Spanning Beethoven's life in music by presenting his first piano trio and his second to last Piano Sonata No. 110. The second work of the program is the exuberant virtuoso trio by Jean Francaix followed by Beethoven's beloved second to last Piano Sonata, Op. 110.

Covid 19 Protocols for this concert:

All attendees must be fully vaccinated, having received at least the first two Covid vaccine doses at least two weeks prior to the concert. Attendees will be required to present their vaccination cards or records at the door for this concert.

All attendees must wear safety face masks (N95 or better) properly covering the nose and mouth. These masks will be work the entire time attendees are inside the building at the Jewett Center. The Westminster College staff will enforce the mask rule. Seating in the hall will be assigned spacing groups apart by six feet. Please plan to use only your assigned seats and after the concert, the audience will be able to leave row by row for added protection. Thank you for helping us present this concert as safely as possible.

Pianist JOHN NOVACEK regularly tours the Americas, Europe, and Asia as a solo recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist; in the latter capacity, he has presented over thirty concertos with dozens of orchestras.

Having recorded over 35 CDs of works by most major composers from Bach to Bartók and including his own original compositions. He records for the Philips, Nonesuch, Arabesque, Warner Classics, Sony/BMG, IBS Classical, Koch International, Universal Classics, Ambassador, Arkay, Azica, EMI Classics, Four Winds, Pony Canyon, and Virtuoso labels.

CD titles include Road Movies (2004 GRAMMY nomination as “Best Chamber Music Performance”), Great Mozart Piano Works, Spanish Rhapsody, Novarags (original ragtime compositions), Classic Romance, Hungarian Sketches, Intersection, Romances et Meditations, and, with Leila Josefowicz, Americana (GRAMOPHONE: “Editor’s Choice”), For the End of Time, Shostakovich and Recital (BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE: 5 stars/June 2005's chamber choice). 2020 saw the IBS Classical releases of Chausson’s Concert in D for Violin, Piano & String Quartet and an album of viola sonatas by Glinka, Hindemith, and Schubert with violist Randolph Kelly.