Tom Pearson wrote:

>On the other hand, I have a large fondness for everybody's whipping boy,
>the Triple Concerto.  I find it as inventive as the violin concerto, and
>more satisfying musically.  I realize this is not just a minority opinion;
>apparently, my judgment is simply perverse.  Since I am not one who holds
>that my taste is hallowed simply because it is *my* taste, I wonder what
>it is that I am missing when I listen to the TC.  Just where is the clumsy
>and uninspired character of this work located?

I wouldn't agree that it's more satisfying musically than the violin
concerto, but it's among my favourite Beethoven.  I've never understood why
it often gets spoken of condescendingly.  Clumsy? Uninspired? Not in my
book.

Richard Pennycuick
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