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BEETHOVEN'S SPRING SONATA'

on BBC Home Service Basic

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(Sonata in F, Op. 24), played by Eda Kersey (violin) and Kathleen Long (piano)
Beethoven's Violin Sonata jn F, Op. 24, if perhaps not one of his "most original works, is certainly one of his most beautiful in content. It is sometimes known as the ' Spring * Sonata, and cerlamly the freshness and vitality of the first movement suggest the fcyshness and vitality of a spring morning
It was written in the summer of 1801, when Beethoven was living happily in the country and was able to complete seven or eight works, The Mount of Olivet, a string quartet, several piano sonatas, and two sonatas for violin and piano.

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Played By:
Eda Kersey
Piano:
Kathleen Long

BBC Home Service Basic

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