20/01/2023

In the Lydian Mode

When Beethoven recovered from illness aged 55 he called the wonderful slow movement of string quartet Opus 132, a Thanksgiving to the Deity for Recovery, in The Lydian Mode (which was associated with healing). The slow movement is played here by the Alban Berg Quartet. The full quartet here, by the Ariel Quartet.

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