Young Beethoven in Vienna – Beethoven 250
Christian Zacharias & Wind Soloists of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra
Chamber Music
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
7.30 pm, Temple de Château-d'Œx
By the time the young Beethoven arrived in Vienna in 1792 to study under Joseph Haydn, he had already composed a great deal. However, he had not yet written a major work. His first piano sonatas marked a turning point: written between 1794 and 1795, they were dedicated to his master and were highly acclaimed by the public and critics alike. A little less so by Haydn, who is said to have told him: “You do not lack talent, but you have yet to learn.” Well, yes, indeed. But things are in motion. And won't stop. First on the guiding path of classicism – such as the Piano and Wind Quintet chosen by Christian Zacharias for his encounter with the soloists of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, clearly inspired by Mozart's Quintet K. 452 – and subsequently on the virgin paths of freedom.
Christian Zacharias, Piano
Wind Soloists of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra
| Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) | |
| 12 Variations on the Russian Dance of the ballet “Das Waldmädchen” by Paul Wranitzky, WoO 71 | 12' |
| Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1 | 20' |
| Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2 | 25' |
| — interval — | |
| Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, Op. 16 | 30' |
| 110' | |
| CHF 80/60/40 |