Ludwig van Beethoven lived through massive upheavals during the Napoleonic Wars including the bombing and occupation of his home city of Vienna. Rebecca Smithorn, Cover Conductor and Lecturer with the National Philharmonic talks about how this affected his work and what we might learn in our own harrowing moment from his past experiences. WATCH more Composer in Crisis episodes including Ravel, Ruth Crawford Seeger and more here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJH-DhrkNAwPN0NJmsL8i9Q