Premium Seating Package: $48
Spend a weekend in the company of pianist Jeremy Denk, whose artistry and intellectual curiosity have made him one of today’s most compelling musical voices. A recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Denk is praised for his “unerring sense of the music’s dramatic structure and a great actor’s intuition for timing” (Boston Globe). This package includes a solo appearance that combines performance and discussion followed by a chamber concert with faculty and students as part of the Colburn Chamber Players series.
Friday, April 24 at 7 pm Thayer Hall
MacArthur Genius Grant-winning pianist Jeremy Denk is considered “among the most entertaining of concert pianists… insightful in his interpretations, entertaining to watch, and engaging in his stage banter” (Star Tribune). Experience his talent and charm firsthand as he leads a dynamic exploration of Beethoven’s last sonata, written at the height of his deafness. Part performance and part discussion, this engaging examination of Piano Sonata No. 32 will delve into work’s boundary-pushing orchestration, innovative musical structure, and vivid emotions.
Program Information BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 32
Featuring Andrew Bain, Horn
Sunday, April 26 at 4 pm Thayer Hall
Jeremy Denk, a MacArthur Genius Grant-winning pianist that “you want to hear no matter what he performs” (New York Times), joins Colburn faculty and students in this program of electric quintets. Opening the concert is Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds, a work that masterfully balances the piano against oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon in what the composer described as “the best thing I have written in my life.” Edward Elgar’s Piano Quintet, composed in 1918 in the shadow of World War I, starts on an eerie tone before modulating towards a brighter, more symphonic end. In between these masterworks is Valerie Coleman’s Tzigane, a “passionate journey through woodwind virtuosity” inspired by Ravel’s similarly named Hungarian rhapsody for violin.
Program Information MOZART Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano and Winds VALERIE COLEMAN Tzigane for Wind Quintet ELGAR Quintet in A Minor for Piano and String Quartet