The bumpy relationship between Beethoven and Haydn
Beethoven played as a sixteen-year-old at the premiere in Bonn as a violist. He played Haydn’s religious smash hit ‘Die Sieben letzten Worte’. It’s a strong composition, and Haydn made the most of it. Today, we’ll hear the oratorio version. We’ll also listen to compositions by the very young Beethoven, who was a fulltime court musician at the age of thirteen.
Joseph Haydn: three parts from ‘Die Sieben letzten Worte des Erlösers am Kreuze’ H XX/2
conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fugue for organ WoO 31
Hans-Ola Ericsson, organ
Ludwig van Beethoven: Dressler Variationen WoO 63
Cyprien Katsaris, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo in C major WoO 48
+ Rondo in A major WoO 49
Jenö Jandó, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Kurfürstensonate no. 3 in D major. WoO 47 no. 3
Jenö Jandó, piano
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