• Violin Sonata No. 3 in
E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3
•Piano Trio in D Major,
Op. 70, No. 1 (“Ghost”)
•Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
•Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major (“Kreutzer”), Op. 47
•Sonata No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.27, No.2 (“Moonlight”)
•Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 97 (“Archduke”)
•Allegretto in B-flat Major, WoO. 39
• Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 (“Spring”)
• Sonata for piano in G minor, Op. 49, No. 1
• Sonata for piano in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2
• Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1
• Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2
• Sonata for violin and piano No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2 (“Eroica”)
• Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1
• String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59, No. 3 (“Razumovsky”)
• Sonata No. 23 in F minor for piano, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
• Sonata in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, “Tempest”
• String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29, “Storm” |
Few composers who have followed Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) have escaped his lasting influence as one of the most respected, inventive and widely loved composers in Western music. He began his career as a virtuoso pianist, and composed largely in the “Viennese classical” style of Mozart and Haydn. As personal troubles dogged his life—poor health, deafness, and difficulty finding happy personal relationships—his music became increasingly experimental. Even once completely deaf, Beethoven continued composing, and wrote some of the most creative and profound works towards the end of his life. These later works ushered in the Romantic era of classical composition, inspiring and challenging composers from his time to the present day. Beethoven is also notable for being one of the first composers to work independently, rather than as a church or court employee, instead selling his own compositions to publishers, arranging concert performances, and soliciting support from wealthy patrons.
The Gardner Museum concert series has featured many surveys of Beethoven’s works, including the Claremont Trio’s three-part survey of The Complete Beethoven Piano Trios, Corey Cerovsek and Paavali Jumppanen’s performances of The Complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas, and Jumppanen’s solo series of The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, from which many of the excerpts above were taken..
This season at the Gardner Museum, Jumppanen continues his series with performances of Beethoven’s middle and late piano sonatas on October 14 and December 2, 2007 and February 10 and April 13, 2008. The Amedeo Modigliani Quartet performs Beethoven’s Quartet in C Major, “Razumovsky,” on October 7. Musicians from Marlboro also focus on Beethoven this season, performing his serenade for flute, violin & viola and a different string quartet in C Major, Beethoven’s opus 29, both on November 11.
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