Black Holes and Snowy Mountains

To my pleasant surprise I logged into my Amazon Affiliates homepage today and saw that a few readers had made sales through the site.  Thank you to those who purchased through here!  I’m not really in this to make money; the affiliate links are the only advertisements you’ll find here and are simply a pointer to those who want to follow along or want something to listen to.  That being said, a few sales a month allow the site to break even and lets me know that at least a few people thought what I had to say was compelling.

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Unfortunately it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to achieve my original goal of 365 straight days reviewing a piece or movement each day. My computer was recently stolen, so I’m busy trying to get things back in order. If anyone sees a 2006 Macbook Pro with the serial number W86230Z5WBH on the street in Lausanne, Switzerland or on eBay/Craigslist, let me know and I’d be eternally grateful. Things should be more normal hopefully by this weekend. Thanks for your understanding!

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The fourth movement rondo of Beethoven’s fourth String Quartet.

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The Minuet and Trio is perhaps the most traditional movement in Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 4.

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The second movement scherzo of Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 4.
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The Quartet we know now as opus 18, #4 was the last opus 18 string quartet to be written. Unique among the opus 18 quartets, no developmental sketches have been found amongst Beethoven’s documents. This leads to the belief that most of the quartet is based on material previously developed elsewhere in Beethoven’s early repertoire.

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The cathartic fourth and final movement of Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A Minor.

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The slow movement takes the mood of a processional.
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The cheerful second movement is derived from a Scottish folk tune.
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Felix Mendelssohn’s trip to Scotland in 1829 was musically productive, yielding both The Hebrides Overture and his Third Symphony in A Minor, dubbed “Scotch” sometime after he returned to Liepzig. The symphony lay dormant until 1841, making it the last of Mendelssohn’s symphonies to be completed (but the third to be published, thus the “3″ designation).

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