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De Kreutzer Sonate – Een Sonate met een verhaal van vriendschap en van passie, van virtuositeit en van kleur – van een vrouw en van laaiende woede, van een daad uit gramschap en van een nieuwe vriendschap – helemaal Beethoven!

The Kreutzer Sonata – a Sonata with a story of friendship and of passion, of virtuosity and of colour – of a lady and flaring rage, of an act of anger and of a new friendship – So Beethoven!

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

• Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 in A major “Kreutzer Sonata’

Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838)

Ludwig van Beethoven

• 12 Variations for violin & piano on a Mozart Theme: ‘Se Vuol Ballare’, in F-major, Wo040

Double Dedication

The sonata was originally dedicated to the violinist George Bridgetower (1778–1860) as “Sonata mulattica composta per il mulatto Brischdauer [Bridgetower], gran pazzo e compositore mulattico” (Mulatto Sonata composed for the mulatto Brischdauer, great madman mulatto composer). Shortly after completion the work was premiered by Bridgetower and Beethoven on 24 May 1803 at the Augarten Theatre at a concert that started at the unusually early hour of 8:00 am. Bridgetower sight-read the sonata; he had never seen the work before, and there had been no time for any rehearsal.

After the premiere performance Beethoven and Bridgetower fell out: while the two were drinking, Bridgetower apparently insulted the morals of a lady, whom Beethoven cherished. Enraged, Beethoven removed the dedication of the piece, dedicating it instead to Rodolphe Kreutzer, who was considered the finest violinist of the day. (Source: Wikipedia)