Please join us for Part 4 of Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas course, taught by Curtis faculty member and extraordinary concert artist, Jonathan Biss. This course is new and contains separate sets of lectures and sonatas that we not previously discussed. Specifically, in Part 4, we will cover Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Op. 2, No. 2, Op. 10, No. 3, Op. 28 and Op. 110. As with the other three Beethoven courses, it is not necessary to have taken the previous Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas courses. We think you will be perfectly comfortable to start learning with Part 4, if you wish and go from here. There is always the option to go back to earlier parts at any time. Between these courses, there exists a large amount of additional resources and learning that might be helpful as you embark on Part 4. We certainly encourage you to take Parts 1, 2 and 3, if you have not yet. In the meantime, enjoy the class and Part 4 of Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.
We are glad that you have joined us for Part 4 of Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas course, taught by Curtis faculty member and extraordinary concert artist, Jonathan Biss! This course is considered Part 4, with new and separate sets of lectures. Specifically, in Part 4, we will cover Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Op. 2, No. 2, Op. 10, No. 3, Op. 28 and Op. 110. As with the other three Beethoven courses, it is not necessary to have taken the previous Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas courses. We think you will be perfectly comfortable to start learning with Part 4, if you wish and go from here. There is always the option to go back to earlier parts at any time. Between these courses, there exists a large amount of additional resources and learning that might be helpful as you embark on Part 4. We certainly encourage you to take Parts 1, 2 and 3, if you have not yet. In the meantime, enjoy the class and Part 4 of Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.
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3 readings
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3 readings•Total 30 minutes
Welcome to Part 4 of Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas!•10 minutes
Syllabus•10 minutes
Getting to Know You•10 minutes
Op. 2, No. 2
Module 2•1 hour to complete
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9 videos1 assignment
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9 videos•Total 56 minutes
Haydn and his Influence•5 minutes
Haydn and Beethoven: Mixing the Sacred and the Profane•5 minutes
1st Movement: Wit and Graciousness•7 minutes
1st Movement: An Unexpected Emotional Range•5 minutes
1st Movement: Harmonic Adventures in the Service of Character•6 minutes
2nd Movement: Piety…•7 minutes
2nd Movement: …and Intensity•8 minutes
3rd Movement: Between Minuet and Scherzo•5 minutes
4th Movement: “Grazioso” but on a Grand Scale•10 minutes
1 assignment
Final Quiz – Op. 2 No. 2 Quiz•0 minutes
Op. 10, No. 3
Module 3•1 hour to complete
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10 videos1 assignment
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10 videos•Total 77 minutes
1st Movement: Ambition and Irrepressible Speed•4 minutes
1st Movement: Rhythmic Displacement and Inconclusive “Endings”•13 minutes
1st Movement: Complexity and Rhythmic Trickery•9 minutes
2nd Movement: Beethoven’s First Great Tragic Slow Movement•4 minutes
2nd Movement: Breadth and Lamentation•7 minutes
2nd Movement: Intensity and Melodrama•5 minutes
2nd Movement: Anticipating the “Ghost” Trio•9 minutes
3rd Movement: After the Storm, a Gentle Menuet•8 minutes
4th Movement: A Finale of Ambivalence and Mystery•7 minutes
4th Movement: Avoiding the Straightforward, and Anticipating the Future•12 minutes
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Final Quiz – Op. 10, No. 3•0 minutes
Op. 28
Module 4•1 hour to complete
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7 videos1 assignment
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7 videos•Total 59 minutes
After Wild Adventures, a Return to Old Forms•3 minutes
1st Movement: Using Rhythm and Harmony to Create a Cyclical Quality•11 minutes
1st Movement: A Development of Sudden Drama•9 minutes
2nd Movement: A Stoic Nature and Orchestral Scoring•6 minutes
2nd Movement: Emotional Power without Histrionics•9 minutes
3rd Movement: A Laconic Scherzo with Sly Humor•8 minutes
4th Movement: A Cyclical Rondo to Cap a Cyclical Sonata•12 minutes
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Final Quiz – Op. 28 Quiz•0 minutes
Op. 110
Module 5•1 hour to complete
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13 videos1 assignment
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13 videos•Total 85 minutes
Unimaginable Profundity•2 minutes
1st Movement: Tremendous Warmth in a Conventional Structure•5 minutes
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Amazing. I love "Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas" and the magnificent work of a great and passionate instructor, Mr. Jonathan Biss. Thank you.
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Reviewed on Dec 2, 2020
The courses given by Jonathan Biss just get better and better. He demonstrates such empathy with the work and, of course, can play all the excerpts I have loved so very, very well.Thank you so much!
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Reviewed on Jul 10, 2021
Marvellous in-depth study of these sonatas, a privilege and a pleasure to attend
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