This immersive weekend offers the unique experience to hear all of Beethoven’s major chamber works with piano – violin sonatas, cello sonatas and piano trios – in six concerts, performed by three of Britain’s leading chamber players. Beethoven was a brilliant pianist as well as a composer, and performed all of his piano parts himself until deafness prevented him from playing in public for the last part of his career. Therefore, through these works, an insight is glimpsed into Beethoven’s unique and groundbreaking genius as it emerged through his chosen instrument and his own fingers at the keyboard. From the magnificent Op. 1 piano trios with which he announced himself to the Viennese public, through the Spring and Kreutzer sonatas to the Ghost and Archduke trios, every aspect of Beethoven’s musical persona is on show. SATURDAY PROGRAMME: Saturday Coffee 11.30am Beethoven | Trio in E flat Op.1/1 Beethoven | Cello Sonata in F Op.5/1 Beethoven | Violin Sonata in D Op.12/1 Lecture-Recital 1.30pm “Beethoven the Composer-Pianist: Trios and Sonatas from the 1790s” with Richard Wigmore Saturday Afternoon 3.30pm Beethoven | Trio in G Op.1/2 Beethoven | Violin Sonata in A Op.12/2 Beethoven | Violin Sonata in E flat Op.12/3 Beethoven | Trio in C minor Op.1/3 Saturday Evening 6.30pm Beethoven | Cello Sonata in G minor Op.5/2 Beethoven | Violin Sonata in A minor Op.23 Beethoven | Violin Sonata in F ‘Spring’ Op.24 Beethoven | Trio in D ‘Ghost’ Op.70/1 Sarah Trickey - violin Robin Michael - cello Daniel Tong - piano Age Recommendation: All ages. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Access Information: This event is in the Main Hall, which is located on the ground floor. All the ground-floor rooms are fully accessible by wheelchair. Main Hall (street access, step-free), Brockway Room (street access, step-free), Bertrand Russell Room (street access, shallow ramp), Cafe (street access, step-free). There is also an accessible toilet on the ground floor opposite the Brockway Room.