Beethoven SeptetClarinetist Sabine Meyer and her ensemble, called the Sabine Meyer Winds, join a few string players to perform Beethoven's Septet for Winds and Strings. We hear them in concert at the ...

Beethoven’s Septet has been one of his most popular chamber works ever since it was written. It was first performed in 1800, and was quite innovative for the time. The clarinet for example, has a role ...

The project began on a more modest scale, however, with this recital of chamber works, given excellent performances and full of intriguing surprises. Opening the cycle with Beethoven’s Septet, Op. 20, ...

Opening the cycle with Beethoven’s Septet, Op. 20, suggests a path from the conventional to the revolutionary. But this early, elegant and classically formal work inspired some beautiful playing from ...