Beethoven 32 Sonatas at Yamaha

[Lisa]

YAMAHA ARTISTS SERVICES, INC. Presents

BEETHOVEN  
The 32 Piano Sonatas

 A Lecture Concert Series of the 32 Beethoven Sonatas

Hosted by Lisa Yui

In this nine-part lecture recital series between March 10-May 12, 30 pianists will gather in celebration of a cornerstone of the piano repertoire, the 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas, each introduced with historical and musical commentary by the pianist and lecturer, Lisa Yui. Performers include Frederic Chiu, Mirian Conti, Phillip Kawin, Peter Vinograde, and a host of some of the top pianists at the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School.

In a special concert event on April 28, Jed Distler will perform The 32 Beethoven Sonatas, Distler’s one-minute version of the entire set of piano sonatas, Jerome Lowenthal will perform Rzewski’s cadenza to the fourth piano concerto, and Frederic Rzewski his Andante con moto (14 Variations Without a Theme by Beethoven), with improvised cadenzas.

All concerts will take place in the Piano Salon at Yamaha Artist Services

Location:
Piano Salon at Yamaha Artist Services Inc.
689 Fifth Avenue 3rd floor (the entrance is located on 54th street)


#3: Thursday March 31-7:00 PM
Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor - Frank Levy
Op. 31 No. 3 in E-flat Major - Riko Higuma
Op. 14 No. 2 in G Major - Oxana Mikhailova
Op. 81a in E-flat Major “Les Adieux” - Frederic Chiu

#4: Thursday April 7-7:00 PM
Op. 53 in C Major “Waldstein” - Lisa Yui
Op. 90 in E Minor - Yegor Shevtsov
Op. 27 No. 1 in E-flat Major “Quasi una fantasia” - Kristhyan Benitez
Op. 10 No. 3 in D Major - Peter Vinograde

#5: Thursday April 14-7:00 PM
Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major - Sebastian Forster
Op. 22 in B-flat Major - Anna Bogolyubova
Op. 49 No. 1 in G Minor - Ana Karina Alamo
Op. 49 No. 2 in G Major - Matthew Harrison
Op. 57 in F Minor “Appassionata” - Phillip Kawin

#6: Thursday April 21-7:00 PM
Op. 78 in F-sharp Major - Gilles Vonsattel
Op. 2 No. 3 in C Major - Kyung Kim
Op. 106 in B-flat Major “Hammerklavier” - Mei-Ting Sun

SPECIAL EVENT!
#7: Thursday April 28-7:00 PM
INSPIRED BY BEETHOVEN:
PRESENTING FREDERIC RZEWSKI • JED DISTLER • JEROME LOWENTHAL
Distler: The 32 Beethoven Sonatas - Jed Distler
Beethoven: 32 Variations in C Minor WoO80 - Jed Distler
Rzewski: Cadenza to Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 - Jerome Lowenthal
Beethoven: Op. 57 “Appassionata” II: Andante con moto - Frederic Rzewski
Rzewski: Andante con moto (14 Variations Without a Theme by Beethoven) - Frederic Rzewski

#8: Thursday May 5-7:00 PM
Op. 13 in C Minor “Pathetique” - Vlada Yaneva
Op. 26 in A-flat Major “Funeral March” - Yegor Shevtsov
Op. 79 in G Major - Vincent Sangare-Balse
Op. 101 in A Major - Yu Zhang

#9: Thursday May 12-7:00 PM
Op. 14 No. 1 in E Major - Alexander Moutouzkine
Op. 7 in E-flat Major - Oxana Mikhailova
Op. 54 in F Major - Henry Wong Doe
Op. 111 in C Minor - Dmitri Shteinberg

Contact:
Yamaha Artist Services (212) 339-9995 Ext. 227 or e-mail mmatsumura@yamaha.com 

Admission:
$15 per concert ($10 with MSM/Juilliard/Marymount ID)
$50 for any four concerts
$100 for entire series

[BoliverAllmon]

sounds awesome. I see that mei-ting will be busting out the hammerklavier.

[Lisa]

Yes, it should be much fun.  I see that there's been some intimidatingly intense tongue-lashings going on regarding MT.  Quite untrue, and so very, very unnecessary. 
Lisa

[steinwaymodeld]

WOW, Lowenthal playing the Rzewski arrangement and also Rzewski himself plays!!! It should be a phenomenal evening.

Of course MT's Hammerklavier is a keeper too!

Too bad I'm not in NYC.

[Lisa]

Actually, Lowenthal's playing a few Beethoven cadenzas (though Rzewski's is probably the longest--12 minutes!).

And Jed Distler's work, "The 32 Beethoven Sonatas" is a ONE-MINUTE work that includes a bar from every single sonata, in order, untransposed.  And unbelievably, it works.  It's going to be a riot.

I'm also so looking foward to hearing Frederic Chiu play this week.  I've never heard him, live. 

[BoliverAllmon]

Actually, Lowenthal's playing a few Beethoven cadenzas (though Rzewski's is probably the longest--12 minutes!).

And Jed Distler's work, "The 32 Beethoven Sonatas" is a ONE-MINUTE work that includes a bar from every single sonata, in order, untransposed.  And unbelievably, it works.  It's going to be a riot.

I'm also so looking foward to hearing Frederic Chiu play this week.  I've never heard him, live. 

is this concert going to be recorded?

[Lisa]

It will be videotaped, but not publicly released.  A "Once-in-a-Lifetime-Event" that will remain only in the memories of those who attended, and in legends.... 

...well, it should be fun, at least. 

[pianonut]

i wish i lived in NY.  here i am in Pennsylvania i love the outdoors here, but what i would give to hear all the concerts for $100?  i would do it.  why is it musicians are apt to pay money to hear something as etherial as good music?  it lasts in our soul, that's why.  we are happier for it for a day, a month, a year.  even if it is just one or two sonatas out of 32, although i bet each one will be pretty good.  where could i inquire about purchase of the video (even though it will not be made 'public')  that would be a real personal library purchase!

[BoliverAllmon]

i wish i lived in NY.  here i am in Pennsylvania i love the outdoors here, but what i would give to hear all the concerts for $100?  i would do it.  why is it musicians are apt to pay money to hear something as etherial as good music?  it lasts in our soul, that's why.  we are happier for it for a day, a month, a year.  even if it is just one or two sonatas out of 32, although i bet each one will be pretty good.  where could i inquire about purchase of the video (even though it will not be made 'public')  that would be a real personal library purchase!

maybe koji can hook us up through MT? HEHEHEHE!!!!

[DarkWind]

Woah, Rzewski himself is playing... Also:

Rzewski: Andante con moto (14 Variations Without a Theme by Beethoven)

Without a theme? I'm confused! Someone explain!

[thracozaag]

Woah, Rzewski himself is playing... Also:

Rzewski: Andante con moto (14 Variations Without a Theme by Beethoven)

Without a theme? I'm confused! Someone explain!

  It's Rzewski being, well...Rzewski, heh.

koji (STSD)

[dinosaurtales]

I am guessing they are playing all of these on Yamaha pianos?  Beethoven?  bummer.

[thracozaag]

I am guessing they are playing all of these on Yamaha pianos?  Beethoven?  bummer.

  Actually the CFIII's, when well maintained (and Max rules!), are as fine as any pianos I've ever played.

koji (STSD)

[Lisa]

Woah, Rzewski himself is playing... Also:

Rzewski: Andante con moto (14 Variations Without a Theme by Beethoven)

Without a theme? I'm confused! Someone explain!

Be confused no more.  The variations are based on the theme from the second movement of the "Appassionata."  But Rzewski begins his set "without the theme," and begins right from his first variation.  And yes, He is Rzewski (and thank God for that!). 

Also, yes, the Yamaha concert grands are pretty amazing.  Plus, the hall has a adjustable sound-enhancing system which allows you to control the acoustics of the room.  Cool.

[BoliverAllmon]

Be confused no more.  The variations are based on the theme from the second movement of the "Appassionata."  But Rzewski begins his set "without the theme," and begins right from his first variation.  And yes, He is Rzewski (and thank God for that!). 

Also, yes, the Yamaha concert grands are pretty amazing.  Plus, the hall has a adjustable sound-enhancing system which allows you to control the acoustics of the room.  Cool.

I agree that yamaha grands can be extraordinarily amazing. I find them more appealing than anything I have played to this day.

boliver

[pianonut]

hook us up through MT?  what exactly is this MT (not a computer genius speaking here).  Do you mean music teachers?  Do they come by in a cab and whisk you off to concerts to keep your skills up?  Where can i find a ride.  Today is tuesday.  Tommorrow is wednesday.  If i start walking today, i'll be in philly tommorrow.  from there i could borrow some money and fly to NY.  i just might make it!

[dinosaurtales]

  Actually the CFIII's, when well maintained (and Max rules!), are as fine as any pianos I've ever played.

koji (STSD)

Actually I was thinking more of their SOUND, which I find to be very bright and brittle sounding.  Great for jazz, but not what I would want to hear Beethoven played on.

[pianonut]

ok. the metro transit.  why didn't i think of that!  now does it go from philly to ny.  of course it does.  o cool.  i've never been brave enough before, but for this concert on one of those days i think i just might.

[thracozaag]

Actually I was thinking more of their SOUND, which I find to be very bright and brittle sounding.  Great for jazz, but not what I would want to hear Beethoven played on.

  I don't know what Yamaha's you've played on, but the CFIII's are wonderful (and yes, sound-wise as well).

koji (STSD)

[Lisa]

  I don't know what Yamaha's you've played on, but the CFIII's are wonderful (and yes, sound-wise as well).

koji (STSD)

Absolutely.  Try them out. 
See you there, pianonut--though I think you're still minunderstanding what MT stands for.....

[doowlehc]

Lisa, when are you going to do something in Toronto (where I live!)  I am so jealous of the Americans!

[BoliverAllmon]

Absolutely.  Try them out. 
See you there, pianonut--though I think you're still minunderstanding what MT stands for.....

yes she is. MT= Meit-ting Sun. the dude that is playing the hammerklavier. Good friends with koji. just won the national chopin competition. going to warsaw in summer. ring a bell yet?

boliver

[Lisa]

Lisa, when are you going to do something in Toronto (where I live!)  I am so jealous of the Americans!

Hey, Toronto is a GREAT city (I've lived there for seven years).  Would love to go back someday for an event (last one was at the Glenn Gould Studio in '02--excellent recital hall).   Don't you still have the Ford Center (or is it called something else now?)?  I first heard Pogorelich and Perahia there.

[pianonut]

oh.  Meit-ting Sun.  of course the name rings a bell (scratches head).  now why are all these concerts so spaced apart.  must i return a zillion times to hear them all.  couldn't we make it a half week or something and i stay and my brother-in-laws (for FREE in NYC and shop and eat)?  now, forced to choose between each good program, i am lost in deep thought - not knowing one pianist from the other.  koji sounds like a familiar name.

[doowlehc]

Hey, Toronto is a GREAT city (I've lived there for seven years).  Would love to go back someday for an event (last one was at the Glenn Gould Studio in '02--excellent recital hall).   Don't you still have the Ford Center (or is it called something else now?)?  I first heard Pogorelich and Perahia there.

Hey Lisa, you lived in Toronto before?  I looked at your web site.. .cool site... your face look extremely familiar, and I suspect I met you at my piano teacher's home before.  Did you studied piano with Boris Z. in Toronto?

[Lisa]

Hey Lisa, you lived in Toronto before?  I looked at your web site.. .cool site... your face look extremely familiar, and I suspect I met you at my piano teacher's home before.  Did you studied piano with Boris Z. in Toronto?

I have a common, familiar kind of face (unfortunately for the world).  But yes, your suspicions are valid--I did study with "Boris Z."  What a small world. 
Hope you eventually figure it all out, pianonut.

[etudes]

agree with koji
CFIII's is awesome

[BoliverAllmon]

oh.  Meit-ting Sun.  of course the name rings a bell (scratches head).  now why are all these concerts so spaced apart.  must i return a zillion times to hear them all.  couldn't we make it a half week or something and i stay and my brother-in-laws (for FREE in NYC and shop and eat)?  now, forced to choose between each good program, i am lost in deep thought - not knowing one pianist from the other.  koji sounds like a familiar name.

Koji attwood is thracazoag or however you spell it from this forum.

boliver