All together! Ludwig van Beethoven was born 250 years ago. For this mammoth Beethoven year the NBE has chosen one of his most iconic works:.

With a smile and a tear Six hilarious, wacky and melancholy silent films from the great universal genius Charlie Chaplin.  As was usual in those.

Strauss’ Swan Song In the last six months of World War II, Richard Strauss wrote one more important orchestral work: the melancholy Metamorphoses, a study.