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Mannes Sounds Festival presents: “Beethoven in a New Key”.

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Join us for our first concert of the year on February 25, 2020 at the German House.
This concert is sold out.
The German Consulate General Co-presents:
Mannes Sounds 2020 Festival is very proud to present a concert titled “Beethoven in a New Key” at the German Consulate General on Tuesday, February 25th at 6pm. This concert is a tribute to the 250th anniversary of the composer. It features, in addition to several works by Beethoven, four original compositions by Mannes young composers influenced by some of the great works of the master. The year 2020 marks also the 20th Anniversary of the partnership between the German Consulate General New York and the Mannes Sounds Festival.
Program:
Beethoven: Thirty Two Variations on an Original Theme in C minor for piano WoO 80 Rebecca Wuu, piano
Jihwan Yoon: Sonatensatz (nach Kreutzer….) for violin and piano
Yeji Pyun, violin & Jihwan Yoon, piano
Beethoven: Andante favori for piano WoO 57
William Shi, piano
Minjoo Kim: Toccatina for piano (after Beethoven op.109)
Fifi Zhang, piano
Beethoven:
“Ich Liebe dich”
Adelaide op. 46
Donghyuk Chung, tenor & Qingyi Wu, piano
Scott Fish : Violent horizon for String Quartet (after Beethoven’s String Quartet op.131)
Nastasja Vojinovic & Ann-Frances Rokosa, violins; Christian Barros, viola; Mark Serkin, cello
Beethoven: Sonata for Piano Four Hands in D Major, op.6
Xizhu Liang & Shiyu Liu, piano
Beethoven: Rondo a Capriccio in G Major, op.129
“The Rage Over the Lost Penny”
Haotian Deng, piano
Adam Sherkin: “ Songs and Distant Dances”, op 35 for clarinet, cello and piano
(After Beethoven’s “Gassenhauer” Trio, op.11)
Emmalie Tello, clarinet, Reed Reagan, cello & Adam Sherkin, piano
Location and time:German Consulate General
Otto-Carl-Kiep Auditorium
871 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Admission is free, but an RSVP is required at: Beethoven New Key