I try to make the best of my days in these difficult
days with restrictions of movement outdoors. In honour
of Ludwig van Beethovens 250 birthday, I made this
adaption and orchestration of his 33 Variations on a
Waltz by Anton Diabelli for chamber orchestra (2
flutes, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and strings). The 33
Variations, Op. 120, is a set of variations for the
piano written between 1819 and 1823. Some music writers
and soloists describe the set as “the greatest of all
piano works” (Alfred...(+)
I try to make the best of my days in these difficult
days with restrictions of movement outdoors. In honour
of Ludwig van Beethovens 250 birthday, I made this
adaption and orchestration of his 33 Variations on a
Waltz by Anton Diabelli for chamber orchestra (2
flutes, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and strings). The 33
Variations, Op. 120, is a set of variations for the
piano written between 1819 and 1823. Some music writers
and soloists describe the set as “the greatest of all
piano works” (Alfred Brendel) and "a microcosm of
Beethoven's art" (Hans von Bülow). Arnold Schönberg
writes in his Structural Functions of Harmony, that
the Variations - in respect of its harmony - deserves
to be called the most adventurous work by Beethoven.