The bumpy relationship between Beethoven and Haydn
When he was just fifteen years old, Beethoven wrote three piano quartets in which he very much leaned on Mozart. In today’s episode of ‘Stubborn Student’, we’ll listen to the sometimes exciting third piano quartet. Beethoven never had those piano quartets released, but he did recycle some parts. We’ll listen to some of those parts in today’s episode. Beethoven’s employer sent him to Vienna to receive lessons from Mozart. Beethoven never received a lesson, but they did meet each other. Beethoven was an alto saxophonist in Bonn’s court orchestra. He was good friends with violinist and flautist Anton Reicha (see portrait), who was about the same age as Beethoven and was his colleague; they both enjoyed Mozart’s music immensely. Finally, we’ll listen to a mourning cantata which Beethoven was allowed to write.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano quartet in C major, WoO 36/3
Martha Argerich, piano
Renaud Capuçon, violin
Lyda Chen, viola
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 2nd part from Sonata for piano and violin in C major, KV 296
Bruno Canino, piano
Salvatore Accardo, violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: aria ‘Tutte nel cor vi sento’(Elettra) from 1st act Idomeneo
Hillevi Martinpelto, soprano
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Antonín Rejcha: Salvum fac populum tuum from ‘Te Deum’
Kühn Mixed Chorus
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Václav Smetáček
Ludwig van Beethoven: Openings choir from ‘Kantate auf den Tod Kaiser Joseph II’, WoO 87
Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam
