Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132 - 3. Molto Adagio - Andante

Ludwig van Beethoven

 

String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132

 3악장. Molto Adagio - Andante

 

LaSalle Quartet

     

 

병에서 회복된자가 신에게 드리는 리디아 선법에 의한 감사의 노래" 란 부제가 붙어있습니다. molto adagio의 사색적인 악장입니다. 약 2분정도에 나오는 "회복(재활)"의 선율이 극히 아름답습니다. 그리고 두번째 부분에는 "새로운 힘을 느끼며"라는 표시가 되어있고 뒤에 "가장 깊은 정서를 가지고"라고 되어있습니다. 개인적으로 모든 베토벤의 곡을 능가한다고 생각되는 악장입니다. 그의 개인적인 감정과 선율의 극한에 이르는 아름다움이 뛰어납니다. 약 15분 정도의 길이지만 오히려 시간이 짧다고 생각될 정도로 사람의 모든 것을 빨아드리는 아름다움이 있습니다.

 

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"A Convalescent's Holy Song of Thanksgiving to the Divinity,in the Lydian Mode" - LVB

String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132 - 3. Canzona di ringraziamento offerta alla divinità da un guarito, in modo lidico (Molto adagio) - Sentendo nuova forza (Andante)

Key A minor
Movements/Sections 4 movements
Year/Date of Composition 1823-1825
First Publication April 1827, Schott (Mainz)
Dedication Prinz Galitzin
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation 2 Violins, Viola, Cello

The Quartet in A minor, Op. 132, by Ludwig van Beethoven, was written in 1825, given its public premiere on November 6 of that year by the Schuppanzigh Quartet and was dedicated to Count Nicolai Galitzin, as were Opp. 127 and 130. The number traditionally assigned to it is based on the order of its publication; it is actually the thirteenth quartet in order of composition.

Movement III (Molto Adagio; Andante)
The third movement (15 to 20 minutes in duration) is the longest in the quartet. Formally described, it alternates slow sections in a modal F with faster sections, "Neue Kraft fühlend" (with renewed strength), in D. The slow sections each have two elements, (1) a passage reminiscent of the opening of the first movement in which the instruments overlap each other with a brief motive; (2) a chorale, the actual song. In the three instances of the slow section, the overlapping motives become increasingly complex rhythmically, while the chorale is pared down, and the two elements become increasingly integrated. There is a characteristic intensification of the head-motif toward the end of the movement.

 

Verdade String Quartet (BYU Honor Quartet, April 13, 2013)
Rachel Ostler, Mayu Greenhalgh - violins;
Bryan Lew - viola; Quinn Boyack - cello

Beethoven wrote this piece after recovering from a serious illness which he had feared was fatal because he had been afflicted with intestinal disorder during the entire winter of 1824-5. He thus headed the movement with the words, "Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart" (A Convalescent's Holy Song of Thanksgiving to the Divinity, in the Lydian Mode).

 

Busch Quartet
07.X.1937