Oregon Bach Festival: Beethoven's 7th Symphony
$20-$40 ($10 youth/college student with ID)
- Sarah Kwak, violin
- Anthea Kreston, violin
- OBF Chamber Orchestra
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Selected works
Maurice Ravel — Selected works
One of Beethoven's most popular symphonies, the opening gambits from the strings, horns, and trumpets are unmistakable, but it’s the second movement (Allegretto) that is truly spectacular. "I love this piece of music…this music means something special…its theme of struggle and progress, of adversity and ultimate triumph," (Robert Siegel, NPR). Led by OBF artistic director candidate Eric Jacobsen, the concert also features works from Bologne and Ravel.
As of March 31, OBF performance spaces no longer require mandatory face masks or proof of vaccination. The venues do welcome and encourage patrons who wish to, to continue wearing masks while attending performances.
About Anthea Kreston, violin
Violinist Anthea Kreston sometimes just needs to pinch herself. How did she get so lucky? She was the first American violinist to play in a major European string quartet, the Artemis Quartet – and she travelled the world, performing on some of the most legendary stages a person could dream of, from Carnegie Hall to Wigmore – from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam to Seoul. She was a Professor at the Universität der Kunste Berlin, where Clara Schumann and Schoenberg taught. She also was a Master Teacher at the Queen Elizabeth Chapel in Brussels, where her students won competitions from Australia to New York. She loves to write – penning a classical music blog which was one of the top-5 most read music blogs internationally, and has an awesome husband and two funny and generous daughters. Her recent release on Warner Classics is a recording of Shostakovich Quartets and Piano Quintet, and she has hosted her own podcast from the Boulez Hall in the heart of Berlin. She has played in the Berlin Philharmonic, and as concertmaster of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. But most of all, she loves being with her family, growing tomatoes, and petting bunnies.
https://musicanddance.uoregon.edu/directory/profiles/all/akrestonBeall Concert Hall, University of Oregon School of Music
961 E 18th AveEugene, OR 97403
United States