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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Britten\, Martin\, Beethoven \nEvent Url: http://ww
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 ate Begin: 2011-10-02\nEvent Date End: 2011-10-02\n\n Benjamin Britten exp
 loded onto the British musical scene in the 1930s with a series of stunnin
 g youthful masterpieces that proclaimed the appearance of a modern master.
   Among them is the bewitching Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge\, wri
 tten to showcase the virtuosity of London's leading string orchestra of th
 e day. The composer also put his own extraordinary compositional virtuosit
 y on display with a young man's captivating insouciance and panache. Start
 ing with Bridge's sentimental\, turn-of-the-century theme\, the Variations
  run through a dizzying gamut of moods\, forms\, and national styles.  At 
 one moment the work sounds English\, suddenly it's French\, then Italian\,
  then German\, then... well\, it's hard to say.\nFrank Martin's Six Monolo
 gues from &ldquo\;Jedermann&rdquo\; is a work of deep religious conviction
 . The monologues\, drawn from the famous play &ldquo\;Everyman&rdquo\; by 
 Hugo von Hofmannsthal\, trace the deeply moving stages in the emotional an
 d spiritual journey of a wealthy and arrogant man who\, learning that he i
 s soon to die\, resists with every fiber in his being until\, gradually\, 
 he learns true wisdom in acceptance.  This sublime work\, a true masterpie
 ce by Switzerland's greatest composer\, is still insufficiently known by m
 usic lovers.  Joining Discovery Ensemble will be baritone Christ&ograve\;p
 heren Nomura\, one of America's most compelling recitalists\, who will bri
 ng to the performance the urgency and personal communicative power that th
 is unique work demands.\nAnd\, returning to earth after the mystical\, tra
 nsfigured close of the Martin Monologues\, the concert closes with Beethov
 en's eternally youthful Seventh Symphony.  This dancing\, athletic\, overw
 helmingly joyous work continues\, even after two centuries\, to be the mos
 t popular of all the Beethoven symphonies.\n\nStart time:  3:00 PM \n(Pre-
 Concert Conversation at 2:00 PM)
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