Bargemusic
Neighborhood: DUMBO
Type of Place: Concert Halls/Venues
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PIANIST YAEL WEISS PAIRS SONATAS BY BEETHOVEN WITH PREMIERES BY PAUL SCHOENFIELD AND PAUL CHIHARA FOR BARGEMUSIC PROGRAM, FRIDAY, MAY 12 May 2, 2017: With an eye towards 2020, the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, award-winning pianist Yael Weiss has embarked upon “A Beethoven Odyssey,” a project that combines the complete set of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas with newly commissioned compositions related to them. On Friday, May 12 at 8 PM at Bargemusic (1 Water Street, Brooklyn, NY) she will offer a sampling of the overall project, with three Beethoven Sonatas, and three short related works written for her, one of them a world premiere of a short piece written this year by Paul Schoenfield, and another a New York premiere of a 2016 work by Paul Chihara with the influence of ragtime. Close listeners to the world premiere of Paul Schoenfield’s 32
- Eileen McMahon, 5/2/17
Bargemusic
1 Water Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
800-838-3006
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