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Early Work

The second work in the program
was the "Sonata in D Major, Opus
10, No. 3" of Beethoven. This
relatively early work is more
reflective of the classical style than
the style of Beethoven most people
are accustomed to. When I asked
Mr. Dichter why he chose to
perform a work from the early, less
mature period of Beethoven, he
replied that in his opinion this was
the most stylistically perfect sonata
of Beethoven's early period. He
added that he did not mean this to
be taken that he prefers
Beethoven's earlier music to his
later more sophisticated works.