Episode 11 - Musical Influences

John examines the three biggest musical influences on Beethoven’s life. The first was Mozart, and he reveals how Beethoven reacted to the death of his great hero. The second was Bach, and so John will play music by Johann Sebastian that Beethoven learned to play as a teenager. Finally, he reveals what led Beethoven to move to Vienna and become a pupil of his third major influence, Joseph Haydn. All the Beethoven pieces featured in this podcast are taken from the 90-disc Naxos box set, the Complete Beethoven Edition. You can buy yours by heading to Presto Classical and Europadisc.