about Music – The Art of Listening. Programme 74

Beethoven as a composer bridged between two periods in the history of music. He was taught and influenced by Haydn as well as Johann Baptist Schenk, Emanuel Aloys Förster, Anton Salieri, and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger. Beethoven held the music of Mozart in high regard, although it is unknown if the two ever met.

We are on the path to compare and be able to identify the music of the three classical giants, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.

But today we start the discussion of Beethoven’s style, looking at the Sonata and the Sonata Form. We did cover this last November in programmes 24 to 27. You can listen to these again in the Podcast section on GSA Radio. We use Beethoven’s Sonata number 1 to explore this structure in depth. And then to reinforce this we listen to Beethoven’s Symphony number 8.

The other two Beethoven fingerprints that we will touch on in this programme are his lyrical second slow movements and his strong rhythmic drive as heard in his final movements. Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1 Performed by Igor Levit · Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1 Performed by Igor Levit · Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1 Performed by Igor Levit · Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1 Performed by Igor Levit · Ludwig van Beethoven_ Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan – · Ludwig van Beethoven_ Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan – · Ludwig van Beethoven_ Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan – · Ludwig van Beethoven_ Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan –

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