14 Jul 2013

Beethoven Quartets (Part 3) - The Road to Parnassus

From The Sunday Feature, 2:00 pm on 14 July 2013

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Temple of Apollo, Delphi, Mount Parnassus

Temple of Apollo, Delphi, Mount Parnassus Photo: Kufoleto CC by 3.0

Peter Walls looks at the use of counterpoint in Beethoven’s Quartets – counterpoint that has its origins in 16th century polyphony and which Beethoven takes to a whole new level by the time he reaches his ‘Grosse Fuge’ in one of his last works (RNZ)