20. Springtime for Vivaldi and Beethoven
from The Concert - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Hosted by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Vivaldi: Concerto for flute and orchestra in F Major (“Con Sordino”) (April 24, 2005) Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 (“Spring”) (March 14, 2004) It’s all about spring in this episode. The first piece on the program, by Vivaldi, uses mutes placed on the string instruments, lending the piece a sort of delicacy that evokes spring. Second on the program is a piece subtitled “Spring,” Beethoven’s fifth violin sonata in F Major. This sprightly piece includes gently wafting melodies, undulating harmonic accompaniments, and playful canons and rondos, where the themes recur and overlap. This sonata was also Beethoven’s first experiment with adding the “Scherzo” movement after the slow second movement, expanding on the traditional three-movement sonata form inherited from other classical composers.
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