Schiff: Similarities In Beethoven's Sonata No.30 & Sonata No. 25

András Schiff's lecture recital on Beethoven's late piano sonatas, recorded at the Royal Academy of Music. In this clip, Schiff demonstrates the similar chord progressions from the Chorale of Sonata No.31 and the second movement of the Sonata Op.79. The full 170-minute class is available at bit.ly/SchiffBeYT & www.masterclassfoundation.org/...
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[@coolmuso6108]

Chopin then uses that chordal progression for his butterflies etude! Wonderful :)

[@peterkovacs9951]

I didn't realise that until this comment.

[@uo12345678910]

I also find this quite reminiscent of the opening of les baricades mistérieuses by Couperin.

[@GabrielSousa-nh3ib]

Brilhante!

[@pianopera]

Very interesting, but actually it's a comparison between the first movement of the Sonata no. 30 opus 109 in E major (beginning, Vivace ma non troppo) and the third movement of the Sonata no. 25 opus 79 in G major (beginning, Vivace).

[@MMFmasterclass]

Hi *****, thank you so much for letting us know. It has now been amended.

[@yahyamhirsi]

It’s simply called the Romanesca progression. It is everywhere in western music.