An Evening of Beethoven and Schubert
September 20
TU faculty members Phillip Collister, baritone, and Christopher Dillon, piano, present a program of German Lieder and solo piano works by Beethoven and Schubert including Beethoven's famous song cycle An die ferne Geliebte (To a Distant Beloved) op. 98. The songs of Franz Schubert are recognized as among the finest ever created. Schubert if often called the "father" of the German Lieder art form having composed over 600 songs to poetry of some of Germany's greatest poets. The program includes a selection of Lieder from Schubert's Schwanengesang (Swan Song) D. 957 composed in the last years of his life. The song selections pick up on themes of loss and longing from Beethoven's cycle and also connect to the second half of the program which includes Schubert's monumental Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb, D 960, one of the last works Schubert composed and highly influenced by Beethoven's contributions to the genre. This intimate evening of chamber music will explore the compositional genius of two of Germany's most renowned early Romantic composers. The immersive concert will also feature visual enhancement via Romantic art works that elicit the musical and textual context of the works performed.
TU faculty members Phillip Collister, baritone, and Christopher Dillon, piano, present a program of German Lieder and solo piano works by Beethoven and Schubert including Beethoven's famous song cycle An die ferne Geliebte (To a Distant Beloved) op. 98. The songs of Franz Schubert are recognized as among the finest ever created. Schubert if often called the "father" of the German Lieder art form having composed over 600 songs to poetry of some of Germany's greatest poets. The program includes a selection of Lieder from Schubert's Schwanengesang (Swan Song) D. 957 composed in the last years of his life. The song selections pick up on themes of loss and longing from Beethoven's cycle and also connect to the second half of the program which includes Schubert's monumental Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb, D 960, one of the last works Schubert composed and highly influenced by Beethoven's contributions to the genre. This intimate evening of chamber music will explore the compositional genius of two of Germany's most renowned early Romantic composers. The immersive concert will also feature visual enhancement via Romantic art works that elicit the musical and textual context of the works performed.
