Share with me works of great beauty.
Two contemplative works of immense beauty are Beethoven’s String sonata opus 132 and Mozart’s piano sonata No 8.
Heard both live recently. Both works new to me.
The third movement of the Beethoven lasts twenty minutes, out of this world, shows glimpses of heaven, written at a time of the relief of great physical suffering. It’s in the joyful key if F major. Given new strength with faster sections in D. Motto adagio - Andande.
Equally rewarding is Mozarts piano sonata No8. Written at the agony of his mother’s death. The third movement in A major, gives hope. Andate cantabile.
I’ve used both these works to meditate on the plight of the Palestinian children caught up in the horrors of Gaza. And the world itself we now live in.
Share with me, please, works of great beauty and hope.
