POSTPONED: A Celebration of Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Date/Time
12/8/2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Eastern
Event Type(s)
Cloyce K. Huston Musicale
Event Description
Please note that this event has to be postponed from its original date of December 8. The rescheduled date will be made available as soon as possible.
Ralitza Patcheva, piano, performs mystery composer Jan BRANDTS-BUYS in " Beethoven & the Beethoven-Buys Symphony No. 9 "
This holiday recital will be a tribute to Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827). Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is a choral symphony, his final symphonic work composed between 1822 -1824 before his death in 1827 at age fifty-seven. First performed in Vienna in spring of 1824, "the 9th" now enjoys its 200th anniversary in 2024! "The 9th" is regarded as the supreme achievement in the history of music and one of the most frequently performed symphonies in the world. Later in the early 20th century Dutch-Austrian composer Jan Brandt-Buys (1868-1933) decided to write a piano transcription of the symphony, including its instrumental as well as its vocal and choral complexities. Bulgarian pianist Ralitza Patcheva has made a study of Beethoven''s music and found the Buys transcription of Beethoven's 9th symphony of exceptional musical and educational value. Recognizing also "the 9th's" 200th anniversary this year, Ms. Patcheva will present this pianistic tour-de-force, the Beethoven-Buys transcription along with her own transcription of a song by Buys and a Bagatelle by Beethoven to top off this exceptional program.
Come and listen to how two later musicians hear Beethoven's symphonic music in pianistic form, its themes, harmonies and contrapuntal strategies and celebrate Beethoven with us.
Pianist Ralitza Patcheva has been called a “phenomenon” (The Washington Post) and praised for her “elegant pianistic technique”, “courageous, innovative interpretation” and “crystal tone; amalgamation of witty virtuosity, powerful expression and profound sensitivity”.
She is a prizewinner of the 51st International Piano Competition " Ferruccio Busoni" and the Washington International Piano Competition, as well as the "Accademia di Citta di Pinerolo" International Chamber Music Competition ( in a duo with her husband, cellist Vasily Popov).
Ralitza has presented numerous recitals in Europe and the United States. Since 2002 she co-directs the Chamber Music At Noon Series at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington DC with cellist Vasily Popov. Ralitza has presented performances at the Kreeger Museum, the Phillips Collection, the Arts Club and other popular concert locations in DC. Ralitza has created the project "A Room with a Symphony" which explores the connections between the symphonic repertoire, chamber music and the piano solo genres. Ms. Patcheva is the associate chair of the chamber music program and a member of the piano faculty at Levine Music. she is also a lecturer in piano and chamber music at the Rome School of Music, Drama and Art at the Catholic University of America.
Location
Setting: In-Person DACOR Bacon House 1801 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 UNITED STATES
