Classical Classroom, Episode 49: Beethoven Gets Small With Norman Fischer




Classical Classroom show

Summary: <p>How are the Black Keys and Beethoven alike? They both had the low-down dirty blues. JK! They both compose(d) music for two instruments! You've heard his symphonies. Now hear cellist Norman Fischer - of the Fischer Duo, the Concord String Quartet, and Rice University's Shepherd School of Music - talk about Beethoven's chamber works for cello and piano. Why did Beethoven create music for a new, tiny arrangement of instruments? Did he do it for... <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2014/06/02/51355/classical-classroom-episode-49-beethoven-gets-small-with-norman-fischer/">Read More</a></p>