Jessica Duchen - Immortal - Who was Beethoven's 'Immortal Beloved'?

After Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, a love letter in his handwriting was found - addressed only to his “Immortal Beloved”. Who was she? Jessica Duchen’s novel Immortal tells - possibly - her story. In this film from the stage of Wigmore Hall, Jessica Duchen introduces the book and reads extracts, interspersed with the movements of Beethoven’s Sonata in F major Op. 10 No.2 played by the rising star pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen. This words & music presentation was filmed at Wigmore Hall at John Gilhooly’s invitation.
Immortal is published by Unbound on 29 October 2020.
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Dazzlingly rendered … an utterly compelling love story - at its entre, one of music’s greatest and most enduring mysteries’ Richard Bratby
‘The perfect companion for this landmark Beethoven anniversary year … bringing the human, vulnerable side of Beethoven into focus’ Marin Alsop
“Immortal is a revelation, offering the ideal blend of historic exactitude and a book you simply won’t want to put down.” Daniel Hope