Beethoven: 'Name Day' Overture, Op. 115 (with Score)

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Ludwig van Beethoven:
"Name Day (Feastday)" Overture, Op. 115 (with Score)
Composed: 1815
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven's concert overture, Namensfeier (Name Day) received its first performance on December 25, 1815, at a charity concert in the Redoutensaal of Vienna's Hofburg. It was not published until April 1825, by Steiner in Vienna, with a dedication to Prince Anton Heinrich Radziwill (1775-1833), an amateur composer who met Beethoven while in Vienna for the Congress in 1814-15. Radziwill also received the dedication of the Twenty-Five Scottish Songs, Op. 108. Having written the Namensfeier overture in honor of the Kaiser's birthday, Beethoven hoped the piece would rekindle his temporaily flagging popularity, but he had no such luck. The piece did not please then, nor at later performances in London, and it is rarely heard today. Patriotic and ceremonial requirements rarely brought out Beethoven's best, for his was a profoundly individualistic soul.

The overture took its title from Beethoven's intention of having it performed on the name-day festival of Emperor Franz of Austria, on October 4, 1814. Beethoven did not get the work together in time, and Fidelio was chosen for the evening's entertainment instead. Beethoven set the overture aside, eventually completing it in March 1815. Many of the ideas in the overture were sketched several years earlier as Beethoven pursued one of his several attempts at setting Schiller's "Ode to Joy."

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Dear Ludwig, once you said: "People don't like my music today? Well, I don't give a shit. One day, somewhen in the future, people will finally understand and love it!'. As usual, you, immense genius, were totally right. This overture is one of the many proofs of your bright vision.

The 'Zur Namensfeier' Op. 115 - Overture piece was never one of Beethoven's more popular works and is seldom played today. What a pity!
It's a hidden gem which I think should be played more, and MORE!

fcovone
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A WIDE PATH to the music of the future

hrobro
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Why am I just discovering this overture in 2019? Sad.

maestrotownsend
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Heavens predicted to Beethoven the inevitable dramatical events of our times - Prophets are rarely trusted !!! Tepper Michael.

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Hey Iove this overture
my name is Amy.

AmyRitt
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Honestly, not Beethoven's best...

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