FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — As he grew deaf and war raged on around him, Beethoven produced one of the most celebrated pieces of music ever. Piano Concerto No. 5, “The Emperor.”
You can hear it, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony brought to life more than 200 years after it debuted Saturday night in Fort Wayne.
“To know that he was deaf as he was writing this and to know that he heard all of this in his mind is really incredible,” said Hope Swanson Smith, with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus…