Composed between 1801 and 1802, this popular piece is one of Beethoven’s best known piano works. Despite its nickname, in Beethoven ’s mind this was never the ‘Moonlight’ Sonata. Instead, the rather ...

The Woman at the Heart of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata A coming novel tells the story of the piano student who was the dedicatee of one of classical music’s most famous works.

Beethoven ’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata is the most popular piece of music to fall asleep to, according to a global sleep study. A fifth (20 percent) of UK respondents said the enduring 1801 piano work, known ...

A wonderful box set of all 32 of Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas, performed by the veteran Italian virtuoso, Maurizio Pollini, has been issued on Deutsche Grammophon/ Universal Classics. His ...

A 92-year-old woman with dementia gave an incredible performance of Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata' on the piano and the video has been going viral ever since it was posted on TikTok.

A journey to Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical universe around Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, exploring the sound worlds of Mozart, Holst and Saint-Saëns along the way.

Irene Taylor Brodsky's "Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements" weaves the stories of hearing loss in her family and the composer Beethoven.

Today in Beethoven 250, Alice puts the spotlight – or rather moonlight – on Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.14. A dark and quintessentially moody masterpiece, the 'Moonlight' Sonata has appeared ...

Learn & revise Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13, Pathétique, first movement with BBC Bitesize for Edexcel GCSE Music.

Adam points to how jazz frequently transposes new melodies over existing chord progressions, before pointing to one of music's sacred cows; "Even The Beatles, those paragons of creativity, used it: ...