12. Ludwig van Beethoven wrote sonatas for his love interests. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, popularly called Moonlight Sonata, was a hit from the time of its completion in 1801.

His current ICO project is a cycle of the Beethoven piano concertos, directed from the keyboard, using a lidless Steinway concert grand. Tonight he plays the second and fourth concertos.

LONDON (AP) — Alfred Brendel, a pianist and poet renowned for his refined playing of Beethoven over a six-decade career, died Tuesday at his home in London. He was 94.

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