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3:00 PM
Sunday, October 13, 2019
A survey of Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas on the Symphony Center Presents Piano series opens with the versatile Kirill Gerstein performing sonatas from the composer’s early and middle periods, including the bright No. 2, the deeply affecting No. 19 and the humorous No. 22. “Gerstein translates his ideas into music clearly, giving the Beethoven a speedy dramatic style and impulsive direction. Everything seems deliberately shaped…a most refined performance” (Salzburger Nachrichten).
Beethoven Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2Beethoven Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1Beethoven Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54Beethoven Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1Beethoven Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7
Kirill Gerstein piano
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