Watch pianist Kira Nickerson perform Beethoven’s Piano Sonata #17 in D Minor, “Tempest.” Watch Kira Nickerson's full performance of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata #17 in D Minor, “Tempest.” Kira, a pianist ...

NPR's Fred Child talks with commentator Mark Kroll about the nuances of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 11, as our complete series of the Beethoven piano sonatas continues. We also hear a concert ...

Absolutely; the focus and stamina were such that a sinking would have been impossible. Any difficulties rest with us, and I confess I have a problem with the biggest movements. Like much in late ...

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It is always a worthy question to ask when a pairing like Beethoven's notorious "Kreutzer" sonata with Franck's frankly demonic violin sonata, not to mention the inspired inclusion of Kreisler's ...

Our series of the Beethoven piano sonatas continues today. We hear a performance by pianist Marc Andre Hamelin of the Piano Sonata No. 31. And for some insight into this music, Fred talks with William ...