Elder Mini-Festival: Intimate Beethoven

CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

This multi-day event celebrates Ludwig van Beethoven’s masterful chamber music alongside the artistic riches of the Elder Conservatorium of Music (The University of Adelaide), the Seraphim Trio, Konstantin Shamray, Lucinda Collins, Francesca Hiew and the Australian String Quartet.

As part of this mini-festival, the J. M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice co-presents a free public lecture with David Malouf exploring the quality of lateness in Beethoven’s third period. Theodor Adorno understands late style as a “quarrel with time”, in which death enters the work “in a refracted mode, as allegory.” He conceives of Beethoven’s third period as a moment when the artist, fully in command of his medium, composes works which constitute a form of exile. Join David Malouf as he develops these notions in a fascinating public lecture hosted by acclaimed pianist and author Dr Anna Goldsworthy.

Register for this free public lecture via Eventbrite.

Wednesday 22 April

7:00 pm – Concert

Seraphim Trio

Beethoven Kakadu Variations

Beethoven Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97

Thursday 23 April

10:30 am – Masterclass
A free, public masterclass featuring the Australian String Quartet and local students exploring selected movements from Beethoven’s string quartets.

1:10 pm – Concert
Beethoven Bagatelles, Op. 119 (selection)
Konstantin Shamray, piano
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 Spring
Francesca Hiew, violin
Lucinda Collins, piano

3:00 pm – Public Lecture
Join us for a free public lecture by writer and virtuoso late stylist, David Malouf exploring the quality of lateness in Beethoven’s third period. This public lecture will be hosted by acclaimed pianist and author Dr Anna Goldsworthy.

7:00 pm – Concert
Seraphim Trio & Australian String Quartet
Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D major, Op. 12
Beethoven String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

Friday 24 April

1:10 pm – Concert

Australian String Quartet

Beethoven String Quartet in G major, Op. 18 No. 2

Beethoven String Quartet in F major, Op. 18 No. 1

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