BEETHOVEN PUR

In the organizer's words:

Joseph Moog, piano
Brandenburger Symphoniker
Conductor: Andreas Spering
Moderator: Clemens Goldberg

Ludwig van Beethoven | "Egmont" Overture in F minor op. 84
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor op. 37
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 8 in F major op. 93

Per aspera ad astra: Seneca's famous maxim of perseverance sums up the fate of this lonely genius, for whom crises and creativity were inseparable: Beethoven, exalted by posterity as a titan, but to whom nothing human was alien. His stirring "Egmont" overture offers pure drama and leads us along the rocky path of harshly clashing conflicts, ultimately culminating in a vision of hope and an invocation of freedom. In the 3rd Piano Concerto (written in the "fateful key" of C minor), light and shadow balance each other out. Its composer, who excelled at the piano himself at the first performance in 1803, reveals himself to be a great admirer of Mozart in this work. The rarely heard 8th Symphony, on the other hand, is characterized by a rather ironically broken relationship to tradition, with which Beethoven unflinchingly makes his way into the open.

Moderated concert

Organizer: Music Festival Sanssouci and Nikolaisaal Potsdam gGmbH