Beethoven: a life in nine pieces

Introduction: Beginnings

Success : Septet, op. 20 (1800)

Friends : Violin sonata no 9, op. 47, the "Kreutzer" (1803)

Heroism : Symphony no. 3, op. 55, the "Eroica" (1804)

Ambition : Choral fantasy, op. 80 (1808)

Love : "An die Geliebte," WoO 140 (1812)

Liberty : Fidelio, op. 72 (1814)

Family : Piano sonata no. 29, op. 106, the "Hammerklavier" (1818)

Spirit : Missa solenmis, op. 123 (1823)

Endings : String quartet, op. 130, and the "Grosse Fuge," op. 133 (1826).