Geoffrey Smith presents the last in a week of concerts exploring Beethoven's piano sonatas, given at London's Wigmore Hall. By the time he wrote these final works, Beethoven was stretching the boundaries of what the piano sonata could do. The gentle musings that begin the E major, the two huge fugues that dominate the A flat and the profound slow variations that conclude the C minor all show Beethoven at his most searching - a great composer at his very best. Paul Lewis (piano)
Beethoven Piano Sonatas: in E, Op 109, in A flat, Op 110; in C minor, Op 111