PERFORMANCE

Merkin Hall
What Makes it Great? - Beethoven

Beethoven's Appassionata piano sonata - Igal Kesselman - Piano

"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 happen? 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? Join Rob Kapilow as he explores this iconic masterpiece to see what makes it tick, and what makes it great." 

http://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/what-makes-it-great-beethovens-appassionata-sonata#sthash.kTo0wAMC.dpuf

We have attended only one previous performance of this series.  The venue is packed and the presentation is really fun, interesting, and enlightening.  It is a wonderful hour of breaking the composition into its parts and then hearing it performed by a world class pianists.

Here is a performance by another artist with the score to follow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QImFm4Y_QPM