February 27, 2020

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Pianist Alexis Weissenberg played this morning a brief work by Ludwig van Beethoven – an energetic and showy rondo that Beethoven left unfinished.  Beethoven’s publisher and colleague, Anton Diabelli, completed it and gave the piece its catchy title.  By what name is Beethoven’s “Rondo a capriccio” better known?