Even though I enjoy having classical music played by a computer, I had never heard of the term "Chicles". It was not until my teacher suggested it to me that I learned of the existence of such a word. A cycle (German "Zyklus") is "a concert in which works by a particular composer are performed in succession. The English translation of the word is "Cycle," but it seems to have a deeper meaning than simply a series of performances. It means to combine works by the same composer in a meaningful way, and to perform them with the expectation that the audience will discover something new. In this blog, I have been playing Beethoven's piano sonatas in sequence, so I guess you could call it a "ticle.
Since New Year's Day last year, I've been thinking about burning the Beethoven piano sonatas I've been typing up to now onto CD, and I've been going through them, reviewing them little by little. In other words, it is a cycle. But for some reason, I didn't burn only the 27th sonata before. I think I did it because it was a somewhat different piece of music, but I decided to take this opportunity to try a new one.
It has been four years since his last work, No. 26 "Farewell," and somehow he did not compose a piano sonata during that time. I think you can learn more about Beethoven's environment, physical condition, and other historical circumstances of the time by consulting other sources. However, to me, the conception of No. 27 is quite different from the previous ones, and the performance instructions for each movement are like a sung piece, which makes me feel that Beethoven was aiming at a new style of composition. I think it is a wonderful piece of music, but perhaps this may have made him hesitate to play it in the beginning.