[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, spel, for the Saturday Edition of the Salsa Addiction Emergency Room! ((HUGS))

[Publius]

THE CHAMBER MUSIC OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Sonata for Piano and Cello in A, Op. 69

Third Movement

Beethoven still didn’t trust himself to write a slow movement for cello, fearing it would degenerate into sentimental slush. That would take another decade to cure. So for this piece he wrote a slow introduction to the finale marked “adagio cantabile” in 2/4 time. It only lasts half a page.

The finale in sonata format is marked “allegro vivace” in 2/2 and starts quietly, but that first subject is wonderful and beautifully harmonized. The second subject is in E Major, and it’s joyous. The exposition is repeated.

Development goes to the minor before an exuberant C Major, then loses itself in a harmonic maze before finding its bearings with the recap.

Lou re-composes his recap, and everything ends up in A Major where it belongs. The end is exuberant and never fails to bring the house down.

Beethoven: Cello Sonata in A, Op. 69, Third Movement

Next Saturday, it’s the entire “Ghost” Trio, not just the slow movement that I play every Halloween.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

No prob, Ma! ;-)