Piano Sonata No. 30, Opus 109
Vivace, ma non troppo-Adagio espressivo
Prestissimo
Tema (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo) Variazioni I-VI

Piano Sonata No. 31, Opus 110

Moderato cantabile molto espressivo

Allegro molto

Adagio, ma non troppo-Fuga (Allegro, ma non troppo)

Piano Sonata No. 32, Opus 111

 

Maestoso-Allegro con brio ed appassionato

 

Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile)

                                          Beethoven's Hands
Although these sonatas were composed over a three year period (1820-1822) and were published separately, Beethoven, nevertheless, thought of them as forming one unified work. He labored tirelessly to put his deepest and most profound thoughts on the human condition into the simplest, most direct terms possible. As a result the music is more concise, more intimate, and more introspective than anything composed previously. There is an ever increasing sense of transfiguration that culminates in the otherworldly, transcendent variations that conclude Opus 111. Through these sonatas Beethoven has bequeathed to us a priceless gift, a treasure of pure and uplifting joy in which all who are “weary and heavy laden” will find consolation and peace.

 

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