Beethoven
Rizzi, Lucchesini

Marco Rizzi, violin

Andrea Lucchesini, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23

Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 “Spring”

45’ | Ticket €10

The Salone degli Arazzi becomes the stage for an unusual encounter: two Beethoven sonatas that share the same origins yet seem to belong to different worlds. Op. 23 and Op. 24 were both composed during the same months in 1800, dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries, and initially published under the same opus number. A diptych: two opposing faces of the same creative moment.

To reveal the complexity of these two works to the audience, they will be performed by two of the leading figures of the Italian and international music scene: Marco Rizzi and Andrea Lucchesini, who once again chose to take part in Trame Sonore this year.

The Sonata Op. 23 in A minor is the darker and more restless of the two: a stormy and nervous first movement, almost a perpetual motion, opens a work of unusual character that finds few parallels elsewhere in Beethoven’s output.

A completely different spirit animates the Spring Sonata Op. 24: serene and luminous, its opening movement is festive and marked by rich lyricism. Idyllic, almost Mozartian on the surface, it nevertheless conceals Beethoven’s unmistakable traits: tension between themes, dialogue between the instruments, and the use of four movements instead of the customary three.

Placed side by side, these two works reveal a Beethoven capable of containing a thousand different souls within himself — a composer who can never be entirely grasped.

Text by Giada De Sio