Jonathan Tsay will be exploring one of Beethoven’s greatest piano sonatas, written at the threshold between the Classical and Romantic eras, tracing its roots in history and its influence on works by Brahms, Liszt, and others in a multimedia “informance” that will include personal thoughts from the bench as well as historical source material from the composers.

Program:

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, op. 101
I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung

Haydn: Piano Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32
Allegro moderato
Menuet
Presto

Brahms: Ballade op. 10 no.1 in D Minor “Edward”
Brahms: Intermezzo in B Minor, op. 119, no. 1

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, op. 101
II. Lebhaft. Marschmäßig

Wagner/Liszt: “Isoldens Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde
Liszt: La Lugubre Gondola, S. 200

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, op. 101
III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll
IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit