His legerdemain at the keyboard was in full display in the Beethoven, driving the tempo in the opening movement and softening the texture in the slow movement without losing the pulse.
Whether we study him or not, Ludwig vanBeethoven (1770–1827) seems to be in our DNA... “Deaf but defiant…” Are Tama Matheson’s (writer, artistic director and actor playing Beethoven) words equal to Beethoven’s music?.
LENOX — “Familiar music in a new guise” is the simplest description of Sunday afternoon’s concert at Tanglewood, which featured some of Beethoven’s orchestral masterpieces rendered in new reductions for piano quartet.