Topic: Beethoven

The second installment of the NSO's Beethoven and American Masters Festival presents Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony paired with the Symphony No. 2 in G Minor, “Song of a New Race” by one of the most fascinating figures in twentieth-century music, American composer William Grant Still.

Evan Keely sheds insight into the pairing of Beethoven's symphonies No. 7 and No. 8 with George Walker's Sinfonia No. 5 on the first of four Beethoven and American Masters programs by the National Symphony Orchestra.

This month's NSO Showcase gives a preview of the National Symphony Orchestra's Beethoven and American Masters Festival with Maestro Gianandrea Noseda throughout May and June, pairing the Beethoven symphonies with works by trailblazing American composers George Walker and William Grant Still.

James Jacobs speaks with the Calidore String Quartet about their new album of the late string quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven, representing the peak of chamber music and even of all art.

The upcoming program on Front Row Washington looks at Beethoven in a whole new way, with 32 works from 32 different composers where each piece has to relate to a Beethoven sonata.