buffet is his magnificent Septet in E-flat, Op. 20 in a classic recording by the Boston Symphony Chamber Players. Both recordings show Beethoven at his best, as well as at his most bombastic and most intimate.

Consecration of the House Overture, Ludwig van Beethoven
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski and the Minnesota Orchestra

Septet in E Flat, Op. 20, Ludwig van Beethoven
Boston Symphony Chamber Players

From the Archives with Frank Byrne

Frank Byrne

Frank Byrne is the host of From the Archives on 91.9 Classical KC.

Leah Sosland

Leah Sosland is an intern for 91.9 Classical KC.