Beethoven and Andrée Tickets

Beethoven Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 1 No. 1 (1795) and Andrée Piano Trio #2 in G minor (1877)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music. Despite the Op. 1 designation, these trios were not Beethoven's first published compositions. Clearly he recognized the Op. 1 compositions as the earliest ones he had produced that were substantial enough (and marketable enough) to fill out a first major publication to introduce his style of writing to the musical public.

Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929), was a Swedish organist, composer, and conductor. An activist in the Swedish women's movement, she was one of the first female organists to be officially appointed in Scandinavia. She began work in Stockholm in 1861 and became the organist at Gothenburg Cathedral in 1867, where she remained the organist until her death. In 1897 she was named leader of the Gothenburg Workers Institute Concerts, establishing her reputation as the first Swedish woman to conduct a symphony orchestra. For her services, she was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.