International Beethoven Project Newsletter
Beethoven Festival: REVOLUTION 2012
September 8 - 16
GREAT NEWS! We know everybody has been waiting and itching to know the full schedule for
REVOLUTION 2012.
It is now fully public and we are thrilled to say that
This year, we are breaking barriers all around with our programming, our art exhibit, the myriad performers coming in from all around the world, some for the very first time to Chicago... From now until the end of the Festival, we will send very regular emails with extra details, pictures and videos on some of our special projects and participating star artists. We hope you like the lineup we have put together.
Our ability to put up such a huge project is only possible with your help: plan to attend and spread the word! Please forward this email to friends and family, and share on your social media. It makes a big difference!
Below you will find ticketing information and our full schedule of performances. We also have a Speaker Series at the Chicago Cultural Center, thanks to our partnership with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), and several Masterclass programs. The schedule of these events will be presented shortly with more information on each event.
A lot more news to come out in the next few weeks! Stay tuned and thanks for your support.
NOTE: The Festival's Opening Concert of September 8th is immediately followed by our Beethoven Festival Benefit. A ticket to the benefit (not included in any regular pass) does include VIP seating at the Opening as well as the Closing Concerts of the Festival (a $120 value), as well as dinner and an incredible lineup of entertainment. Not only is this benefit going to be an amazing gourmand experience, but it helps us fund the Festival. If you are considering attending the Opening, consider the benefit option, which you can
learn more about here or in the schedule listing below!
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PERFORMANCE VENUE
NATIONAL PASTIME THEATER
941 W. Lawrence Ave. Chicago, IL
Includes two halls:
GREAT HALL and MASON HALL
A student discount is available at the door only, space pending, for $15 General Admission. A "last show of the night" discount is available at the door (only Sept. 9 - 15), space pending, for $15 General Admission. Discounts for groups of twelve or more available.
Please enquire at ibp@internationalbeethovenproject.com
1 DAY PASS
General Admission Pass = $30
VIP Pass = $60
3 DAY PASS
(any three days of your choice)
General Admission Pass = $80
VIP Pass = $160
5 DAY PASS
(any five days of your choice)
General Admission Pass = $120
VIP Pass = $240
9 DAY PASS
General Admission Pass = $200
VIP Pass = $350
General Admission Pass policy = Unreserved access to all events in all venues, space permitting, during validity of pass. In most cases audiences will gain access to the hall and find a seat. In rare cases it may be standing room only. If full capacity is reached, one will have to wait until another leaves the hall to enter.
VIP Pass policy = Prime Reserved Guaranteed Seating to all events in all venues during validity of pass. We guarantee a seat with prime sight-lines. To ensure best VIP seating, it is recommended pass holder arrive at least 15 minutes prior to performance.
Unless otherwise listed, all events take place at
MASON HALL, National Pastime Theater
Saturday - September 8
Opening Day
7:00pm
BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL
GRAND OPENING CONCERT &
Beethoven Spirit Award Ceremony
JAMES EHNES violin
DANIEL BOICO conductor
Beethoven Festival Orchestra
David Winkler "Forza Vita" Festival Overture
(World Premiere)
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Major Opus 61
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Beethoven Spirit Award Ceremony
Beethoven Overture to Coriolan Opus 62
Beethoven Second Symphony in D Major Opus 36
GREAT HALL - National Pastime Theater
9:00pm
Beethoven Festival Benefit
"An Evening at the French Embassy; Vienna, 1798"
(Special Tickets required. Please purchase separately from usual passes here)
With recipient of the Beethoven Spirit Award
as guest of honor
Along with special guests
James Ehnes and Daniel Boico
Music by members of the Prometheus Ensemble
with theatrical and ballet surprises
Food following recipes of the French Revolutionary period
Sunday - September 9
1:30pm
Prometheus Ensemble
featuring Special Guest Violinist
MAYUKO KAMIO
winner of the 2007 Tchaikovsky
International Violin Competition
with James Giles, piano; Aurelien Pederzoli, violin
Dave Moss, viola; Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Leclair Sonata For Two Violins Nr. 1
Beethoven String Trio in C Minor Opus 9 Nr. 3
Leclair Sonata For Two VIolins Nr. 5
Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G Minor Opus 57
3:00pm
WAYWARD SISTERS
Beth Wenstrom, baroque violin
Anne Timberlake, recorders
Anna Steinhoff, baroque cello
John Lenti, theorbo and guitar
Patronized: Music, Patrons, and Power in Tudor England
5:00pm
JAMES EHNES violin
ANDREW ARMSTRONG piano
Beethoven Violin Sonata Nr. 8 in G Major Opus 30 Nr. 3
Beethoven Violin Sonata Nr. 5 in F Major Opus 24 "Spring"
Beethoven Violin Sonata Nr. 9 in A Major Opus 47 "Kreutzer"
8:00pm
GABRIELE BALDOCCI piano
Beethoven-Liszt Symphony Nr. 1 in C Major Opus 21
Beethoven-Liszt Symphony Nr. 3 in E Flat Major Opus 55 "Eroica"
10:00pm
ANTHONY MOLINARO piano
Beatles Project
World Premiere Performance of arrangements by Anthony Molinaro
Monday - September 10
3:00pm
FINE ARTS QUARTET
Ralph Evans and Efim Boico, violins
Nicolo Eugelmi, viola; Robert Cohen, cello
Schubert String Quartet Number 14 in D Minor, D 810
("Death and the Maiden")
4:30pm
NEW MILLENNIUM ORCHESTRA
Chamber Music of Beethoven's contemporaries
Cherubini - Albrechtsburger - Hummel - Haydn
6:00pm
Surprises
8:00pm
FINE ARTS QUARTET
Ralph Evans and Efim Boico, violins
Nicolo Eugelmi, viola; Robert Cohen, cello
Haydn String Quartet in F Major Opus 77 Nr. 2
Shostakovich String Quartet No.1 Opus 49
Beethoven String Quartet in F Major Opus 18 Nr. 1
11:00pm
DAN TEPFER piano
Bach/Tepfer Goldberg Variations / Variations
(Original Bach variations followed by Tepfer's own variations)
Tuesday - September 11
3:00pm
RACHEL BARTON PINE violin
PROMETHEUS ENSEMBLE
With Mohammed Fairouz, conductor
Mohammed Fairouz Violin Sonata (Chicago Premiere)
Mohammed Fairouz "Furia" (Chicago Premiere)
4:30pm
NICHOLAS ROTH piano
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nr. 8 in C Minor Opus 13 "Pathetique"
Beethoven Piano Sonata Nr. 12 A Flat Major Opus 26 "Funeral March"
6:00pm
LINCOLN TRIO
Marta Aznavoorian, piano;
Desiree Ruhstrat, violin;
David Cunliffe, cello
And with Rose Armbrust Griffin, viola
Mischa Zupko - "Occupy" Piano Quartet
Lera Auerbach Piano Trio
PROMETHEUS ENSEMBLE
Shulamit Ran - Mirage
Schoenberg "Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte" Opus 41
8:00pm
RACHEL BARTON PINE violin
J.S. Bach - Partita No. 2 in D Minor
Fairouz - Sonata for Solo Violin
Locatelli - Caprice from Sonata Op. 6 No. 12 in D
Rudolf Haken - Faust
(dedicated to Rachel Barton Pine) - world premiere
Nathan Scalzone - Mourning Dove
(dedicated to Rachel Barton Pine) - world premiere
Paganini - Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento
11:00pm
ENSEMBLE DAL NIENTE
Winners of the 2012 Kranichsteiner Musikpreis Darmstadt
Andrew Nogal, oboe/english horn; Alejandro Acierto, clarinet
Ryan Muncy, saxophone; Jesse Langen, guitar
Mabel Kwan, piano; Gregory Beyer, percussion
J. Austin Wulliman, violin; Ammie Brod, viola
Chris Wild, cello; Michael Lewanski, conductor
Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, soprano; Winston Choi, piano
Evan Johnson: die bewegung der augen (2012)
North American Premiere
Salvatore Sciarrino: Vanitas, still life in one act (1981)
Wednesday - September 12
3:00pm
STEPHANE TETREAULT cello
(First U.S. Appearance)
J.S. Bach Suite for Solo Violoncello in G Major
Beethoven Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119
RACHEL KOLLY D'ALBA violin
(First Chicago Appearance)
with WINSTON CHOI piano
Lekeu Violin Sonata in G Major
4:30pm
CAGE & NANCARROW CENTENARY HOMAGES
Winston Choi, piano
Kuang-Hao Huang, piano; Julia Bentley, voice
Conlon Nancarrow - Two Canons for Ursula
John Cage - Aria, Five Songs for Contralto on ee cummings
John Cage - Excerpts from Four Dances (1943) for voice, piano and percussion
6:00pm
CHARLES ROSEN piano
Beethoven Piano Sonata Nr. 27 in E Minor Opus 90
Beethoven 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Opus 120
8:00pm
RACHEL KOLLY D'ALBA violin
Ysaye Six Solo Violin Sonatas
10:30pm
STEPHANE TETREAULT cello
GEORGE LEPAUW piano
Dmitri Shostakovich Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Opus 40
Sergei Prokofiev - Adagio for cello & piano
(from the Ballet "Cinderella"), Opus 97b
Thursday - September 13
3:00pm
INNA FALIKS piano
Beethoven Fantasy in G Minor Opus 77
Beethoven Variations and Fugue for Piano in E Flat Major, Op. 35 "Eroica Variations"
Beethoven Sonata for Piano Nr. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111
4:30pm
SOHEIL NASSERI piano
Michael Hersch The Vanishing Pavilions (2005) selections
Beethoven Sonata for Piano Nr. 28 in A Major, Op. 101
Beethoven Polonaise in C Major, Op. 89
Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
6:00pm
HJ LIM piano
(First Chicago Appearance)
with SPEKTRAL QUARTET
Mozart Concerto Nr. 12 A Major K414
RACHEL KOLLY D'ALBA violin
GABRIELE BALDOCCI piano
Busoni Violin Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 36a
8:00pm
(First U.S. Appearance)
Beethoven Sonata for Piano Nr. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90
Schubert for Piano No. 13 in A Major, D664
Beethoven for Piano No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"
11:00pm
PROMETHEUS ENSEMBLE
J.S. Bach: All Six Brandenburg Concerti
Friday - September 14
3:00pm
JULIAN BLISS clarinet
(First Chicago Appearance)
with BRADLEY MOORE piano
Schumann Fantasiestuck Opus 73
Martin Davids, Director, baroque violin
Craig Trompeter, cello
David Schrader, harpsichord
A Revolutionary's Music: Sonatas from
the collection of Thomas Jefferson:
Vivaldi, Corelli, Geminiani, Tessarini, Thumoth
4:30pm
ANTHONY MOLINARO piano
Beethoven for Piano and Cello No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2
Beethoven Seven Variations on "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen"
for Cello and Piano, WoO 46
Brahms Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99
6:00pm
JULIAN BLISS clarinet
BRADLEY MOORE piano
Milhaud Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 100
Penderecki Three Miniatures for Clarinet and Piano
Brahms Sonata for Piano and Clarinet No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120 No. 1
Baermann Adagio, Op. 23
Debussy Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano
Prokofiev Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in D Major, Op. 94
8:00pm
HJ LIM piano
GEORGE LEPAUW piano
RACHEL KOLLY D'ALBA violin
ANAPHORA ENSEMBLE
SPEKTRAL QUARTET
Beethoven String Quartet in C Major Opus 59 Nr. 3
Hans Thomalla Albumblatt (2010)
Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Violin Nr. 4 in A Minor, Opus 23
Mozart Concerto in F for Three Pianos and Orchestra, Nr. 7 K242
11:00pm
FULCRUM POINT NEW MUSIC PROJECT
Jacob TV - The Body of Your Dreams
Jacob TV - The Garden of Love
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Aries
Jacob TV - Pimpin'
Jacob TV - I Was Like Wow!
Jacob TV - Grab it!
12:30am
ROCKATELLE PROJECT
Curated by Joe Darnaby and Mischa Zupko
Over half-a-dozen rock bands, folk and pop singers
perform world premiere songs
inspired by Beethoven and the myth of Prometheus
Saturday - September 15
12:00pm
UNOFFICIAL FREEDOM
"The Russian Bard Movement"
A Poetic, Visual and Sound Experience
Curated by Anya Yermakova
Various Guest Artists
An exploration of the world of Russian Author Songs. Born in the post-Stalin years of "Thaw", this narrative tradition seeks to this day, in the Russian diaspora as well as in Russia itself, to color a world of perpetual grey with defense of lost virtues. Holding nature as the focus for human reference, at times expressing political satire, at others highlighting the simple beauty of sincerity, this beatnik-like tradition mirrors Prometheus' own search for spiritual freedom and
universal truths.
1:30pm
PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
Reading Percy Shelley
Various Guest Readers
3:00pm
GEORGE LEPAUW piano
DAVID TAYLOR violin
KATINKA KLEIJN cello
Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Violin Nr. 1 in D Major, Opus 12 Nr. 1
Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Cello Nr. 1 in F Major Opus 5 Nr. 1
Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Violin Nr. 7 in C Minor, Opus 30 Nr. 2
4:30pm
Beethoven String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 18 Nr. 6
Beethoven String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 130 (With Grosse Fuge)
6:00pm
with Prometheus Ensemble
New Classics Singers and Kaia Quartet
Composer Mikolaj Gorecki, son of Henryk Gorecki, will curate his best works for the very first time in Chicago,
with introduction by the talented and multidimensional composer
"Six Bagatelles" for Violin, Cello and Piano
"Overture" for String Quartet
"Gościu, siądz pod mum liściem" for a capella chorus
"Concerto-Notturno" for Violin and String Orchestra
8:00pm
#notjustbeethoven
HJ LIM piano
ERNEST DAWKINS QUARTET
JIMMY BURNS BAND
Beethoven Sonata for Piano Nr. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 10
"Hammerklavier"
Ernest Dawkins Quartet
Jimmy Burns Band - Delta Blues
Closing Jam
GREAT HALL, National Pastime Theater
11pm
LIVING CINEMA
BOB OSTERTAG
PIERRE HEBERT
"Living Cinema" is a live show that combines sounds and image
made on site and addressing current social-political issues.
Midnight to 4:00am
DANCE REVOLUTION
Curated by Dominic Johnson
with MC Zulu, DJ Searchl1te
Tom LaPorte, Gordon Kimmel
Old Town School of Folk Music
Joey Stone, members of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Prometheus Ensemble and members of the
Chicago underground electronic music world.
An interactive performance/lecture/dance party exploring the social dance continuum from 1066 to 2012.
Hear Beethoven, dance a contradanse, and revel in bass-driven electronic glitch, techno, and dubstep
with live visuals and instrumentation.
Sunday - September 16
Closing Day
12pm
STUDENT SHOWCASE
Performances by the most talented student participants in
Beethoven Festival: REVOLUTION 2012 Masterclass series
1:30pm
BAGATELLE PROJECT
Deconstructing Beethoven's Eroica Symphony
19 World Premieres
Curated by Mischa Zupko
With pianists George Lepauw, James Giles
Mischa Zupko, Daniel Schlosberg and Anthony Molinaro
3:00pm
THE CREATURES OF PROMETHEUS
A pre-show conversation about Beethoven's ballet,
with pre-eminent scholars
Dr. William Kinderman and Jennifer Homans
4:30pm
GRAND FINALE
ACADEMY CONCERT
MATTHIAS PINTSCHER conductor
JOSEPHINE LEE conductor
GEORGE LEPAUW piano
TED SEYMOUR choreographer
And Joffrey Ballet's
ABIGAIL SIMON and OGULCAN BOROVA
Sets by Julie Amrany
Costumes by Meriem Bahri
Ballet Chicago; Chicago Children's Choir
Beethoven Festival Orchestra
Beethoven "The Creatures of Prometheus" Opus 43
Fully Staged Ballet
CHICAGO PREMIERE
Beethoven Symphony Nr. 3 in E Flat Major, Opus 55 "Eroica"
Beethoven Fantasy in C Minor for Piano, Chorus,
and Orchestra, Opus 80
GREAT HALL, National Pastime Theater
8:00pm
Closing Party and Celebration
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