Beethoven’s Archduke
Friday, July 31, 2020, 6:30 PM MDT
Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org
Alasdair Neale, Music Director
Beethoven
Trio in B-flat Major for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 97, “Archduke”
Allegro moderato
Scherzo: Allegro
Andante cantabile ma però con moto
Allegro moderato–Presto
Kristin Ahlstrom, Violin
Bjorn Ranheim, Cello
Peter Henderson, Piano
Beethoven's Archduke program notes
The “Archduke” Trio’s moniker comes from Archduke Rudolf, the work’s dedicatee. The Archduke was a music lover and practitioner who became Beethoven’s piano student in 1803. He later studied composition with Beethoven, one of the few such students Beethoven took on. ...
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