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NEEL TEILMANN, klaver
BENEDIKTE DAMGAARD, violin
KRISTINA FIALOVA, bratsch
ADAM STADNICKI. cello
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BEETHOVEN. Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 16

Composed in 1796, this piano quartet from Beethoven's early period began as a quintet for piano, clarinet, oboe, horn, and bassoon. Beethoven transcribed it for piano and strings, and both versions were later published with the same opus number. Melvin Berger suggests that the transcription was a way to make the music more available to the many amateur piano and string groups that were active in Vienna at the time. Homer Ulrich explains in his Chamber Music (2nd edition) that Beethoven's quartet is "an arrangement in the truest sense. Beethoven made only such changes as the new instrumentation required."

Beeri Moalem points out that Beethoven's quintet is modeled on Mozart's 1784 "grand quintet"; these "sister masterpieces" have the same instrumentation, key, and general structure. Both begin with a stately introduction that features dotted rhythms. Each introduction is followed by an allegro; while Mozart's themes are "more defined and well-behaved," Beethoven's "drive relentlessly and energetically through one another. Both allegros feature premature recapitulations (misleading returns in theme but not in key) and significant codas. Both works proceed with a slow movement in B-Flat Major, no minuets, and a Rondo."

In Chamber Music Homer Ulrich agrees that "Op. 16 quintet/quartet is the most Mozartean of Beethoven's early chamber music," but he cautions against drawing too many parallels: "Its vigor, humor, and size remove it from direct comparison. Straightforward in its emotional purposes, perfect in form and texture, richly endowed with satisfying melodies, it represents all that is best of first period Beethoven." In his analysis of the musical form he notes that the Allegro is a fully developed sonata form with three themes; the long melodious Andante follows a "large rondo form" and charms in its beautiful themes, delicate embroideries, and counterpoint; the Finale is fast, brilliant, and full of humor.

In the premier of the quintet on April 6, 1797, Moalem describes how the twenty-seven-year-old Beethoven "in his typical careless unsympathetic arrogance improvised extensively" to the consternation of his fellow performers. The audience was delighted, however, especially when Beethoven later improvised on early versions of his Eroica Symphony.

Fonte: http://www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org/mozartnotes.html

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