Concert of Beethoven Sonatas
Susanna Ogata, violin
Ian Watson, fortepiano
This concert took place as part of the Handel & Haydn partnership with MIT on February 26, 2014 in Killian Hall.
Violinist Susanna Ogata and English keyboardist Ian Watson are period-instrument specialists. Here, they demonstrate sonatas of Beethoven from a time of crisis and renewal (1801–1803) on fortepiano, a historic instrument that preceded the modern piano and sounds quite different, and period violin.
Program
Sonata for Fortepiano and Violin No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 (1801)
- Presto
- Andante scherzoso, più allegretto
- Allegro molto
Piano Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 26 (1800–1801)
- Andante con variazioni
Sonata for Fortepiano and Violin No. 9 “Kreutzer” (1803)
- Adagio sostenuto–Presto–Adagio
- Andante con variazioni
- Presto
