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Fidelio (Leonora no. 4) op. 72
b is the overture written for
the 1814 representations.
The Ruins of Athens op. 113,
the overture composed in 1811
for the inauguration of the
German theatre of Pesth,
having as source a literary
work, Kotzebue?s Bela?s
Flight, presents an episode
from the life of Hungary?s
king. The overture was
performed in first audition on
February 9th 1812. In order to
render the specificity of that
time, Beethoven used in the
introduction antique Greek
modes.
A triumphant page of this
overture is the Turkish March
rendering the closing and the
furthering of a Turkish
patrol. It is orchestrated in
the spirit of janissary music
with many percussion
instruments and powerful
sonorities for the wind
instruments. It became known
in the musical world
especially due to the
transcriptions of Franz Liszt
and Anton Rubinstein.
Coriolanus op. 62 written in
1807 and constructed as an
introduction to Collin?s
tragedy (1802) was of great
success and popularity. It is
a composition with heroic
character, rendering the story
of a broken conscience.