Program:
Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 1 in F major, Op. 5/1
Gal Faganel, cello / Sven Brajković, piano
12 Variations on a theme from Handel's oratorio "Judas Maccabäus" in G major, WoO 45 T
amara Gombač, cello / Maja Gombač Haas, piano
Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Maruša Bogataj Turjak, cello / Aleksandar Serdar, piano
Sonata for Piano and Cello No 4 in C major, Op. 102/1
Alja Faganel Mandić, cello / Aleksandar Serdar, piano
Beethoven is said to have loved the sound of the cello for its noble tone in the tenor position, which can be on the one hand masculinely serious and on the other supple and joyful. Among the instruments, the only one that was more important to him was the piano, for which he wrote most of his compositions. Although he never learned to play the cello himself, he was the first composer in the history of music to write sonatas for the cello. Beethoven wrote his five sonatas at important times in his life, over a total period of 19 years, during which he composed 96 different works. The first two sonatas (Op. 5) were written in 1796, just a year after he moved from Germany to Vienna and made his debut there, and the last two (Op. 102) in 1815, already at the transition to his late opus, which is characterised by harmonies and progressions unusual for the time and already hint at musical trends that would emerge much later. In the meantime, in 1807, the popular Sonata Op. 69 was written. At both "Beethoven" concerts you will hear all five Beethoven sonatas and all three cycles of variations that Beethoven wrote on different themes in one evening.
