Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 - Video and News

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Beethoven Violin Romance No.2 (Abbado - Berliner Philarmoniker, Blacher)

Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2
The Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50 is a piece for violin and orchestra by Ludwig van Beethoven, one of two such compositions by Beethoven, the other being Romance No. 1 in G major, Op. 40. It was written in 1798 but published 1805, two years later than Beethoven's Romance No. 1, hence being numbered as 2. It is still one of the most popular of Beethoven's works today. Source: Wikipedia, Violin Romance No. 2 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is considered to have been the most crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time. Source Wikipedia, Ludwig van Beethoven.

Berlin Philharmonic
The Berlin Philharmonic (German: Berliner Philharmoniker) is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In 2006, a group of ten European media outlets voted the Berlin Philharmonic number three on a list of "top ten European Orchestras", after the Vienna Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,[1] while in 2008 it was voted the world's number two orchestra in a survey among leading international music critics organized by the British magazine Gramophone. Source Wikipedia, Berlin Philharmonic.

Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce (born June 26, 1933), is an Italian conductor. He has served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, and principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra from 1989 to 2002, when he retired from the position for health reasons. Source Wikipedia, Claudio Abbado.

Kolja Blacher (Violinist)
Born in Berlin, Kolja Blacher was accepted for study with Dorothy Delay at the Juilliard School of Music in New York as a fifteen-year-old. He subsequently completed his studies with Sándor Végh in Salzburg before embarking on a remarkable career as a solo violinist. He has been a professor for violin and chamber music at the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg since October 1999. As from spring 2009 he will leave his position in Hamburg to become a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. Source Kolja-Blacher.com.