Daniel Shapiro LIVE performs Beethoven Sonatas Op 31 (1, 2 and 3) and Op. 13 ('Pathétique')

This was the second of the 8-concert series comprising the complete Beethoven piano sonatas given by Daniel Shapiro during the 2020/21 season, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth

The video also contains interviews with Dr. Andrew Focks of the Northeast Ohio Music Teachers' Association, under whose auspices the concert was given. The sonatas, performed at Steinway Piano Gallery in Akron, OH are:

Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1 (22:26)
Allegro vivace (22:26)
Adagio grazioso (29:30)
Rondo: Allegretto (41:27)

Sonata No. 17 in d minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "Tempest" (48:31)
Largo---Allegro (48:31)
Adagio (57:40)
Allegretto (1:06:37)

Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3
Allegro (1:28:25)
Scherzo: Allegretto vivace (1:37:29)
Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso--Trio (1:43:23)
Presto con fuoco (1:47:33)

Sonata No. 8 in c minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique" (1:52:20)
Grave--Allegro di molto e con brio (1:52:20)
Adagio cantabile (2:03:39)
Rondo: Allegro (2:09:38)

This program was presented by the Northeast Ohio Music Teachers' Association