as they were both by Beethoven: the Overture to his ballet, “The Creatures of Prometheus” (1801), and his Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major Op. 55, subtitled “Eroica.” What was not ...

In 1804 Beethoven wrote his magnificent and epoch-making third Symphony, which we know today as the ‘Eroica’. About three quarters of the way through the first movement the music climbs to a ...