Beethoven 250 - Sonata for Piano and Violin - n 5 Berlin

Im fünften Konzert dieser langen Konzertreihe, mit ihrem Höhepunkt am 16./17. December 2020, the Violin Sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms and Franz Schubert will be performed.

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Due to the similarities between Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Edward Grieg and Ludwig van Beethoven ist es nur naheliegend, these drei zum 250-jährigen Jubiläum des großen Bonner Meisters einzuladen.

Beethoven und Brahms zog es beide aus ihrer deutschen Heimat nach Wien, wo sie lebten und von der Stadt stark beinflucht wurden. Franz Schubert, selber Österreicher, was always ein Bewunderer von Beethoven's artistic skills and strongly interested in his work. Is wrong as Beethoven's Zeitgenosse, obwohl er 27 Jahre nach ihm geboren wurde und schon im Alter von 31 Jahren, ein Jahr nach Beethovens Tod, verstarb.

Brahms is often referred to as the German composer who was most stylistically and expressively influenced by Beethoven. Er hatte ebenso wie Robert und Clara Schumann, sowie Edvard Grieg eine starke Verbindung zu Leipzig. Grieg received his composition training in Leipzig and es ist bekannt, dass er und Brahms sich zu dieser Zeit mehrmals in Leipzig trafen.

Die interestinges musikalischen Beziehungen zwischen den Komponisten werden aufgezeigt in der Konzertreihe.

Die Konzertreihe enthält einige der besten Werke, welche je für Violin und Klavier geschrieben wurden und das Jubiläum bestärkt uns darin, all diese Werke aufführen. 

Program:

Johannes Brahms Sonata n 2 - A major for piano and violin op 100

Allegro amabile

Andante tranquillo - vivace - andante - vivace di piu - andante - vivace

Allegretto grazioso

Break

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata n 9 - A major for piano and violin op 47 - «Kreutzer»

Adagio sostenuto - Presto

Andante con variazioni

Presto

Yejin Gil, piano

Jan Bjøranger, violin

Fifth concert in this long journey towards 16/17 December 2020, contains sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms.

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There are connections that make it natural to invite Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert and Edvard Grieg to the celebration of the great master from Bonn, Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th anniversary.

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 could be 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 also had a strong relationship with Leipzig, where Robert and Clara Schumann lived their lives. It was also in Leipzig that Edvard Grieg received his training as a composer and it is known that Grieg and Brahms met on more than one occasion. 

Johannes Brahms sonata n 2 in A major op 100 was created in a kind of compositional euphoria. The composer was at this time in Thun, Switzerland, spending time with the poet Klaus Groth and the young alto, Hermine Spies. The association with these two was obviously very inspiring for him and during his time there he wrote several of his most important chamber music works, as well as a number of  songs. 

In this sonata, Brahms cites himself on a number of occasions, as well as several contemporary composers, such as Richard Wagner (the opening can be interpreted  as a direct quote from "Mestersangerne") and Edvard Grieg (the fast middle section in second movement by Brahms is identical to the main theme in the 2nd movement of Grieg's G major sonata ) The sonata is fundamentally lyrical and is experienced as one of Brahms's most unreserved and positive works.

Ludvig van Beethoven's sonata n 9 in A major  op 47 is   the most famous and also the most demanding of all his violin sonatas. The sonata has been given the nickname Kreutzer, after the final dedication of the work. Beethoven originally dedicated the sonata to the violinist Bridgetower as "Sonata mulattica composta per il mulatto Brischdauer  [Bridgetower], gran pazzo e compositore mulattico" - a dedication text  that would definitely have been very inappropriate today. 

Beethoven and Bridgetower, however, became unfriended during the evening they performed the work for the first time, without having held a single rehearsal of it beforehand. Enraged by this situation, Beethoven removed the original dedication and instead dedicated the sonata to the French violinist Rudolphe Kreutzer. However, Kreutzer was not particularly   enthusiastic about the sonata and never performed it.  The sonata is very dramatic in expression and has been a source of inspiration for a number of artists afterwards. The best known is probably Leo Tolstoy's short story of the same name, which describes a jealousy drama that ultimately ends in murder. The short story, in turn, inspired Leos Janacek's string quartet of the same title. 

"And love became the origin of the world and the ruler of the world, but all its ways are full of flowers and blood, flowers and blood."  

Knut Hamsun  

This concert has the following program:

Johannes Brahms Sonata n 2 in A major for piano and violin op 100

Allegro amabile

Andante tranquillo - vivace - andante - vivace di piu - andante - vivace

Allegretto grazioso

Break

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata n 9 in A major for piano and violin op 47 - «Kreutzer»

Adagio sostenuto - Presto

Andante con variazioni

Presto

Yejin Gil, piano

Jan Bjøranger, violin