Masterpieces of Music

BEETHOVEN'S SYMPHONY NO. 3 "EROICA" Discover Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony, a work of titanic scale and ambition that initially baffled its audience at the start of the 19th century but which soon came to be seen as a turning-point in Western music, revolutionising the symphony as a means of musical and emotional expression. BACH'S MASS IN B MINOR Explore the music and background of Bach’s B minor Mass, a monument of Baroque choral music widely regarded as the composer’s masterpiece, and a summation of his life’s work in the field of religious music. BRAHMS'S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 Uncover the inner workings of and troubled story behind Brahms’s first great masterpiece, a work born in the throes of youthful love and loss and a concerto that set itself against the prevailing tide of virtuosity and brought a symphonic seriousness to the form.