Beethoven statue in Bonn
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November 2024

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Classical Music’s Greatest Revolutionary

The Arts Society Worcester - come and join us.
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 20:00
Bishop Perowne C of E College
Merriman’s Hill Road Worcester WR3 8LE
Online Event

Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest and most disruptive figures in the history of classical music.

Born in Bonn in December 1770, Ludwig van Beethoven became one of the greatest and most disruptive figures in the history of classical music. This lecture presents an overview of this brilliant, cantankerous visionary; someone who tore up the rule book of classical music and became a ‘poet in sound’.

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Mr Sandy Burnett

Sandy is one of the UK’s most versatile music commentators, enjoying a career that combines broadcasting, performing and lecturing. After studying at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge and working as music director for the RSC, National Theatre and in London’s West End, Sandy Burnett spent a decade as one of the core team of presenters on BBC Radio 3. Combining engaging scholarship with hands-on expertise, he devises and leads cultural holidays all over the world, is the author of the Idler Guide to Classical Music, is a highly sought after double bassist on the London jazz scene, and was appointed the Academy of Ancient Music’s Hogwood Fellow for the 2018-19 season.