Alexandre Boucher
In the years exploring Beethoven, some of the most touching discoveries have been from peforming the many canons and fragments that flooded from the composer’s pen from his arrival in Vienna. Here are a few of them:
Canon in A Major WoO35 1825
On the 3rd August 1825, Beethoven met the Dutch artist and Music-lover Otto de Boer in Baden. The artists was a great admirer of Beethoven’s and begged for a souvenir in his album. Beethoven gave him this dedicated thus: Souvenir pour Monsieut S M Boyer [!] par Louis van Beethoven
In 1822, Beethoven was visited by the virtuoso and poseur, Alexandre Boucher, who begged a piece for his album. I am sure that Boucher was hoping for something a little grander…
PSS and Carolin Ann Widmann-Violins
2-part Canon in G Major 1802
Kreutzer Quartet
C major Bagatelle 1800
Aaron Shorr-Piano
Live performances: London 2002
Engineer: Jonathan Haskell www.astoundingsounds.co.uk.
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Posted on February 14th, 2010 by Peter Sheppard Skaerved