Videopodcast series: beethoven & the romantic
1 Beethoven & the Romantic in Gelderland with Olga Paschenko || Huis Zypendaal
This winter, we will take a trip around the beautiful Dutch region of Gelderland to experience Beethoven and the Romantic This part in the Geelvinck series ‘Beethoven & the Romantic Period’ takes you to Huis Zypendaal of Geldersch Landschap & Kasteelen. The tour guide Alfred Sterk tells about this beautiful country estate near Arnhem. Thereafter, Olga Pashchenko plays two Kurfürsten sonatas on an original fortepiano, which was built around the same time as Beethoven composed these piano sonatas. The instrument was built by Matthäus Heilmann (1744-1817) from Mainz. Before, this well-known early fortepiano became part of the collection of Museum Geelvinck, it belonged to the Finchcocks Collection (Kent, UK) and at the time several copies have been produced. Repertoire: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770/72-1827), Three Piano Sonatas Nos. ! and 2 (1782/83), WoO 47.
2 Beethoven & the Romantic in Gelderland with Olga Paschenko || Huis Zypendaal
In this second part, in which the Geelvinck series ‘Beethoven & the Romantic Period’ takes you to Huis Zypendaal van Geldersch Landschap & Kasteelen, the guide Alfred Sterk tells about the history of this Arnhem country estate. Thereafter, Olga Pashchenko plays Beethoven’s Große Sonata für Hammerklavier on a fortepiano, which was built by Conrad Graf in Vienna around 1836. At the end of his life, Beethoven used a Graf fortepiano (now in the Beethovenhaus Bonn). This instrument of Museum Geelvinck once belonged to the famous Colt Collection (England). Repertoire: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770/72-1827), Piano Sonata No. 29, Op. 106 (1817/18).
