ExclusiveBeethoven: Piano Sonata no. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 - Complete Performance

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 27 in E minor , Op. 90 - Complete Performance. This beautiful piece was played by Randolph Hokanson. It has Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0 Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) and is provided through www.musopen.org.

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 was written in the summer of 1814 - Beethoven's late middle period - and dedicated to Prince Moritz von Lichnowsky, a friend and benefactor who was also the dedicatee of the Eroica Variations.

Beethoven's letter to Prince Moritz von Lichnowsky, written in September 1814, explains the dedication:

"I had a delightful walk yesterday with a friend in the Brühl, and in the course of our friendly chat you were particularly mentioned, and lo! and behold! on my return I found your kind letter. I see you are resolved to continue to load me with benefits. As I am unwilling you should suppose that a step I have already taken is prompted by your recent favors, or by any motive of the sort, I must tell you that a sonata of mine is about to appear, dedicated to you. I wished to give you a surprise, as this dedication has been long designed for you, but your letter of yesterday induces me to name the fact. I required no new motive thus publicly to testify my sense of your friendship and kindness."

This beautiful view is located in the untouched Gasterntal valley in front of the Berghotel Waldhaus in Switzerland. You can get there by car (only in summer), but you'll have to pay a small fee and be prepared for some very narrow roads. The road is only a little more than a car's width, so it is only passable for 20 minutes in each direction. Then there is a ban on driving in both directions for a while, so that those arriving later can still get there safely. After that, you can drive in the other direction for 20 minutes. If you miss the 20 minutes, you have to wait 40 minutes. The road goes through two tunnels and is partly carved out of the rock, so it is partly a gallery and very narrow. After that, the road is about 6 km long and leads from Waldhaus via Selden to Heimritz at 1635 metres above sea level. But the high plateau is well worth the adventure. gasterntal.ch

The view was captured by Simone Schlegel during a lovely meal with her husband at the Berghotel Waldhaus. The video was edited by Wenjing Ma.

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