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What Makes It Great? Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata

Part of the Kaufman Music Center: What Makes it Great? 2020

Add to my Calendar 21-09-2020 19:00 21-09-2020 21:00 36 What Makes It Great? Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata Kaufman Music Center Presents: BEETHOVEN, THE PANDEMIC & THE POWER OF CONNECTIONFeaturing Orli Shaham, pianoListen to iconic masterpieces with new ears as NPR & PBS music commentator, conductor, composer, author and pianist Rob Kapilow shows you what you’ve been missing! ONLINE PERFORMANCETicket buyers will receive an email with a link to this concert before the performance.In Beethoven’s time, the Appassionata Sonata was an incredibly radical, cutting-edge, avant-garde work that left most listeners baffled, dazed and confused, yet today the piece has become completely acceptable, mainstream concert fare. How did this wildly radical music get domesticated, and can we rehear this piece as the wildly revolutionary work it was for Beethoven’s contemporaries? September 21, 2020 - 7pm EST Merkin Hall, New York DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Merkin Hall
129 West 67th Street
Manhatten
New York
New York
10023
United States

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata no.23 in F minor ‘Appassionata’, Op.57

Performers

Orli Shaham – piano

Programme Note

Kaufman Music Center Presents:

BEETHOVEN, THE PANDEMIC & THE POWER OF CONNECTION
Featuring Orli Shaham, piano
Listen to iconic masterpieces with new ears as NPR & PBS music commentator, conductor, composer, author and pianist Rob Kapilow shows you what you’ve been missing!

ONLINE PERFORMANCE
Ticket buyers will receive an email with a link to this concert before the performance.
In Beethoven’s time, the Appassionata Sonata was an incredibly radical, cutting-edge, avant-garde work that left most listeners baffled, dazed and confused, yet today the piece has become completely acceptable, mainstream concert fare. How did this wildly radical music get domesticated, and can we rehear this piece as the wildly revolutionary work it was for Beethoven’s contemporaries?

September 21, 2020 - 7pm EST

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