Beethoven’s deafness is well known but the psychological impact of this was
devastating and also was far from his only problem. Less well known, is the parallel
decline in his physical health and failure of many of his organs. From an unparalleled
quantity of documented material, this lecture will describe in his own words the impact
of all his challenges and on his phenomenal outputs. The talk is also richly illustrated
with extracts of recordings of his works.