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2nd event - Beethoven concert series in Pesti Vigadó
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G-major
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Apor Szüts – piano
Conductor: Gábor Hollerung
For the second concert of our Beethoven Series, two musical compositions dating from 1806 have been selected. This period in Beethoven’s lifework is dominated by musical pieces of lighter tones.
His Piano Concerto No. 4 in G-major displays Beethoven’s transformation from a composer worshipping youth, power, heroism and the titanic to an introvert master of music. This piece is one of the first masterpieces of 19th century New Humanism, which expresses a wide range of emotions through its investigative, explorative and observing lyrical music.
The year 1806 offered the world of music a complete range of masterpieces. It was this year that, in addition to the above Piano Concerto No. 4 in G-major, Beethoven’s following works were composed: 32 Piano Variations, Piano Concerto, Leonora Overture No. 3, the Razumovsky cycle of three String Quartets (with a dedication to Razumovsky) as well as the second piece to be staged at this concert entitled Symphony No. 4. As far as the composition of symphonies is concerned, almost three years elapsed since the writing of Eroica. During these years, Beethoven was engaged in dealing with several musical drafts, but he realised only his plan of composing Symphony No. 4, which functions as a counterpart to his Symphony No. 3, and is closer to his Symphony No. 2 in terms of its light-hearted and cheerful mood. In fact, the rhythm of the musical piece necessitated this, which features the relaxed expiration necessarily relieving the tension of inspiration, and thus pictures the aesthetic process of reassuring consonance normally following expectant dissonance.
Hector Berlioz was so much captivated by listening to this piece that he assumed the second movement of the Symphony must have been composed by the Archangel Michael.
Organizer: Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok