Chamber Music Northwest’s The Beethoven Effect 2024 Summer Festival! | Exploring the Captivating Music of Beethoven and BEYOND

From our sponsors:
Chamber Music Northwest’s The Beethoven Effect 2024 Summer Festival!
June 27-July 28, 2024
More info: cmnw.org

Across five weeks with us this summer, experience this Beethoven-inspired Summer Festival that is so much more than Beethoven, and tempts all of your senses! The musical selections this summer illuminate how Beethoven’s genius generated ever-reverberating ripple effects to the world of music. We spotlight both well-loved and new music by today’s greatest living composers—inspired by Beethoven’s revolutionary foundations.

Week 1 | BEETHOVEN’S SOUND
From convention-breaking instrumentation and structure to earbending polyphonics, brain-twisting chords, and utterly unpredictable progressions, Beethoven boldly redefined the sound of classical music.

Week 2 | BEETHOVEN NOW
Whether being captivated by his Sixth Symphony in Disney’s mesmerizing Fantasia, or learning to play Für Elise for a piano recital, Beethoven’s music has inspired and challenged millions of emerging artists.

Week 3 | BEETHOVEN’S FIRE
“Massive,” “shocking,” “controversial,” and “incomprehensible” are just a few of the words contemporary critics used to describe Beethoven’s revolutionary approach to composition.

Week 4 | BEETHOVEN’S PIANO
From his piano trios and sonatas to his piano quartets and quintets, Beethoven placed the piano center stage, challenging both pianists and the instrument in unprecedented ways, and propelling it to the forefront of music.

Week 5 | BEETHOVEN’S VIRTUOSITY
“The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents, ‘Thus far and no farther,’” wrote Beethoven—and push further he did.

Special Event! A not-to-be-missed experience, Portland audiences will bear witness to the World Premiere of Prophecies of Fire, the final major work for chamber ensemble by the legendary, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams. Prophecies of Fire will be premiered by the mesmerizing Sandbox Percussion. This utterly immersive musical experience will be performed in-the-round on the floor at Reed College’s Kaul Auditorium.

New@Night! The casual Wednesday evening contemporary music series at The Old Church features some of today’s most innovative and creative composers for three concerts this summer.

THREE free outdoor concerts in Newberg, Milwaukie, and Vancouver! 

Your Summer Adventure in Music Awaits…
EXPLORE THE FESTIVAL at cmnw.org!