Welcome back beethoven
and friends
For our 32nd Season, we present a concert series focusing on one of the most
recognized and influential of all composers, Ludwig van Beethoven.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer and pianist, and a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Classical music. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, his great Mass, the Missa solemnis, and one opera, Fidelio.
Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire, Beethoven displayed his musical talents at an early age and was taught by his father Johann van Beethoven and by composer and conductor Christian Gottlob Neefe. At the age of 21 he moved to Vienna, where he began studying composition with Joseph Haydn and gained a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. He lived in Vienna until his death. By his late 20s his hearing began to deteriorate, and by the last decade of his life he was almost completely deaf. In 1811 he gave up conducting and performing in public but continued to compose; many of his most admired works come from these last 15 years of his life.
OUR SEASON BROCHURE
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PHILIP MYERS, HORN
September 2018
Mozart Quintet for Horn, Violin, two Violas & Cello
Beethoven Sextet for two Horns & String Quartet
Hummel Theme and Variations for Flute, Cello & Piano
Brahms Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano
9/15 • 7:30PM • CONGREGATION BET HAVERIM, DAVIS
9/16 • 4:00PM • CAPISTRANO HALL, CSUS
MATHEW KREJCI, FLUTE
DMITRIY COGAN, PIANO
october 2018
Beethoven Trio for Piano, Flute & Bassoon in G Major
Beethoven Piano Trio in D Major, op 70 No. 1 “Ghost”
Schubert Theme and Variations for Flute & Piano
Debussy String Quartet in G minor
10/21 • 4:00PM • CAPISTRANO HALL, CSUS
10/27 • 7:30PM • CONGREGATION BET HAVERIM, DAVIS
FAYTHE VOLLRATH, ORGAN
TOM DERTHICK, BASS
december 2018
Scarlatti Concerto in G minor for Flute, two Violins & Continuo
Bach Trio Sonata for Flute, Violin & Organ
Beethoven String Quartet in C minor, op 18 No 4
Dvorak String Quintet in G Major, op 77
12/15 • 7:30PM • CONGREGATION BET HAVERIM, DAVIS
12/16 • 4:00PM • TRINITY CATHEDRAL, SACRAMENTO
SHUO ZHAI, PIANO
january 2019
Beethoven String Trio in c minor, op. 9, No. 3
Handel/Halvorsen Passacaglia, for Violin & Viola
Sarasate “Zigeunerweisen” for Violin & Piano
Mendelssohn Piano Trio in d minor, op. 49
1/12 • 7:30PM • CONGREGATION BET HAVERIM, DAVIS
1/13 • 4:00PM • CAPISTRANO HALL, CSUS
DMITRIY COGAN, PIANO
FEBRUARY 2019
Beethoven String Trio in G Major, op 9 No. 1
Debussy Sonata for Violin & Piano in G minor
Czerny Fantasia Concertante for Piano, Flute & Cello
Brahms Quintet in G Major for two Violins, two Violas & Cello
2/16 • 7:30PM • CONGREGATION BET HAVERIM, DAVIS
2/17 • 4:00PM • CAPISTRANO HALL, CSUS
PATRICIA SHANDS, CLARINET
MARCH 2019
Beethoven Trio in B flat Major, op 11 for Piano, Clarinet & Cello
Schubert String Quartet in G minor, op. post.
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time for Violin, Cello. Clarinet, Piano
3/16 • 7:30PM • CONGREGATION BET HAVERIM, DAVIS
3/17 • 4:00PM • CAPISTRANO HALL, CSUS
VICTOR LIVA, CONDUCTOR
JENNIFER CULP, CELLO
MAY 2019
Beethoven Sonata No. 7 in C minor for Violin & Piano
Saint-Saens Fantasie for Harp & Violin
Haydn String Quartet in A Major, op 20 No 6
Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion & Celeste