In the Festival’s final concert Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony will be performed by the 2023 Apprentices in a version for Piano Quartet arranged by Ferdinand Ries, Beethoven’s dedicated student and fan. To end the festival on a celebratory note, Apprentices and faculty join forces in Tchaikovsky’s ecstatic “Souvenir de Florence” for string sextet. Before the concert join musicologist, Kate van Orden, in “Conversations with Kate”for perspective and context on the 2023 theme.
Blattner Series Lecture
This 4pm concert is preceded by a free Blattner Series Lecture at 2:30pm offered by Kate Van Orden.
PROGRAM
Beethoven, Symphony No.3 in E flat Major, Op.55 “Eroica” (arranged for piano quartet)
Tchaikovsky, String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70, “Souvenir de Florence” (1890)
ARTISTS
Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
Ava Gehlehn-Williams, violin
Maren Rothfritz, viola
Andrew Gonzalez, viola
Liana Bérubé, viola
Jasmine Pai, cello
Tanya Tomkins, cello
April Sun, piano