The Beethoven Files Podcast
A closer look at some of Beethoven's greatest works.
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Episodes

May 9, 2026
May 9, 2026
1hr 2 min
We’ll focus on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92, completed in 1812.

May 9, 2026
May 9, 2026
1hr 11 min
We’ll focus on the “Serioso” String Quartet, No. 11 in F Minor. Op. 95 (1810-1811), and the “Archduke” Piano Trio, B-flat Major, Op. 97 (1815).

May 9, 2026
May 9, 2026
51 min
We’ll focus on the overture and a varied selection of movements from Beethoven’s incidental music for Goethe’s Egmont, Op. 84, completed in 1810.

May 9, 2026
May 9, 2026
1hr 2 min
We’ll focus on piano sonatas No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a, completed in 1810, and No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90, completed in 1814.

May 9, 2026

May 9, 2026
May 9, 2026
53 min
We’ll look at three of the four overtures Beethoven composed for Fidelio.

May 9, 2026
May 9, 2026
51 min
We’re going to focus on Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78, and Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79, but we’ll also take a quick look at the two piano sonatinas of Op. 49.

May 9, 2026
May 9, 2026
1hr 19 sec
We’ll look at Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74, completed in 1809 and nicknamed the “Harp” quartet.

May 9, 2026
May 9, 2026
1hr 2 min
We’ll look at Beethoven’s fifth and final piano concerto, the so-called “Emperor” Concerto in E-flat Major, Op. 73.

May 9, 2026
May 9, 2026
1hr 58 sec
We’ll look at the two piano trios of Op. 70: No. 1, the famous “Ghost” Trio in D Major, and No. 2, the less famous but still interesting Trio in E-flat Major.

