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Kids Commute: Beethoven Week!

Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Vitamin String Quartet
Ludwig van Beethoven

This week on Kids Commute, we’re listening music written for the piano by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

Ludvig van Beethoven wrote tons of beautiful music for instruments of all types.

This week, we’re going to be listening to music he wrote that features the piano, and learning a little bit about his life (did you know that he met Mozart and studied with Haydn?)

KC Beethoven Week! - MONDAY: Bagatelle No. 25 A minor, 'Für Elise'
written by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by pianist Alice Sara Ott
KC Beethoven Week! - TUESDAY: Righini’s Arietta “Venni Amore”, Theme and Variations 1-10
written by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by pianist Cécile Ousset

KC Beethoven Week! - WEDNESDAY: Minuet in G major, WoO 10, No. 2
written by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by pianist Moura Lympany

KC Beethoven Week! - THURSDAY: Sonata no 8 in C minor, "Pathetique," II. Cantabile
written by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by pianist Annie Fischer
KC Beethoven Week! - FRIDAY: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat major, Op. 73 'The Emperor Concerto'
written by ludwig van Beethoven, performed by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, with pianist Rudolf Serkin

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Kate Botello is a host and producer at Classical IPR.
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