Beethoven: The Basics with Andy Bush

In the final episode of the series, Andy takes a look at some of Beethoven’s later works and asks his guests to explain ... Read more

In the penultimate episode, Andy Bush turns to Beethoven’s ill health and explores how it affected his music. How he was... Read more

Andy Bush investigates Beethoven’s skills on stage, as a pianist, improviser and conductor, and finds useful parallels w... Read more

Andy Bush takes a look at the premieres of Beethoven's works that have gone down in history and manages to include refer... Read more

Andy Bush finds out who kept a roof over Ludwig’s head by commissioning him to write music. Turns out there were quite a... Read more

Andy Bush takes a look at Ludwig's friends, frenemies and the significant members of his family. References to X-men, in... Read more

Andy Bush finds out about the objects of Beethoven's affections - and it turns out there were quite a few. Who was the I... Read more

In this episode, Andy Bush takes a look at the composers who proved to be the biggest influences on a young Ludwig, name... Read more

Andy Bush gets to grips with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.0, musical terminology such as ‘WoO’ and his first completed ... Read more

We’ll begin at the beginning - in Bonn, to be precise, where Beethoven was born in 1770. Andy finds out about the young ... Read more