1. Beethoven’s three creative periods

2. The spirit of Mozart from Haydn’s hands: Op. 18 string quartets (1800)

3.  Early chamber music with piano: Op. 1 piano trios, Op. 17 horn sonata  (1800)

4.  The Heligenstadt Testament and Beethoven’s heroic style: Op. 59 Razumovsky string quartets (1806)

5.  Op. 70 No. 1 Ghost Trio (1808) and Op. 97 Archduke Trio (1811)

6. The chamber music of Beethoven’s pupil, Ferdinand Ries

7. Beethoven’s Late Style: Op. 102 cello sonatas (1815)

8. Late String Quartets (1825-6): Op. 127, Op. 130

9. Late String Quartets (1825-6): Op. 131, Op. 132, Op. 135

10. Responses to Beethoven’s quartets by later composers