Symposium on Beethoven’s String Quartet in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131

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Wednesday, April 5-6, 2017

10:00 AM Marshall Room 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston Open Rehearsal of Beethoven String Quartet, op. 131
4:00-6:30 PM Marshall Room 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston Formal Presentation of Research Papers by Lewis Lockwood, Barbara Barry, Jens Dufner, and Nicholas Kitchen.  Moderated by Jeremy Yudkin.


Jens Dufner, Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, 
“Do We Have a Composing Score of Op. 131? The Genesis of the Andante Movement
Respondent: Lewis Lockwood, Boston University

 

Barbara Barry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, “Beethoven’s C-sharp-minor Quartet, Op. 131, “quasi una fantasia”
Respondent: Alan Gosman, University of Arkansas
Nicholas Kitchen, Borromeo Quartet, Boston, “Manuscript Markings in Beethoven’s Op. 131”
Respondent: David Levy, Wake Forest University

8:00 PM Concert Hall 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston Performance of String Quartet in C-Sharp Minor, op. 131

Victor Yen and Yena Lee, violinsDavid Mason, violaHyun Ji Kwon (BU faculty) cello

 

Preceded by performance of  string arrangements of the C-sharp minor, B-flat minor, and B-minor preludes and fugues from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book I performed by the Borromeo Quartet with Nitzan Gal, second cello.

9:00 AM- Noon Seminar Room 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston Round-Table Discussion of Op. 131
Barbara Barry, Jens Dufner, Alan Gosman, Bayla Keyes, Nicholas Kitchen, David Levy,  Lewis Lockwood, Megan Ross, Jeremy Yudkin, and Peter Zazofsky.