Beethoven: Source and Arrangement

Piano Festival 2020 - rerun

Pianist Ishay Shaer with violinist Dumitru Pocitari and cellist Emanuele Silvestri perform two new adaptations of Beethoven's sonatas.

Pianist Yishai Shaer arranged Beethoven's two sonatas for piano trio, and he will perform them with Violinist Dumitru Pocitari and cellist Emanuele Silvestri, members of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra. The sonatas stem from two dramatic moments in Beethoven's life. The "Storm Sonata" was composed during the time where the composer became aware of his increasing deafness, and the "Farewell Sonata" during the siege imposed on Vienna by Napoleon's troops when he had to part with a good friend about to flee. The program also features Piano Trio in C minor, one of Beethoven's most dramatic masterpieces.

Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2, "The Tempest" ......c. 26 min.

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a, " Les Adieux"……. c.17 min.

Piano Trio No. 3, in C minor, Op. No. 3 .................................. c. 26 min.

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