Mustonen’s Beethoven cycle opens with the composer’s very earliest sonatas, youthful works full of wit and invention. The concert closes with the famed Appassionata, a work of staggering technical demands written as Beethoven grappled with his hearing loss.

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, Appassionata