Beethoven's Complete Works for Piano: Part VIII

Is Beethoven’s music great? How do we know? Piano department chair Bruce Brubaker encourages curious concertgoers to celebrate and reconsider Beethoven’s music and legacy.

75 NEC pianists present every work for piano that Beethoven ever wrote over the course of 13 recitals in spring and fall 2020. Hear well-known favorites like the “Moonlight” Sonata alongside rarely-performed works and decide for yourself: what does Beethoven mean today?

A virtuoso pianist himself, Beethoven composed dozens of works for the fortepiano, often making use of the new musical resources of the instrument as it developed rapidly throughout the composer’s lifetime. Approximately 1/3 of each concert program will feature rarely performed sets of variations that may offer insight into Beethoven’s own performances as an improviser.

The NEC Piano Department dedicates this Beethoven 2020 project to Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Russell Sherman who celebrates his ninetieth birthday in 2020.  Mr. Sherman was the first American musician to record all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas and concertos. He has been a member of the New England Conservatory faculty since 1967.
 

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  1. PROGRAM EIGHT

  2. Sonata No. 8 in C Minor (Pathétique"), op. 13 (1798)

    I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
    II. Adagio cantabile
    III. Rondo: Allegro

    Artists
    • Hongjian Yan, piano

  3. Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, op. 10 no. 1 (1798)

    I. Allegro molto e con brio
    II. Adagio molto
    III. Finale: Prestissimo

    Artists
    • Miu Ishikawa, piano

  4. Sonata No. 6 in F Major, op. 10 no. 2 (1798)

    I. Allegro
    II. Menuetto: Allegretto
    III. Presto

    Artists
    • Felicia He, piano

  5. Sonata No. 7 in D Major, op. 10 no. 3 (1798)

    I. Presto
    II. Largo e mesto
    III. Menuetto: Allegro
    IV. Rondo: Allegro

    Artists
    • Bairun Liu, piano

  6. Five variations on "Rule Britannia!", WoO 79

    Artists
    • Motti Fang-Bentov, piano

  7. Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, op. 111 (1822)

    I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
    II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice cantabile

    Artists
    • George Li, piano
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