Beethoven 250 - Violin Sonatas n1 Drammen
Sun 01 Sept
|Åssiden Congregation
The three youthful sonatas that make up Ludvig Van Beethoven's opus 12, as well as Edvard Grieg's sonata n 3 in c minor op 45, all for piano and violin, will be performed in Grimstad Church this Saturday afternoon by Yejin Gil and Jan Bjøranger.
Tid og sted
01 Sept 2019, 14:00 – 16:00
Åssiden Congregation, Åkerveien 2, 3024 Drammen, Norway
Om eventen
First concert in this long journey towards 16/17 December 2020, contains the first three violin sonatas of Beethoven, as well as Edvard Grieg's most famous violin sonata.
There are connections that make it natural to invite Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert and Edvard Grieg to the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the great master from Bonn, Ludwig van Beethoven.
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 considered Beethoven's contemporary - born 27 years after Beethoven, but died aged only 31 the year after Beethoven had passed away.
Brahms was seen as the composer from Germany who followed in Beethoven's footsteps stylistically and expressively.
Brahms als…