Hamilton, NY — Colgate University’s Laura Klugherz, professor of music, and Steven Heyman, artist-in-residence, will present the second concert of a three-semester series titled ‘The Beethoven Feast’ featuring Beethoven’s sonatas for violin and piano on February 17. The performance, at 3:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel, is free and open to the public. For a spring concert calendar, call the Colgate Concertline at 315-228-7642.
‘The Beethoven Feast’ cycle allows concertgoers to experience the range of Beethoven’s genius through the masterworks that spanned his creative life. In the February 17 concert, Klugherz and Heyman will perform Sonatas No. 2, 4, 7, and 8. While these sonatas were composed between 1798 and 1803, they represent the entire spectrum of Beethoven’s emotional input, from his lively and lighthearted early period, to the grave drama of his middle and final periods.
Klugherz recently returned from a teaching concert tour in Chile and Mexico. As a violinist, her performance has been described by The New York Times as ‘dramatic . . . emotional . . . evocative ‘ rich, beautifully modulated tone . . . consistently striking.’ Heyman, who averages 40 concerts a season, has won top prizes in more than a dozen national and international competitions, including the Beethoven in Vienna, the Gina Bachauer in Salt Lake City, and the Palm Beach Invitational Competition in Palm Beach.
Colgate University, founded in 1819, is located in Hamilton, New York. A highly selective, independent, liberal arts college with 256 faculty members and 2,750 undergraduate men and women enrolled in programs that lead to the bachelor of arts, Colgate also offers a small graduate program. The university’s general education core curriculum embodies Colgate’s longstanding commitment to integrated learning. The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) recently designated Colgate as one of 16 Leadership Institutions that offer a national model for excellence in innovative education. Students currently enrolled at Colgate hail from 44 different states, 3 U.S. territories and 26 countries. Log on to www.colgate.edu to learn more about Colgate University.
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