Beethoven remains popular in the Korean charts today. The world famous 9th Symphony and the Fidelio Ouverture are often played at the New-Year concerts. The Grand Sonata Pathétique – also performed in this program – comes high in the ranking of Korea’s best loved classical music choice, according to an enquete by Korean classical radio.

Contemporary composers such as Chunggil Kim share with Beethoven a drive to make the world a better place with their music. Their music created a bridge between Western and Korean musical traditions.

Program ‘Beethoven & the Korean Spirit’

Chunggil Kim (1933-2012)                           Gopung (Alte Stimmung)  

II Namaksin (Korean wooden shoes)

III Okbinyo (Korean jade hair accesoire)

IV Munpungji (Korean traditional paper for the door & window against the wind)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)         Sonata in c minor Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’ !1798)

Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio

Adagio cantabile

Rondo:Allegro

Korean volkstune (arr. Tae-Young Kim)        Baetnorae (Barcarole)  

                                             –   Intermission   –

Beethoven-Liszt                                            ‘An die ferne Geliebte‘ S 469 

Ludwig van Beethoven                                 Sonata in E Major Op. 109 

Vivace, ma non troppo

Prestissimo

Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung

– Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

Instruments:

Pathétique –  Andre Stein 1806

Barcarole, Beethoven-Liszt ‘An die ferne Geliebte’, Sonata Op. 109 – Conrad Graf 1836

Chunggil Kim – Bechstein ca 1890

Note on the Korean composers

Chunggil Kim (1933-2012)

Notable Koreans composer. He studied composition in Hannover Musikhochschule, and worked as a professor in Seoul National University. He was also music director for Seoul Olympic in 1988.

He was deeply engaged on the issue how to approach the general public closer and to bind music and the society.

Suite for piano ‘Gopung’(1981) is a meaningful composition within Korean compositional history. He picked Korean traditional familiar material as his compositional subjects, and adapted well-known Korean traditional melody and rhythm to these piano pieces. After his brave first step, other Korean composers got influenced to try to come closer to the listeners with their new compositions.

Baetnorae (Korean traditional barcarole)

That one of the most famous and popular Korean traditional tune used to be a labor song by fishermen on the east sea of Korea. Later it became a folksong in Gyeonggi-Region (suburb of Seoul).

Performer’s Choice of compositions for this Program

Tae-Young Kim writes: ‘Though Beethoven’s late life was quite tough, his life was always with full passion for music. Regardless hardship of his real life, he never lost his sense of duty to contribute to the world by his music, showing his abundant love and passion to the people, whole world and music.

Compositions by Chunggil Kim might be considered by some Koreans a bit light and popular approach. That point of view could be quite right. But on the other hand, that kind of public-friendly attitude by a classical trained composer can be considered as a quite brave attitude in Korea. Chunggil Kim tried a bit different way than usually contemporary composers do in Korea, and seriously tried to let people get into friendly contact with classical or semi-classical new compositions.

In that sense, the composer can be considered as one of Beethoven-like musicians in Korean music history.

About ‘Baetnorae’(Korean traditional barcarole), I imagine the scenery of Bashkir horsemen on the Shipbridge, crossing the IJssel River.’

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Videostream – Geelvinck Festival Online!

Onze online festival zal plaatsvinden in december 2020! informatie over de online videostream volgt binnenkort.

Our online festival is launching in December 2020! Information about watching the videostream online will be available soon