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Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb Major, Op. 106 is extreme in every way – tremendously long and a challenge to the limits of both piano and pianist with its wide dynamic and pitch range; virtuosic, constantly shifting musical textures; almost unbelievably fast metronome markings and tumultuous expressivity. Having become completely deaf by 1816, Beethoven also suffered frequent illness and the piece is marked by struggle throughout, exemplified in the unusual conflict between two keys a semitone apart: B-flat Major and B minor.
Franz Liszt is credited with giving the first public performance of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 29, Op. 106 in 1836 at the Salle Erard in Paris. It was the last sonata he ever performed, and one he so admired that he published an edition of it, transcribed its third movement for string ensemble, and taught it to his students. Like Beethoven, Liszt famously challenged the boundaries of piano technique, colouristic texture, and expressivity. However, the selection of pieces on this program shows Liszt’s more introspective side, reflecting on suffering and the nature of life and love. The final piece on the program is Franz Liszt’s youthful transcription of Schubert’s song “Auf dem Wasser zu Singen”. This song text reflects on the passage of time and concludes with the narrator’s wish to escape time, much in the way that Beethoven and Liszt have, upon the towering, radiant wings of their music.
PROGRAMME
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Hammerklavier opus 106
Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)
Funerailles n7, S.173 from ‘Poetic and Religious Harmonies’ (1849)
Miserere, d’après Palestrina n8, S.173 from ‘‘Poetic and Religious Harmonies’
Consolations nn1,2
La Lugubre Gondola No. 2 S. 200 (1882)
«Auf dem Wasser zu Singen»
Event Artists
Olga Pashchenko, FortepianoEarly Music | Beethoven & Liszt: A Musical Affinity
Date/Time
Friday, April 8, 2022
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Christ Church Cathedral Vancouver
690 Burrard St
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada,
Price
$32-64
Phone
604-822-2697
Website
https://www.earlymusic.bc.ca/events/beethoven-liszt-a-musical-affinity/
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