renowned Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro performed an epic 8-concert cycle of all 32 Beethoven Sonatas at St John's, Smith Square, London. Comprehensive programme notes on each Sonata are ...

The duo even worked together on the Kreutzer Sonata, initially dedicated ... include the following: What was Beethoven's complexion? He was described as having dark features.

2. Beethoven: Violin Sonata Op. 47 in A major, ‘Kreutzer’ (1802-3) Tolstoy was deeply stirred by this sonata, and especially by its dark, turbulent first movement - so stirred in fact that it ...