Beethoven and contemporaries – a portrait
Feb
2025
17h00
In the face of the many monuments, portraits and writings that have stylised Beethoven as a hero and mythical loner, it is easy to forget that the native of Bonn and Viennese by adoption was, during his lifetime, part of a network that included models, equals and pupils, as well as rivals. Kammerata Luxembourg’s programme therefore juxtaposes Beethoven’s chamber music with that of his contemporaries, opening up some surprising perspectives. Joseph Haydn, with whom Beethoven initially wanted to study in Vienna, is represented, as is Ferdinand Ries, who was a pupil of Beethoven. We will also hear a work by Anton Eberl, whose symphony in E flat major was played at the same concert as Beethoven’s Eroica and received better reviews. Interesting connections across Europe emerge; for example, both Eberl and Ries worked in Russia, and the Russian novelist Tolstoy erected a literary monument to Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata. The concert itself will also have a literary dimension, with Luxembourg actress Brigitte Urhausen reading between the various works texts by German authors who have attempted to document and situate Beethoven’s life and work in words.
Joseph Haydn | Trio Hob. XV: 17 | Allegro | flute, cello, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata op. 102, no. 1 | Andante – Allegro vivace | cello, piano
Anton Eberl | Quintet op. 41 | Finale | clarinet, 2 violas, cello, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven | Kreutzer Sonata op. 47 | Adagio sostenuto – Presto | violin, piano
Ferdinand Ries | Quartet WoO 35,3 | Largo | flute, violin, viola, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven | Trio Gassenhauer op. 11 | Adagio – Thema mit Variationen | clarinet, cello, piano
Original texts by Beethoven, Czerny, Wegeler/Ries, Spohr (in DE)
Brigitte Urhausen, actress
Béatrice Rauchs, piano
Markus Brönnimann, flute
Max Mausen, clarinet
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin
Unna Nousiainen, viola
Renata van der Vyver, viola
Cyprien Keiser, cello
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