Tremate empi tremate beethoven biography
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Portrait of Niccolo Bentini, artist unknown
“Tremate, empi tremate”, Op.116 for soprano, tenor, baritone and orchestra (1803-4, published 1814.
Tremate empi tremate beethoven biography
Beethoven aged 33 at time of composition)
Dedication Not known
Text Niccolo Bentini
Duration 9′
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by Ben Hogwood
Background and Critical Reception
A dramatic trio for three vocal soloists and orchestra, Tremate, empi, tremate has its origins in Beethoven’s lessons with Salieri.
It is thought Beethoven drafted the work early on in 1802, but it did not receive a first performance for quite some time. It was scheduled for April 1803, but that concert became full of new works such as the first two symphonies, the Piano Concerto no.3 and Christ on the Mount of Olives.
The première of the trio finally occurred several years later during a similarly large concert on 27 February 1814, alongside the Seventh and Eighth Symphonies and Wellington’s Victory. Nicholas Marsto