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    of melody yet unknown

    Presented by Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston at Goethe-Institut Boston

    March 27, 2010

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    Very rarely, an artist emerges who transforms an art form forever. A revolutionary thinker and iconoclast for sure, Arnold Schoenberg nevertheless considered himself a successor in the tradition of Beethoven and Brahms. Join us as we explore paths to and from this pivotal figure, with his groundbreaking “Kammersymphonie” written in 1906, Beethoven’s Quintet for piano & winds, Brahms’ E-flat Major Viola Sonata, and...

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    Very rarely, an artist emerges who transforms an art form forever. A revolutionary thinker and iconoclast for sure, Arnold Schoenberg nevertheless considered himself a successor in the tradition of Beethoven and Brahms. Join us as we explore paths to and from this pivotal figure, with his groundbreaking “Kammersymphonie” written in 1906, Beethoven’s Quintet for piano & winds, Brahms’ E-flat Major Viola Sonata, and ending with his student Leon Kirchner, perhaps the greatest living representative of his musical aesthetic.


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    Goethe-Institut Boston

    170 Beacon Street
    Boston, MA 02116

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    $38, $28, $18 $5 off for students and seniors


    General Day and Time Info:
    8 PM

    Phone: 617-427-8200


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    • Event Name: of melody yet unknown
      Article: Schoenberg resonates through Chameleon Arts Ensemble
      The Boston Globe - Mar 29, 2010
      By Matthew Guerrieri

      On paper, Saturday’s concert by the Chameleon Arts Ensemble looked downright Hegelian in its forward-directed music history, just under two...
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      On paper, Saturday’s concert by the Chameleon Arts Ensemble looked downright Hegelian in its forward-directed music history, just under two centuries’ worth of posited progress leading up to and growing out of the program’s formidable focal point, Arnold Schoenberg. But in practice, the performance proved marvelously multidirectional.
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