Programme 2009 (PDF) - Beethovenfest Bonn

B e e t h o v e n f e s t B o n n 4. 9. – 3. 10. 2 0 0 9 In the LIght
Andrea Lucchesini Valery gergiev
With and Without
hammerklavier
»too Close to the
hereafter«
T he Piano Sonata cycle at the
Beethovenfest Bonn 2009 will
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mon 14 sePt 8 Pm
Beethoven-haus
S
chönberg thought, »Those
who had written a Ninth stood
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tue 15 sePt 8 Pm
BeethovenhaLLe
begin with the greatest and most hIstorICaL
too close to the hereafter«. The Alexei Volodin Piano
difficult of all of Beethoven’s sonata CyCLe I
number nine was a burdensome London Symphony Orchestra
sonatas, the »Grosse Sonate für Andrea Lucchesini Piano
boundary after Beethoven’s sym­ Valery gergiev Conductor
das Hammerklavier«. At the Ludwig van Beethoven:
phonic legacy. Bruckner dedi­ Ludwig van Beethoven:
same time a huge arch is made Sonata for piano No. 24
cated his Ninth, left behind as Concerto for piano and orches­
from the historical Hammer­ in F sharp major op. 78
torso in 1896, according to an tra No. 2 in B flat major op. 19
flügel (from Conrad Graf) to the Luciano Berio:
oral tradition »to God«. The London Anton Bruckner:
modern Steinway. In order to Sonata for piano
Symphony Orchestra is coming Symphony No. 9 in D minor
bring out the universality and Ludwig van Beethoven:
to the Beethovenfest Bonn with 7.30 Pm
fragility of the genre piano sonata Sonata for piano No. 29
this »divine« work of avowal in ConCert IntroduCtIon
a »foreign« work has been intro­ in B flat major op. 106
their luggage. On the rostrum is »All ears for half«
duced on this opening night, (»Hammerklavier Sonata«)
his chief conductor and person ? 125 I 105 I 85 I 60 I 35
the only one in the entire cycle: 7.30 Pm
of many talents: Valery Gergiev. Sponsored by E.ON­Ruhrgas.
the sonata by Luciano Berio. ConCert IntroduCtIon
Beethoven’s second Piano Con­
»All ears for half«
certo, the early version com­
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posed in Bonn in around 1790,
e 84 (Subscription price for
the epitome of Classicism stands
3 out of 8 sonata evenings)
in contrast to the monumental
late­Romantic universe.
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