Masters of Transcendence
While they may have never met, Beethoven’s and Schubert’s music is tied together in Viennese musical history, so much so that they are buried next to each other. Both composers were masters of creating music that was expressive and lyrical, and composed some of their most important works for the piano. In this program Carolyn Enger pairs two penultimate works from each composer, Schubert’s B-Flat Sonata and Beethoven’s Sonata No. 31, Op. 110, creating a performance that features the composers at the heights and depths of their extraordinary musical utterances.
Program:
Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in B-Flat, D. 960 Franz Schubert