LECTURE NOTES: -----------1st movt--------------- 1. Beethoven wrote a string quartet version of this in F major. 2. @3:43 the first 4 notes foreshadow Op.110. 3. @4:20 could hear the 4 instruments in a string quartet, with the last voice(cello) one note different. 4. @8:23 the bass with little exclamations resemble Mozart's "Jupiter" symphony. 5. @8:49 this sonata possesses a duality with its constant switch between minor & major, that points towards Shubert 6. @9:44 the 4-note main motif is now in the bass. 7. @10:29 Shubert connection: sonatina for violin & piano No.2, D.385 8. @11:23 new theme: long phrases of octaves played in legato. A new piano technique neither Haydn nor Mozart used. 9. @12:56 recapitulation in chords --------------2nd movt: minuet-like-------------- 10. @15:51 anachronistically Bhahmsian: Intermezzo in E minor, Op. 119, No.2 11. @16:30 sounds a little medieval, due to the plagal harmonies 12. @18:01 one-note crescendo on high E 13. @20:18 3 heartbeats & it's finished. Attaca. --------------3rd movt: sonata rondo-------------- 14. Beethoven's writing psychological sonatas from now on. 15. @21:22 starts on an upbeat: 3,4,1,2 think Bach's Gavotte en rondeau in Violin Partita No.3, BWV.1006 16. @25:11 syncopated variation 17. @25:21 the only fortissimo eruption
2:57 refers to the Beethoven's String quartet Hess. 34 3:51 refers to the Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.31, op.110 Also consider the coda of Piano Sonata No.13 in E-flat, Op.27, no.1 as he mentioned later in th-cam.com/video/oR-QYgYBanY/w-d-xo.html 10:31 refers to Schuber's Sonatina For Violin And Piano No.2 In A Minor, D.385 15:55 refers to Brahms's Intermezzo in E minor, Op 119 No 2 21:34 refers to Gavotte en rondeau in Bach's Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV.1006
LECTURE NOTES:
-----------1st movt---------------
1. Beethoven wrote a string quartet version of this in F major.
2. @3:43 the first 4 notes foreshadow Op.110.
3. @4:20 could hear the 4 instruments in a string quartet, with the last voice(cello) one note different.
4. @8:23 the bass with little exclamations resemble Mozart's "Jupiter" symphony.
5. @8:49 this sonata possesses a duality with its constant switch between minor & major, that points towards Shubert
6. @9:44 the 4-note main motif is now in the bass.
7. @10:29 Shubert connection: sonatina for violin & piano No.2, D.385
8. @11:23 new theme: long phrases of octaves played in legato. A new piano technique neither Haydn nor Mozart used.
9. @12:56 recapitulation in chords
--------------2nd movt: minuet-like--------------
10. @15:51 anachronistically Bhahmsian: Intermezzo in E minor, Op. 119, No.2
11. @16:30 sounds a little medieval, due to the plagal harmonies
12. @18:01 one-note crescendo on high E
13. @20:18 3 heartbeats & it's finished. Attaca.
--------------3rd movt: sonata rondo--------------
14. Beethoven's writing psychological sonatas from now on.
15. @21:22 starts on an upbeat: 3,4,1,2
think Bach's Gavotte en rondeau in Violin Partita No.3, BWV.1006
16. @25:11 syncopated variation
17. @25:21 the only fortissimo eruption
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Movt. 2: 15:14 🍂🧴⌚️
Op. 14 - considered lighter and easier but incredibly complicated to interpret
2:57 refers to the Beethoven's String quartet Hess. 34
3:51 refers to the Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.31, op.110
Also consider the coda of Piano Sonata No.13 in E-flat, Op.27, no.1 as he mentioned later
in th-cam.com/video/oR-QYgYBanY/w-d-xo.html
10:31 refers to Schuber's Sonatina For Violin And Piano No.2 In A Minor, D.385
15:55 refers to Brahms's Intermezzo in E minor, Op 119 No 2
21:34 refers to Gavotte en rondeau in Bach's Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV.1006
You forgot at 8:29 he refers to Mozart's Symphony no. 41 "Jupiter"
Thank you, Sir András! I enjoyed every minute of this lecture, I particularly was deeply moved by your last phrases.
These lectures are such a joy to listen to and so helpful for students learning to play them. Thank you András Schiff!
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one of my favorite sonatas by Beethoven
I am practicing this piece now. Full of uplifting energy with various emotion, a roller coaster sonata..
Fermataaaaaa
sonataahhh
my teacher just pointed out the connection of this to Haydn d minor string quartet (Quinten)