Beethoven

The 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's birth will be celebrated in mid-December.
This issue rounds off our annual project "52 x Beethoven".

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Focus

52 x Beethoven
We celebrate Beethoven's baptism on December 17, 1770 with some of the
published online on Fridays Approaches to works by Michael Kube:

Scottish songs
Symphony No. 5
"Appassionata"
Duet "with two obligatory eyeglasses"
Three equals
"Eroica"
Large fugue for piano four hands
"Anger over the lost penny"
String Quartet No. 14
Funeral cantata

Mais ce qui demeure, c'est ce que fondent les poètes
Beethoven's music has no account to give to anyone. Affranchie de toute contrainte, elle devient autonome et vise l'universalité.

But what remains, the poets create
Beethoven's music is not accountable to anyone; and free of any obligation, it becomes autonomous, striving for universality.

... and also

RESONANCE


The intrusion of the uncontrollable
- Bettina Skrzypczak in conversation about her Oracula Sibyllina

Interdisciplinary rebellion in central Switzerland - Club Denmark

The breathing lightness of the game - Memorial concert for Hansheinz Schneeberger

Enriching exchange across generations - 30 years of the Orpheum

Carte blanche à Francesco Biamonte

Campus

Une légitime prise sur le monde (partie 1) - La démocratie culturelle

Working "without a network" - Second Master's degree with research specialization

FINAL


Riddle
-Walter Labhart is looking for


Row 9

Since January 2017, Michael Kube has always sat down for us on the 9th of the month in row 9 - with serious, thoughtful, but also amusing comments on current developments and the everyday music business.

Link to series 9


52 x Beethoven


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