The question of the quality of joy seems to me today to be increasingly vital - it is intrinsically linked to the way in which humor can find it's full expression in a world that constantly limits... more

In addition to being one of Beethoven's most emblematic works, the Piano Sonata no.32 op.111 (1821-22) is a manifesto of radical modernity. It begins the process of disintegration of sonata form, a... more