L.V. Beethoven’s late works

Details

Sunmi Han full profile / Cello and Piano duo / 2 musicians

Other players: Colman Itzkoff

Full program notes

Drawing near to the world of late Beethoven—where the music sighs “Ermattet klagend” (growing faint in lament) and slowly stirs “Nach und nach wider auflebend” (gradually coming back to life)—Sunmi Han and Coleman Itzkoff, invite you to join us in a journey through some of his most intimate and transcendent works.

The concert will begin with the Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, a bold and spiritual gateway into Beethoven’s late period—where silence speaks, and the soul reaches beyond sound. From there, we move to the Piano Sonata Op. 110, where fragility, humour, and struggle, all come together with such complex emotions.

After the two sonatas, we’ll share a small surprise to end your December Friday evening on a gentle musical note.

We hope you’ll feel not only the fire of Beethoven’s passion but also the quiet vulnerability of his final struggle—a glimpse into the heart of a genius at the edge of silence.