Ferdinand Ries has been played on NTS in shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, featured first on 27 August 2018. Songs played include Cello Sonata Op. 21 In A Major.

Ferdinand Ries (Bonn, baptised November 28, 1784 – January 13, 1838), from a musical family of Bonn,[1] was a friend and pupil of Beethoven who published in 1838 a collection of reminiscences of his teacher, co-written with Franz Wegeler. He was also a composer who left eight symphonies, a violin concerto and nine piano concertos, and numerous other works in many genres. Of these the symphonies, some chamber works — most of them with piano…