Beethoven 250 - Sonata for Piano and Violin - n 6 Berlin

Im sechsten Konzert dieser langen Konzertreihe, mit ihrem Höhepunkt am 16./17. December 2020,

werden Violin sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven und Franz Schubert are performed.

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Due to the similarities between Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Edward Grieg and Ludwig van Beethoven, it is only naheliegend, this is the 250th anniversary of the great 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, war stets ein Bewunderer von Beethovens Kunstfertigkeiten und stark an seinem Schaffen interestiert. Is wrong als Zeitgenosse Beethovens, 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 interessanten 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:

Ludvig van Beethoven Sonata in G major n 8 op 30 n 3

Allegro Assai

Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso

Allegro Vivace

Franz Schubert Sonata in A minor op 137 n 2

Allegro moderato

Andante

Minuet, Allegro

Allegro

Break

Franz Schubert Sonata in G 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

Sixth and currently 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 considered Beethoven's contemporary - born 27 years after Beethoven, but who died aged only 31, 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 deep traces 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 that 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 lyrical_cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_vein. 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 sound and character.

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