The Beethoven Question: Can Art Make Life Worth Living?
Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th October
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
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Saturday 27th October - DAY ONE
10.00 Introduction
– Stephen Johnson
10.15 Beethoven’s
life and deafness - John Suchet
Followed by discussion with Stephen Johnson and questions
Coffee
11.15 Beethoven’s
deafness, his string quartets and his three styles –
Prof Age Smilde, and Dr Edoardo Saccenti, of
Biosystems Data Analysis at the Swammerdam
Institute for Life Sciences at the
University of Amsterdam: with the Sacconi Quartet
Followed by discussion
and questions – with the Sacconi Quartet and Stephen Johnson
12.15 Coffee
12.30 Lost and Sound: a moving creative documentary made by a partially deaf filmmaker, Lindsey Dryden.
It weaves its way through the startling world of sound and silence of: a dancer deaf since birth,
a young pianist who lost her hearing as a baby, and a music critic facing sudden partial
hearing loss. Featuring: Dr David Eagleman, Philip Ball, Professor Nigel Osborne, Dr Katie
Overy, Professor David Huron, Dr Robert Zatorre.
1.30 Lunch (not provided)
2.40 Music
and Deafness:
Introduced by Prof Michael Trimble
Music and its Impact on the Deaf
Dr Paul Whittaker OBE, Artistic Director of Music and the Deaf
The role of art in coping with sensory impairment
Robert Fulford, Centre for Music Performance Research, Royal Northern College of Music
Effects of Hearing Impairment on Music Making
Joined by Nigel Osborne, composer, co-director of the Institute for Music in Human and Social
Development, and Lloyd Coleman, composer
Discussion with Michael Trimble, Paul Whittaker, Robert Fulford, Nigel Osborne and Lloyd Coleman
4.50 Tea
Panel
discussion: The Need to Compose
Introduced by Nigel Osborne with Stephen Johnson, Barry Cooper and
Lloyd Coleman
5.45 Pre-concert break
6.45 Concert
– The Sacconi Quartet
Introduction by Ian Ritchie and Stephen
Johnson
Beethoven String Quartet Op.18 No.4 in C
minor (1800)
Lloyd Coleman String Quartet (2009)
Interval
Beethoven String Quartet Op. 132 in A minor
(1825)
Sunday 28th October - DAY TWO
We regret to announce that the audio of day two was not recorded due to circumstances beyond our control. Written transcripts are currently being prepared and will be available shortly. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
10.00 Summary – Stephen Johnson
Beethoven's Piano Sonatas – Prof Barry Cooper
Discussion
and questions - with Stephen Johnson and Ian Brown
Coffee
11.15 Coffee Concert
Piano
Recital, Ian Brown
Beethoven WoO 47 No. 2 in F minor
Beethoven Sonata Op.110
12.00 Panel discussion: The Need to Perform –
Ian Brown with Stephen Johnson, Prof Barry Cooper, and members of the
Sacconi
Quartet
Lunch (not provided)
2.15 Beethoven: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know - Prof Michael Trimble
3.00 Beethoven and Words
Beethoven's Approach to Word Settings and Folksong arrangements - Prof Barry Cooper
Beethoven: Father of the Lied - Prof Richard Stokes with Stephan Loges and Anna Tilbrook
Discussion and questions with Stephen Johnson, Barry Cooper, Richard Stokes and Stephan Loges
Tea
4.30 Panel
discussion: The Need to Listen - music in the face of human problems
with Michael Pugh, Stephen Johnson, Prof Michael Trimble, and Lloyd Coleman
5.00 Open
discussion: Can Art make life worth living? Have we answered the question?
with Ian Ritchie, Stephen Johnson, Prof Michael Trimble, Prof Richard Stokes and Prof Barry Cooper
5.45 Pre-concert break
6.45 Concert – Sacconi Quartet, Stephan Loges, baritone and Anna Tilbrook, piano
Signed by Dr Paul Whittaker OBE
Introduction by Ian Ritchie and Stephen
Johnson
Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59 no 3 in C major, Razumovsky (1808)
Beethoven Folksong
arrangements (1813 – 1818) – baritone and piano trio:
The Soldier
Faithfu' Johnie
The Pulse of an Irishman
Interval
Beethoven An
die ferne Geliebte Op.98 (1816) – baritone and piano
Beethoven String
Quartet Op. 135 (1826) in F major (1826)
