The Cozy Side of Beethoven, for four singers, violin, cello, and piano, highlights Beethoven’s lesser-known vocal music. The program includes a selection of charming folksong arrangements by the composer, as well as his most beloved solo songs and arias, including Adelaide, the concert aria A perfido, and the quartet from his only opera, Fidelio.

Performers
Kinga Cserjési, soprano
Kirsten Ott, mezzo soprano
Alonso Jordan Lopez, tenor
Peter Ludwig, bass
Nikita Morozov, violinist
Valeriya Sholokhova, cellist
Jason Wirth, pianist

Program
All-Beethoven Program:
O swiftly glides the bonny boat
25 Scottish Songs Op.108. XIX

Adelaide

Constancy
26 Welsh Songs WoO 155. XXII

O how can I be blithe
25 Scottish Songs, no. 14

Sehnsucht
Der Kuß

Sion, the son of Evan
26 Welsh Songs WoO 155/I

Ah, perfido! Op. 65
Lochnagar
12 Scottish Songs WoO 156/IX

Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur
Es war einmal ein König
Aus Goethe’s Faust, Op.75: III.

O Charlie
12 Songs of Various Nationality WoO 157 /III

Piano trio in E-flat major, Op.70, No.2
IV. Finale. Allegro

“Mir ist so wunderbar”
Fidelio, Op.72, Act 1 Scene 4