Ludwig van Beethoven

23 October

Weekly SpinOn: Time

Time is an essential element of music. Music is the only art form that depends entirely on time. A painting or sculpture stands still, but a piece of music only exists as it unfolds. Its shape depends on our ability to remember what came before and to connect it with…

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03 July

Weekly SpinOn:
Europe’s Grand Courts

This playlist takes you on a musical journey through the royal courts of Europe. Each track comes from a different country and shows a different kind of royal tradition: the grace of Austria, the ceremony of England, the colour of France, and the proud history of Hungary. These pieces were…

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18 June

Weekly SpinOn:
The Age of Enlightenment

What does the Enlightenment sound like? The Enlightenment — or Age of Reason — was a period in the 17th and 18th centuries marked by a profound shift in how people understood the world. Thinkers like Voltaire, Kant, and Hume challenged tradition and authority, promoting reason, science, education, and individual…

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02 May

Weekly SpinOn:
Metamorphoses

“In nova fert animus mutatas dicer formas corpora: di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas) adspirate meis primaque ab origine mundi ad mea perpetuum deducite tempora carmen.” “My intention is to tell of bodies changed to different forms; the gods, who made the changes, will inspire my work.” — Ovid,…

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