Beethoven Cello Sonata No.3 Op.69
2nd Mov.: Scherzo
Ludwig van Beethoven composed this work,in 1807/08, at the time of the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies. Its cantabile character makes it on a sense a cello counterpart to the Violin Concerto.
The second movemnet, A minor Scherzo, marked by jagged, suncopated rhythms, progressed by way of E minor and C major to a Trio melody in A major whose songlike character, like that of the Trio to the Scherzo of the Seventh Symphony, is transformed at times by dynamic contrasts.
The Birth House of Beethoven, Bonn, Germany
Piano Daniel Barenboim/Violincello Jacqueline du Pre@Live-Recorded in Edinburgh, in Aug., 1970
Jacqueline du Pre is one of the few performing musicians in histroy whose stature has risen steadily since her death.
She was born in Oxford in January, 1945 and In 1965 she recorded the Elgar Concerto with London Symphony Orchestra, a recording which established her stardom. She had been praised as a great musician ever to combine mind, heart, body and soul to produce the most expressive tones.
In 1967 she married pianist Daniel Barenboim. Their marriage led to some fruitful collaboration, evidenced in many recordings with Barenboim as pianist or conductor.
By the fall of 1973 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She continued to teach on occasion, but the deterioration of her health gained momentum and finally, she died at the age of forty-two in October, 1987.