The Beethoven Experience with the Borromeo Quartet: Concert I

Heifetz International Music Institute

Concert I - Bor-Romeo: Beethoven and Shakespeare Beyond the Tomb

American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse

“One of those remarkable breakthroughs in music that come only once every few decades.” – Jeremy Yudkin, Co-director of the Center for Beethoven Research, on <a href="https://www.chamber-music.org/magazine/2019-summer/beethoven-manuscripts-nicholas-kitchen" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nicholas Kitchen’s study</a> of the composer’s original manuscripts<h3>Bor-Romeo: Beethoven and Shakespeare Beyond the Tomb        </h3><ul><li>String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1</li><li>String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1</li><li>String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127 </li></ul>Pre-Concert Symposium at 6:30 pm; Concert begins at 7:30 pmThe Beethoven Experience with the Borromeo Quartet is a landmark musical and educational experience marking the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth, featuring an exploration of all sixteen of his string quartets. The series is a collaboration among <a href="https://marybaldwin.edu/visual-and-performing-arts/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mary Baldwin University’s College of Visual &amp; Performing Arts</a>, <a href="https://americanshakespearecenter.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">American Shakespeare Center</a>, and <a href="https://www.heifetzinstitute.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Heifetz International Music Institute</a>. Each of the six concerts, presented in the intimate surroundings of the ASC’s iconic Blackfriars Playhouse, will feature a quartet from the “Early, Middle, and Late” periods. Each concert will be preceded by a symposium investigating the intersection between Beethoven and the intellectual, political, and artistic currents of his time – and ours, featuring Heifetz Institute Artistic Director Nicholas Kitchen, ASC Artistic Director Ethan McSweeney, MBU College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean Paul Menzer, as well as special guest commentators.The Spring 2020 Season of "The Beethoven Experience" is generously underwritten by Chris &amp; Betsy Little.

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