Take a musical journey and imagine yourself in 1795 Vienna, eager to experience the first published works, hot off the press, by the city’s sensational young pianist-composer. 

Beethoven advertised his first published work—3 trios for piano, violin and cello—in May of 1795. For the price of one ducat, subscribers would receive their scores directly from the publisher two months before the music became available to the general public, at a higher price.

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Beethoven Fortepiano Trios

Trinity Episcopal Church

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Baroque Chamber Music

Case Western Reserve University

The viola da gamba has long been considered an instrument that “went extinct” and had to be resurrected by the early music revival in the 20th century, but that narrative has been neatly disrupted by the last decade of scholarship. Peter Holman has documented a continuous thread of interest in the viol that connects the great viol traditions of the early 18th century through the 19th century into our own time, and Michael O’Loghlin has brought our attention to an often- overlooked hotbed of viol playing at the court of Frederick the Great. Tonight's presentation will take O’Loghlin’s work as a starting point, examining the favorable conditions the viol experienced in Berlin and expanding the view to include the court of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In these locations, players and composers were bringing the viol out of the “high baroque” and into the Classical era, incorporating the viol into music that was stylistically up to date with that of more well known late-18th century composers like Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach, Franz Joseph Haydn, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This lecture recital will provide an introduction to the position of the viol in the late-18th century, with a focus on the music and issues of performance practice as they relate to the use of the instrument in this repertoire.


Jaap ter Linden

Events

Past events

Oct 17, 2025

Beethoven Fortepiano Trios · Early Music in Columbus

Nov 18, 2023

Baroque Chamber Music · Case Western Reserve University Department of Music

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in Piano Trio in C minor by Beethoven

Early Music in Columbus

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