Faculty Concert: Music of Beethoven

“Music of Beethoven,” with Bruce Griffin at the piano will be presented at the BMC Sunday, June 1, at 3 p.m.

BMC Faculty member Bruce Grffin presents works of Beethoven in a program that traces Beethoven’s evolution as a composer through three distinct creative periods.  Included in the program are Sonata No.5 in C Minor Op.10 No.1, Sonata No.13 in E-flat Op.27 No.1 “Quasi una fantasia,” Andante “Favori” WoO 57, and Sonata No.32 in C Minor Op.111.

A native of Vermont, Griffin received his formal musical training at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. In 1985, he made his New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall after which The New York Times described him as “serious and imaginative,” a pianist of “unusual warmth and virtuosity” who exhibited an “exceptional feel for melody’s magnetic pull.” His connection to Beethoven’s works is deep and direct, as the lineage of Griffin’s teachers traces directly to Beethoven’s own student Carl Czerny.

Griffin has appeared in solo recitals and chamber music programs throughout the country as well as a soloist with the Vermont Symphony and Tacoma Symphony Orchestras. He is a member of the Leschetizky Association in New York. He joined the BMC faculty in 1990.

Admission is by donation. All donations will support BMC programming. For more information, call 802-257-4523 or email info@bmcvt.org.