This week’s episode of Encore Houston features a truly authentic classical sound–a piano built in 1826! Context aims to present music with as much authenticity as possible, with historically-informed performances through accurate stylistic tendencies and period-appropriate instruments. In this concert, Brian Connelly, Eric Halen, and Allen Whear perform music by Ludwig van Beethoven, with his “Kakadu Variations,” a sonata for cello and piano, and one of his most notoriously difficult piano sonatas: “The Hammerklavier.”
- LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, Sonata No. 4 in C major for cello and piano, Op. 102, No. 1
- BEETHOVEN, Ten Variations on “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu,” Op. 121a
- BEETHOVEN, Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier”
- Eric Halen, violin
- Allen Whear, cello
- Brian Connelly, piano
- Performance date: 9/18/2016
- Originally aired: 2/18/2017
New episodes of Encore Houston air Saturdays at 10 PM, with a repeat broadcast Sundays at 4 PM, all on Houston Public Media Classical.
