Pianist and Cal Poly Music Professor Emeritus W. Terrence Spiller will conclude his survey of Beethoven piano sonatas in this eighth and final recital.
The program will be bookended by two large sonatas: the massive Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7, and the joyously majestic “Waldstein” sonata, No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53. Between these titans will be two smaller works: the compact and joyous Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54, and the lyrical No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1.
Spiller’s first recital in the cycle was in 2016, and he’s performed one annually with the exception of 2020 due to the pandemic. In 2021 he gave a virtual performance of the fifth recital.
“Immersing myself in the Beethoven sonata cycle has been a joyous and moving process,” Spiller said. “My sense of wonder about the range and depth of Beethoven’s accomplishments still grows on a daily basis.”
Spiller stepped down from full-time teaching in the Music Department in March 2021, and fully retired from Cal Poly last spring.
