Beethoven Dreams
Beethoven Dreams
In collaboration with the Ensemble Theatre Company
Saturday, April 15, 2023 | 7:30pm
Sunday, April 16, 2023 | 3:00pm
Concert Duration: Approximately 2 hours
CONVERSATIONS WITH KABARETTI –
Each month at 2 PM (before the Sunday matinee) Maestro Nir Kabaretti shares insightful details about the production live from the stage.
Duration: 30 minutes.
This all-Beethoven and Beethoven-influenced program renews our enduring collaborative relationship with Ensemble Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, Jonathan Fox, who will direct the West Coast premiere of Ella Milch-Sheriff’s staged monodrama, The Eternal Stranger (based on a dream by Beethoven). Beethoven’s poetic Piano Concerto No. 4 and the composer’s brilliant Symphony No. 4 conclude the program.
Click on the image above and watch and listen as Maestro Kabaretti discusses The Eternal Dream and letter from Beethoven with Jonathan Fox, who is directing the theatrical piece with The Symphony.
Repertoire
Ella Milch-Sheriff | The Eternal Stranger (based on a dream by Beethoven) – West Coast Premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op.58
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 4
The Artists
Nir Kabaretti, Conductor
Jonathan Fox, Director
Inna Faliks, Pianist
*Program content and concert dates may be subject to change: check our website for regular updates.
Learn more about the music: read the Program Notes.
To access the Digital Concert Program, CLICK HERE.
Ukrainian-born American pianist Inna Faliks has made a name for herself through her commanding performances of standard piano repertoire, as well genre-bending interdisciplinary projects, and inquisitive work with contemporary composers. After her acclaimed teenage debuts at the Gilmore Festival and with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, she has appeared on many of the world’s great stages in recital and with many major orchestras and conductors. She is professor and head of Piano Studies at UCLA, and in demand world-wide as a masterclass artist and adjudicator.
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*Program content and concert dates may be subject to change: check our website for regular updates.
Conducted by The Santa Barbara Symphony’s
World Renowned Conductor
Nir Kabaretti
Nir Kabaretti has worked with some of the world’s most sought-after musicians. Some of his most well-known collaborators include Lang Lang, Placido Domingo, Joyce Di Donato, Angel Joy Blue, Vadim Repin, Gilles Apap, Hélène Grimaud, and André Watts.
Conducted by The Santa Barbara Symphony's World Renowned Conductor
Nir Kabaretti
Nir Kabaretti has worked with some of the world’s most sought-after musicians. Some of his most well-known collaborators include Lang Lang, Placido Domingo, Joyce Di Donato, Angel Joy Blue, Vadim Repin, Gilles Apap, Hélène Grimaud, and André Watts.
A very warm and special thank you
to our 2022/23 season donors and the sponsors making
this event possible!
Sponsors
Principal Concert Sponsor
-- Todd & Allyson Aldrich --
Artist Sponsors
-- Susan Aberle --
Selection Sponsors
-- Eve Bernstein --
-- George Konstantinow & Helene Segal --
Howard Jay Smith & Patricia Bivans Dixon--
-- Dr. Bob Weinman --
2022/23 Concert Season Sponsor
Sarah & Roger Chrisman
Corporate Season Sponsor
Grand Venue Sponsor
