The Adagio is faster-paced than Phillips but it allows the musicians to bring a hymnic simplicity to the music that is very winning ... But if you like your Beethoven a touch more anarchic, then it is ...

Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was born into a musical family, learnt the piano and violin ... he moved to Vienna to be taught music by composer Joseph Haydn.

Music for Galway’s next concert, featuring the virtuosic Fidelio Trio from the UK, will take place in the ballroom of the city’s Hardiman Hotel on Monday, February 17, at 7.30pm. It follows the ...