“Beethoven Op. 109: profound while simultaneously being surpassingly, almost unbelievably beautiful” - Jonathan Biss
JONATHAN BISS, PIANO
MANN SERIES
SATURDAY, MARCH 6 AT 7:30 PM
Washington Irving Campus
40 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003
Virtual Concert: Mon, Mar 8 - Sat, Mar 13
Marlboro Co-Artistic Director Biss explores Beethoven Op. 53, Op. 90, Op. 109, plus works by Saariaho and Sorey
PROGRAM:
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Sorey: For Anthony Braxton
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
-intermission-
Saariaho: Arabesques et Adages
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 53, “Waldstein”
This program will run approximately two hours with a 20 minute intermission.
JONATHAN BISS, PIANO
BIO:
Jonathan Biss was born in 1980; his professional debut preceded this event by several months, when he performed, prenatally, the Mozart A Major Violin Concerto at Carnegie Hall, with the Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of Lorin Maazel.1 Subsequent violin performances have shown greater independence, though they have also been more likely to send listeners running in the opposite direction, wildly searching for Ear, Nose and Throat specialists, and - at times - strychnine. Read more…
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Photo credit: Benjamin Ealovega
