John O'Conor: Hearing the Human Behind Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

Beethoven grew up in the wake of the American Revolution, came of age during the French Revolution, and witnessed the subsequent Napoleonic Wars.

The ramifications of these world-historical events are felt from his first piano sonatas to his last. Yet the music is as jolly and filled with good humor as they are tragic and tinged with pathos.

Join famed Beethoven interpreter John O'Conor in a vivid and lively sketch of Beethoven’s biography and its relationship to his pathbreaking 32 Piano Sonatas. https://app.tonebase.co/piano/artists...