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SUMMARY:On Character in Music - Alfred Brendel
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CONTACT:Ruth Rushworth
DESCRIPTION:Humanitas Visiting Professor in Chamber Music 2011: Professor 
 Alfred Brendel\n\nWorld-renowned pianist Alfred Brendel is the inaugural H
 umanitas Visiting Professor in Chamber Music at the University of Cambridg
 e. He will give a series of public lectures at the Faculty of Music\, whic
 h he will illustrate at the piano. In addition\, he will participate in an
  open rehearsal with the Szymanowski Quartet\, who will be performing at W
 est Road Concert Hall subsequently.\n\nLecture 1: On Character in Music\n\
 nThis lecture sets out to show that the perception of character and atmosp
 here in musical performances is no less important than that of form and st
 ructure. The belief that the structure of a work automatically reveals its
  character is a fallacy.  The notion of character appears in 18th-century 
 treatises on interpretation as well as in writing on aesthetics where it i
 s first discussed at the time when Beethoven's sonatas begin to appear.  C
 zerny's comments on Beethoven's piano works are full of references to char
 acter.  The pianist's task becomes related to that of a character actor id
 entifying with different roles\, with an ever widening awareness of the st
 aggering emotional and psychological variety great music has to offer. Bre
 ndel will illustrate this lecture with musical examples at the piano. 
LOCATION:West Road Concert Hall\, Cambridge
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