Temple of Apollo, Delphi, Mount Parnassus Photo: Kufoleto CC by 3.0
Peter Walls looks at the use of counterpoint in Beethoven’s Quartets – counterpoint that has its origins in 16th century polyphony and which Beethoven takes to a whole new level by the time he reaches his ‘Grosse Fuge’ in one of his last works (RNZ)
