Gabriel Chodos Piano Concert
| Hours: | 8:00 pm start time |
| Ages: | Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Music & Concerts |
While Boston audiences have had previous opportunities to hear Chodos play Beethoven sonatas, and even some of the variation sets, this is the first time he has performed Beethoven's 33 Diabelli Variations. A latecomer to the variations project proposed by Diabelli, Beethoven made up for his tardiness with the monumental scale of this work.
Franz Liszt, the dedicatee of Schumann's Fantasy in C Major, called it 'a noble work, worthy of Beethoven, whose career, by the way, it is supposed to represent.' In his book on the piano literature, Ernest Hutcheson wrote:
No words can describe the Phantasie, no quotations set forth the majesty of its genius. It must suffice to say that it is Schumann's greatest work in large form for piano solo. One must hear it often from eminent pianists to get an adequate idea of its grandeur.
After a Jordan Hall performance in 1997, the Boston Globe called it 'a large-structured work in search of a large-spirited performer, which in Chodos, it definitely had.' For those who weren't around 13 years ago, here's an encore opportunity to hear this Fantasy League of Chodos and Schumann.
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30 Gainborough St, Boston, MA, 02115 map
NECs Jordan Hall 30 Gainborough St, on the corner of there and Huntinton Ave.
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