Welcome to the final part of our Beethoven trilogy! We open the doors to a musical world more personal, enigmatic and uncompromising than anything Beethoven had written before.

The Engegård Quartet performs String Quartet Op. 127, the first of the five great quartets from Beethoven’s final years. Here we encounter music that moves between solemnity, tenderness, humour and an almost otherworldly beauty.

Tor Espen Aspaas continues with Beethoven’s Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 — miniature piano pieces that contain an entire world of emotions and musical ideas.

The acclaimed Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova concludes the concert with Piano Sonata Op. 110, in which a moving lament and a powerful fugue lead the music from despair towards hope.

Three works from Beethoven’s final creative period, performed in the historic and atmospheric surroundings of Gamle Aker Church.

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127
Engegård Quartet

Six Bagatelles for piano, Op. 126
Tor Espen Aspaas, piano

Interval

Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Anna Fedorova, piano