Digital Concert: Celebrating Beethoven
Channel: wcfsymphony
Date: 2020-10-04

The 2020-21 wcfsymphony season opens on Saturday, October 3rd at 7:00 pm with a broadcast concert from Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.

The performance celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven through a unique look at the Viennese tradition of serenade-style music. Jason Weinberger conducts a spatially-distanced ensemble in selections from Beethoven’s Septet and utilizes the capabilities of our new digital format to discuss and explore related music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Louis Spohr, and Franz Schubert.

MUSICIANS
Anita Tucker - Violin I
Erik Rohde - Violin II
Kathleen Sihler - Viola
Amy Phelps - Cello
Alexander Pershounin - Bass

Claudia Anderson - Flute
Heather Armstrong - Oboe
Eric Wachmann - Clarinet
Greg Morton - Bassoon
Dan Malloy, Jr. - Horn I
Valerie Shanley - Horn II

In addition to the October 3 performance, wcfsymphony presented a series of online features related to Beethoven between September 28th and October 2nd, 2020. These include a special presentation highlighting a special summer collaboration with Waterloo’s Youth Art Team called ‘Seeing Beethoven’. Young artists from YAT studied the composer and his music through the summer of 2020; the visual art they created based on their reactions will be featured in a special Live from the Archive presentation produced by The New Live.

BEETHOVEN WEEK FEATURES
Live From The Archive, Ep 6: Seeing Beethoven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8upHv...

Radio Hour: Interpreting Beethoven
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

The Musician Beat: Preparing Beethoven
https://youtu.be/HMOT0lJCdw8

The Richer Experience: Producing Beethoven
https://youtu.be/CPxnTI8Z_Vs