Egmont, Op. 84, is a set of incidental music pieces for the play by the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The overture is followed by nine pieces for soprano, narrator and orchestra.
In this Beethoven expressed his political concerns through the musical exaltation of the heroic sacrifice of a man condemned to death for having taken a valiant stand against oppression.
The Overture became an unofficial anthem of the 1956 Hungarian revolution, just as Beethoven’s Symphony Nr. 9 and particularly the choral portions the Ode to Joy became the music forever connected to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
This is a transcription by Franz Liszt. Performance by Duo Davide and Daniele Trivella. #Dranoff2Piano #DuoTrivella #Beethoven #Egmont
27 дек 2020
