Well, I'm another week pregnant since last week. Up to 31 weeks and 4 days, and I'm exhausted all the time. I am so looking forward to August coming, and getting back to myself again, albeit me as a mom.
This week I listened to Beethoven's Fifth String Quartet, still part of the Opus 18 that was published in 1801. All of the liner notes said that Beethoven was inspired by Mozart's A major quartet, K 464. So I listened to that one too, and definitely heard the similarities.
The biggest thing I recommend while listening to this piece is to really listen and not get distracted during the third movement, which is a variation on a theme that is so simple and sublime, it gives you goosebumps. The melody is simply part of a rising and falling scale, and the fourth variation in particular has the juiciest harmonies I've heard in one of his quartets yet.
http://thebeethovenproject.com/exploring-beethovens-quartets-richard-wigmore-writes-about-op-185-op-593-and-op-131/
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