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| Night bombardment of Vienna by French artillery, 1809 |
-Compiled by Brian Mendonca
Work: Piano Concerto in E flat major, Op. 73
Form: Concerto
Year: 1809-1811
Genre: Western classical
Period: Romantic
Movements : Duration Counter
I. Allegro (21.00) [00.40]
II. Adagio un poco mosso (08. 00) [21.12]
III. Rondo: Allegro (10: 03) [28.52]
Duration: 39.03 minutes
Listen
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTLOQGF-c1E&list=PLz0EMWwHA4YhNsn03I_TpBbPS1PU5Y7NB&index=13
Piano: Maurizio Pollini
Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia directed by Daniele Pollini
2014
About: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer. This was his last piano concerto. He was composing it when the French led by Napoleon were invading Vienna in 1809. Under artillery fire, Beethoven had to take refuge in the cellar of his brother's house. Beethoven writes that the events, 'affected me, body and soul . . . with nothing but drums, cannons, men, misery of all sorts.'
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Pic of above courtesy: meaning(dot)guide; Reference: Wikipedia, classicfm(dot)org, laphil(dot)com. Updated 12 August 2020.
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