About this Course Über diesen Kurs Σχετικά με αυτό το μάθημα About this Course Sobre este curso Informazioni su questo corso このコースについて 이 과정 정보 Apie šį kursą Over deze cursus Sobre este curso Об этом курсе Bu Kurs Hakkında Про цей курс 关于本课程

Our relationship to Beethoven is a deep and paradoxical one. Our relationship to Beethoven is a deep and paradoxical one. Nossa relação com Beethoven é profunda e paradoxal. For many musicians, he represents a kind of holy grail: His music has an intensity, rigor, and profundity which keep us in its thrall, and it is perhaps unequalled in the interpretive, technical, and even spiritual challenges it poses to performers. Para muitos músicos, ele representa uma espécie de santo graal: sua música tem uma intensidade, rigor e profundidade que nos mantêm cativos, e talvez seja inigualável nos desafios interpretativos, técnicos e até espirituais que apresenta aos artistas. At the same time, Beethoven's music is casually familiar to millions of people who do not attend concerts or consider themselves musically inclined. At the same time, Beethoven's music is casually familiar to millions of people who do not attend concerts or consider themselves musically inclined. Two hundred years after his death, he is everywhere in the culture, yet still represents its summit. Two hundred years after his death, he is everywhere in the culture, yet still represents its summit. Duzentos anos após sua morte, ele está em toda parte na cultura, mas ainda representa seu ápice.

This course takes an inside-out look at the 32 piano sonatas from the point of view of a performer. Each lecture will focus on one sonata and an aspect of Beethoven's music exemplified by it. (These might include: the relationship between Beethoven the pianist and Beethoven the composer; the critical role improvisation plays in his highly structured music; his mixing of extremely refined music with rougher elements; and the often surprising ways in which the events of his life influenced his compositional process and the character of the music he was writing.) (Tra questi: il rapporto tra Beethoven pianista e Beethoven compositore; il ruolo critico dell'improvvisazione nella sua musica altamente strutturata; la mescolanza di musica estremamente raffinata con elementi più grezzi; i modi spesso sorprendenti in cui gli eventi della sua vita hanno influenzato il suo processo compositivo e il carattere della musica che stava scrivendo). The course will feature some analysis and historical background, but its perspective is that of a player, not a musicologist. Il corso presenterà un'analisi e un background storico, ma la prospettiva è quella di un musicista, non di un musicologo. Its main aim is to explore and demystify the work of the performer, even while embracing the eternal mystery of Beethoven's music itself.