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Gabriele Carcano, Fidelio Orchestra Cafe - fresh, funny and focused Beethoven
The anniversary composer s wit at its most revelatory in this instalment of a sonatas cycle
by David NiceMonday, 14 December 2020
Gabriele Carcano at the Fidelio Orchestra CafeBoth images by Matthew Johnson
Perhaps it’s just the conventional mind which celebrates the pathos, tragedy and triumph in Beethoven’s music at the expense of his humour. And that’s the one aspect of the composer which has been a constant revelation – to me, at any rate – in his anniversary year. Too often the laughs have been solitary, listening to CDs or watching online.