Saturday At Beethoven Festival: Revolution 2012

Saturday - September 15 - Preston Bradley Center - 941 West Lawrence


12:00pm
Discovering the Russian Bard Movement
A Poetic, Visual and Sound Experience
Curated by Anya Yermakova
Evgeni Poliak; Vladimir Kuperman; Yury Beyderman
An exploration of the world of Russian Author Songs. Born in the post-Stalin years of “Thaw”, this narrative tradition seeks to this day, in the Russian diaspora as well as in Russia itself, to color a world of perpetual grey with defense of lost virtues. Holding nature as the focus for human reference, at times expressing political satire, at others highlighting the simple beauty of sincerity, this beatnik-like tradition mirrors Prometheus’ own search for spiritual freedom and universal truths.

1:00pm
Prometheus Unbound
Reading Percy Shelley
Various guest readers led by poet Regina Baiocchi

3:00pm
George Lepauw, piano; David Taylor, violin; Katinka Kleijn, cello
Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Violin Nr. 1 in D Major, Opus 12 Nr. 1
Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Cello Nr. 1 in F Major Opus 5 Nr. 1
Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Violin Nr. 7 in C Minor, Opus 30 Nr. 2

4:30pm
Avalon Quartet
Beethoven String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 18 Nr. 6
Beethoven String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 130 (With Grosse Fuge)

6:00pm
Mikolaj Gorecki Project
with Prometheus Ensemble, Conducted by Daniel Black
Mathias Tacke, violin; New Classics Singers and Kaia Quartet
Composer Mikolaj Gorecki, son of Henryk Gorecki, will curate his best works for the very first time in Chicago, with introduction by the talented and multidimensional composer
"Six Bagatelles" for Violin, Cello and Piano
"Overture" for String Quartet
"Gościu, siądź pod mum liściem" for a capella chorus
"Concerto-Notturno" for Violin and String Orchestra

8:00pm
#NotJustBeethoven
HJ Lim
Ernest Dawkins Band
Jimmy Burns Band
Beethoven Hammerklavier Sonata
Ernest Dawkins Band
Jimmy Burns Band - Delta Blues
Closing Jam

11pm
“Living Cinema”
Bob Ostertag and Pierre Hebert
“Living Cinema” is a live show that combines sounds and image made on site and addressing current social-political issues.

Midnight to 4:00am
“Dance Revolution”
Curated by Dominic Johnson with MC Zulu, DJ Searchl1te
Tom LaPorte, Gordon Kimmel, Old Town School of Folk Music
Joey Stone and members of Prometheus Ensemble
An interactive performance/lecture/dance party exploring the social dance continuum from 1066 to 2012. Featuring guest artists from the CSO, Old Town School of Folk Music, Prometheus Ensemble and the Chicago underground electronic music world.
Hear Beethoven, dance a contradanse, and revel in bass-driven electronic glitch, techno, and dubstep with live visuals and instrumentation.

See the entire schedule here.