Early Music Vancouver presents: Beethoven & Liszt-A Musical Affinity

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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.

The concert will be a fundraiser for Ukraine with 50 per cent of ticket sales going to the Maple Hope Foundation’s ‘Defence for Ukraine’ fund. The Foundation will also have an information table set up at the concert.

Artistes de l'évènement

Olga Paschenko: fortepiano

Early Music Vancouver presents: Beethoven & Liszt-A Musical Affinity

Date/Heure
mercredi, 5 avril 2023
19:30 - 21:00

Lieu
Early Music Vancouver
1254 West 7th Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada, V6H 1B6

Prix
$20

Numéro de téléphone
604-732-1610

Site Web
https://www.earlymusic.bc.ca/events/beethoven-liszt-a-musical-affinity/

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