Symposium on the String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 130
April 12 & 13, 2016
The Symposium is organized in conjunction with the String Department of the School of Music.
This year’s work: String Quartet in B flat, Op. 130
| Tuesday, April 12 | 11-12:30 PM | BU College of Fine Arts Concert Hall |
Open Rehearsal of Op. 130, Graduate Student String Quartet coached by Prof. Peter Zazofsky |
| 5-7 PM | BU School of Music Room 154 |
Formal Presentation of Research Papers Prof. Barbara Barry, “’Taking the Third’: Tonal and Expressive Strategies in Beethoven’s String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130” Respondent, Prof. Victor Coelho Prof. David Levy, “On the Essential Unity of Beethoven’s Op. 130 +/-133” Respondent: Prof. Alan Gosman |
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| 8:30 PM | BU College of Fine Arts Concert Hall |
Public Lecture, Prof. David Levy, “E pluribus unum?: Opus 130 and the Reconciliation of Extremes” Performance, String Quartet in B flat, Op. 130, Yu-Heng Yen, Yite Xu, Yejin Han, Minsung Kim |
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| Wednesday, April 13 | 9-12:00 | 808 Commonwealth Ave Seminar Room |
Round-Table Discussion of Op. 130, Chair: Prof. Barbara Barry Participants: Prof. Lewis Lockwood, Prof. Jeremy Yudkin, Prof. Alan Gosman, Megan Ross, Prof. David Levy, Prof. Victor Coelho, Lucy Turner Prof. Peter Zazofsky |
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Lewis Lockwood, Co-Director BU Center for Beethoven Research |
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Jeremy Yudkin, Co-Director BU Center for Beethoven Research |
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Peter Zazofsky, Professor of Violin, BU |
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David Levy, Professor of Music, Wake Forest University |
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Barbara Barry, Professor of Music, Hebrew University (Jerusalem) |
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Victor Coelho, Professor of Music, BU |
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Alan Gosman, Professor of Music, University of Arkansas |
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Megan Ross, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Lucy Turner, Boston MA |
