Oeuvre: Septuor en mi bémol majeur, Op.20

Early and late Beethoven in the closing two recitals of Wigmore Hall's Beethoven Festival Weekend. 

It is a well-known fact that Beethoven's Septet was one of his most popular works during his lifetime. What is lesser known is that Carl Czerny, his pupil, made a version for wind sextet.

A trio, quintet, and septet add up to an impressive range of emotional and timbral explorations in the concluding concert of Seattle's summer chamber music festival.