Beethoven 250 - Violin Sonatas n 6 - Arendal cultural center

Sixth  and for the time being last concert in this long journey towards 16/17 December  2020, contains sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert

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Both Brahms and Beethoven, despite the fact that they both came from Germany, lived in Vienna, and they were strongly influenced by the city. Franz Schubert who was from Austria and what is today a district of Vienna, was very interested in Beethoven and admired his artistry. Franz Schubert was to be considered Beethoven's contemporary - born 27 years after Beethoven, but died only 31  

old, the year after Beethoven had passed away. 

All the works on this program were composed in the period between 1802 and 1816, i.e. during the violent upheaval in Europe which also left a deep track in Norwegian history.

During the concert, the two sonatas by Beethoven that have not yet been performed in the concert cycle will be presented. Both sonatas are in G major and have something, which can possibly be described as, summery about them.

Sonata number 8, opus 30 number 3,   is nicknamed "Champagne" - probably because of its bubbling energy and  buoyancy, while the last work on the program has a very strong lyric  åre. In sonata number 10 opus 96 we meet a philosophical Beethoven, where the expression is more introspective and where the virtuoso is put aside in favor of a more quiet expression palette. The sonata is dedicated to the French violinist Pierre Rode, who did not like virtuosity as much as richness in character and color.

In between these two sonatas we encounter two of Franz Schubert's sonatas. Both sonatas were written in 1816, but were not published until several years after his death. The sonatas are very Viennese in expression, that is to say that the dance is never far away and that  the music is full of elegant melodies and clear gestures.

The concert has the following program:  

Ludvig van Beethoven sonata n 8 in G Major op 30 n 3

Allegro Assai

Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso

Allegro Vivace

Franz Schubert Sonata in I minor op 137 n 2

Allegro moderato

Andante

Minuet, Allegro

Allegro

Pause 

Franz Schubert sonata in ig minor  op 137 n 3

Allegro giusto

Andante

Menuetto: Allegro vivace

Allegro moderato

Ludvig van Beethoven sonata n 10 in G major op 96

Allegro moderato

Expressive Adagio

Scherzo: Allegro - Trio

Poco allegretto

Yejin Gil, piano

Jan Bjøranger, violin

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