To carry on with the task of creating music even when one’s ability to hear it is waning seems to embody the essence of “purpose.” With that in mind, I have chosen the music of Ludwig van Beethoven for this Sunday’s Gathering Music, specifically a work composed at the turn of the 19th century, the very time when the composer was starting to acknowledge his growing hearing loss.
Gathering Music: Adam Kent, piano
Sonata for Piano No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 “Pastoral” ~ Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro
Offertory: with Kim Force
Brave ~ Sara Bareilles
Meditation:
Prelude in Ab Major ~ George Gershwin
Parting Music:
Bagatelle in Eb Major, Op. 33, No. 1 ~ Ludwig van Beethoven