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Young Beethoven (1792-1802)
Monday, July 18, 2:30 PM PDT
$12 – $29
Arriving in Vienna from Bonn, the socially awkward Beethoven strives to attain the stature of Haydn and Mozart, mastering all genres before his hearing loss becomes pronounced.
Op. 11 Clarinet Trio
Eric Kritz, clarinet
Burke Schuchmann, cello
Susan Waterfall, piano
Op. 24 Violin Sonata Spring
David McCarroll, violin
Miles Graber, piano
Op. 20 Septet
The Festival Chamber Players:
Roy Malan, Violin
Don Ehrlich, Viola
Stephen Harrison, Cello
Michel Taddei, Bass
Eric Kritz, Clarinet
Carolyn Lockhart, Bassoon
William Klingelhoffer, French Horn
A Beethoven Tribute (five-part series)
“From the heart … to the heart”Join Susan Waterfall and an array of exceptional Festival musicians for five days of lectures and narrated concerts exploring the life and music of Beethoven, the most influential and consistently popular composer in Western music. Beethoven became the defining archetype of the artist and left us with a body of work unsurpassed in its capacity to exalt, reveal and heal the human condition.
Susan Waterfall’s production of the Beethoven Tribute series is generously sponsored by Thomas Safran.
“Waterfall’s productions always present exciting, absorbing playing of great music, but are also rare, distinctive examples of what can be called music education, though they’re more conversational, truly a sharing of perspective, interest, anecdote. There’s a sense of immediacy to her delivery, weaving in and out of the playing, an intimately conceived present awareness of this heritage. It’s something unique that needs to be experienced.” – Ken Bullock, Berkeley Daily Planet