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THE SCHEDULE - BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL: LOVE 2013

The International Beethoven Project, led by President and Artistic Director George Lepauw, is pleased to present Beethoven Festival: LOVE 2013, the organization’s third annual multidisciplinary festival inspired by the creativity and genius of Ludwig van Beethoven, September 7-15, 2013 in Chicago. Over 100 events spanning nine days include classical and contemporary musical performances, visual art exhibitions, performance and installation art, fashion shows, education and technology, exploring themes of love, religion, suffering and the path of the true artist. This year’s Beethoven Festival is our most diverse yet. An extraordinary lineup of performing artists from Chicago and the world are coming together to collaborate, inspire, and explore the meaning of Beethoven, art and love in 2013. Many living composers, rockers, jazz and electronica artists will perform their works for the first time. This festival is all about creative collaboration – and that is how we have chosen to express our love this year. Although it’s a well-explored subject through the ages, LOVE does relate particularly well this year given how societal views are evolving on the concept of relationships, and it connects profoundly to Beethoven’s own story – most vividly in his passionate and beautiful letters to the ‘Immortal Beloved’. Love fuels the creative fire that artists need, and in our third annual festival we’re showcasing what drives artists to create and perform passionately at the highest level. The International Beethoven Project is growing a family of creatives who are committed in this way, and who feel as strongly as we do about making Chicago, and the world, a better place through the arts and culture. The schedule that follows includes the official, hard events. However, additional layers such as fashion, impromptu performances, impromptu artist Q & As, and so on, will constantly surprise and delight. Come to the festival expecting the unexpected! In addition to the full schedule below, we will also have a special project taking place at 2 North Riverside Plaza, on the Chicago River, just across from the Civic Opera building. Justin Orvis Steimer, last year’s Artist-in-Residence, will be creating a large painting during the course of the Festival Week, and musicians will perform outdoor impromptus during part of the time. We hope you will stop and say hello! The 2 N Riverside Plaza schedule is as follows: Weekdays: Friday, September 6th and ending Friday September 13th: 2pm-6 (Music 4-6pm) Saturdays from Noon to 2pm

BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL: LOVE 2013 FULL SCHEDULE DAY 00 - FRIDAY September 6 12pm - LOVE 2013 PREVIEW - PianoForte Salon Series Live on WFMT (Free) @ Sherwood Conservatory, Columbia College (1312 S Michigan Ave.) Anthony Molinaro, Piano

6pm to 10pm - FIRST FRIDAY LOVERS ART PARTY - Opening Reception for the LOVE 2013 Exhibit @ Merit (38 S. Peoria) (Free) The 35-artist exhibit interrogates modern themes of love through diverse media, live art and site-specific sculptures. At 8 p.m. Rachel Monosov and Seppe Van den Berghe will perform their STILTE (SILENCE) concert, a unique genre-bending performance that breaks through pre-conceived ideas of what is classical and contemporary. It activates the senses through original music, video, dance and vibrations, making this accessible to anyone, even the hearing impaired.

DAY 01 - SATURDAY September 7 1pm - SNEAK SOUND SNIPPET (Repeat thrice) AT THE ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGO - (Free) @ The Arts Club of Chicago, 201 E Ontario Street A taste of chamber music with violinist Desiree Ruhstrat and cellist David Cunliffe of the Lincoln Trio, with guest violist Matthew Lipman, in chamber works of Beethoven and others.

1pm - THE PASSION OF BEETHOVEN - (Free) @ Merit: B-Spot A Conversation about Beethoven, moderated by Elysabeth Alfano, with George Lepauw, Nick Bowling, and Sarah Ritch.

2pm - METAMORPHOSIS OF LOVE - with the Chicago Metamorphosis Orchestra Project (Free) @ Merit: B-Spot Chicago youth participate in this “el sistema” inspired local project and learn to work together for the greater good

4:00pm - EXTOLLING PASSION - Pre-concert presentation on Bach’s Saint-John Passion @ CHICAGO TEMPLE (77 W Washington Street) Stephen Alltop, Director of Prometheus Chorus

5:00pm - THE PASSION - OPENING CONCERT Prometheus Baroque Ensemble and Chorus led by Matthias Pintscher @ CHICAGO TEMPLE (77 W Washington Street) Johann Sebastian Bach: SAINT-JOHN PASSION BWV 245 (Passio secundum Johannem) Conductor: Maestro Matthias Pintscher / Chorus Director: Stephen Alltop / Basses: Paul Max Tipton & Derek Chester Tenor: Dashon Burton / Countertenor: Reginald Mobley / Soprano: Lauren Snouffer

9pm-2am - THE BALL - MASQUERADE OF LOVE - Opening Ball celebrating LOVE 2013 in all its facets RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS, HONORARY CHAIRMAN @ Merit: Everywhere Bring your own air of mystery / mask or unmask yourself as you wish / Black-Tie optional / Masquerade Chic DJs: Rachel Monosov of Tel Aviv, Justin Orvis Steimer of Brooklyn, Seppe Van den Berghe of Ghent, Belgium, Spencer Hutchinson of Chicago Open Bar / Nibbles and Desserts / VIP Room (White Room) included in VIP Ticket

DAY 02 - SUNDAY September 8 11:00am - B-CHAT - Q&A with Festival Directors / Coffee & Doughnuts @ Merit - Ludwig’s Salon Artistic Dir. George Lepauw / Music Dir. Aurelien Pederzoli / Art Dir. Catinca Tabacaru 12pm - PAIN AND PASSION - Gabriel Cabezas, Cello;; with Nicholas Roth, Piano @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Leos Janacek - Pohadka / Claude Debussy - Sonata in D Minor / Olivier Messiaen - Praise to the Eternity of Jesus (from Quartet for the End of Time) / Dmitri Shostakovich - Sonata in D Minor

1:30pm - THE HEART OF THE MATTER - Nicholas Roth, Piano @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata Number 22 in F Major Opus 54 Piano Sonata Number 24 in F Sharp Major Opus 78 (“A Thérèse”) & Piano Sonata Number 27 in E Minor Opus 90

3pm - TO THE DISTANT BELOVED - Dominic Armstrong, Tenor & George Lepauw, Piano @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Ludwig van Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte Song Cycle, Opus 98 & Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide Ludwig van Beethoven: Liebe: A World Premiere / Benjamin Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets & Roger Quilter: Selections

5pm - SEDUCTION AND MELANCHOLY - Katarzyna Musial, Piano & Prometheus Chamber Daniel Black, Conductor @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Olivier Messiaen: Prelude - La Colombe / Witold Lutoslawski: Bukoliki (Bucolics) Fryderyk Chopin: Waltz in A Minor Opus Posthumous // Waltz in F Minor Opus 70, Number 2 // Etude in C Minor, Opus 10 Number 12 / Nocturne in C Sharp Minor Opus 27 N. 1 Henryk Gorecki: Four Preludes Opus 1 Joaquin Turina: Danses Gitanes Opus 55 (Zambra, Danza de la Seduccion, Danza Ritual, Generalife, Sacro-Monte) Alberto Ginastera: Argentinian Danzas Opus 2 // Danza del viejo boyero (“Dance of the Old Herdsman) Danza de la moza donosa (“Dance of the Beautiful Maiden”) //Danza del gaucho matrero (“Dance of the Arrogant Cowboy”) Ernesto Lecuona: La Comparsa and Malaguena Henryk Gorecki: Concerto for Harpsichord/Piano and Orchestra Opus 40

6:30pm - DINNER BREAK - Meet the Artists / Food / Impromptus / Conversations @ Merit: Kaffeehaus and Ludwig’s Salon 7:30pm - CONTACT, ABSENCE - Ensemble Dal Niente This concert is being supported in part by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation and Goethe-Institut Chicago

@ Merit: B-Spot Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kontakte (1958-1960) for piano, percussion, and electronics Hans Thomalla: The Brightest Form of Absence (2011) for soprano, large ensemble, live electronics & video (Chicago Premiere)

10:00pm - TEASE - TIGUE Percussion Trio with Matt Evans, Amy Garapic and Carson Moody @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Robert Honstein: "An Index of Possibility" in five movements

10:30pm - FREE LOVE - Dan Tepfer, Jazz Piano & Prometheus Chamber @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Free Improvisations with String Quartet & iPhones

DAY 03 - MONDAY September 9 12pm - LOVE AND SUBTLETY - Nikki Chooi, Violin;; with Victor Ngo, Piano (Free) @ Merit - Ludwig’s Salon (in partnership with the PianoForte Foundation) Ludwig van Beethoven Piano and Violin Sonata Number 7 in C Minor Opus 30 Number 2 Joan Tower: “String Force” Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor L 140 Karol Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarantelle Opus 28

4:30pm - THE DIFFERENT AFFECTS OF PASSION - Callipygian Players Martin Davids, Violin;; Rachel Barton Pine, Violin;; David Schrader, Harpsichord;; Jerry Fuller, Double Bass;; Craig Trompeter, Viola da Gamba;; Julia Davids, Soprano @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Awe: Archangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata Desire: Anonymous (English): John, Come Kiss Me Now Sadness: Henry Purcell: O, Let Me Weep // Heinrich von Biber: Passacaglia Love: Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sonata a quattro // Henry Purcell: I Attempt from Love’s Sickness Madness: Antonio Vivaldi: La Folia Joy: Salamone Rossi: La Bergamesca // Dietrich Buxtehude: Herr, Wenn Ich Nur Dich

6pm - CONSUMING LOVE - Chamber Party George Lepauw, Piano;; Nikki Chooi, Violin;; Matthew Lipman, Viola;; Gabriel Cabezas, Cello @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio Opus 70 Number 1 (“Ghost”) Alfred Schnittke: String Trio Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Opus 47

7:30pm - DINNER BREAK - Meet the Artists / Food / Impromptus / Conversations @ Merit: Kaffeehaus and Ludwig’s Salon 8:30pm - ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - Anthony Molinaro, Piano & Howard Levy, Harmonica with Prometheus Chamber @ Merit: B-Spot J.S. Bach Keyboard Concerto in F Minor Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations Bela Bartok: Rumanian Dances The Beatles/Molinaro/Levy: New Arrangements for Piano, Harmonica and Strings Jazz and Improv Duos

10:30pm - SOUND LOVE - Christopher O’Riley, Piano & Matt Haimovitz, Cello @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Shuffle. Play. Listen. Arrangements from Radiohead and other favorite rock groups of O’Riley’s and Haimovitz’s

DAY 04 - TUESDAY September 10 12pm - DANGEROUS PASSIONS - Daniel Rowland, Violin & George Lepauw, Piano (Free) @ Merit - Ludwig’s Salon (in partnership with the PianoForte Foundation) Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata Number 9, Opus 47 “Kreutzer” Bela Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances Georges Enescu: Preludio l'Unisson Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en Re

4:30pm - HAMMERED LOVE - Christopher O’Riley, Pianoforte & Matt Haimovitz, Cello @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano and Cello Sonata in F Major Opus 5 Number 1 Piano and Cello Sonata in G Minor Opus 5 Number 2

6pm - GUT LOVE - Christopher O’Riley, Pianoforte & Matt Haimovitz, Cello @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano and Cello Sonata in A Major Opus 69 Piano and Cello Sonata in C Major Opus 102 Number 1 Piano and Cello Sonata in D Major Opus 102 Number 2

7:30pm - DINNER BREAK - Meet the Artists / Food / Impromptus / Conversations @ Merit: Kaffeehaus and Ludwig’s Salon 8:30pm - REFLECTIONS OF ... - Daniel Rowland, Violin & Prometheus Chamber Michael Lewanski, Conductor @ Merit: B-Spot Arvo Part: Fratres for Solo Violin and String Orchestra Alfred Schnittke: Sonata For Solo Violin and String Orchestra (with Stephen Alltop, Harpsichord) Bela Bartok: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (with Cory Tiffin, Clarinet, and Daniel Schlosberg, Piano) Georges Enesco: Sonata Number 1 for Violin and Piano (with Daniel Schlosberg, Piano) Astor Piazzolla: The Four Seasons

10:30pm - BACH’S LOVES - Late Night Bach Project with Prometheus Chamber: Martin Davids, Rachel Barton Pine, Edwin Huizinga, James Garlick: Violins;; Matthew Lipman, Viola;; Craig Trompeter, Cello;; Jerry Fuller, Bass;; Jory Vinikour, Harpsichord;; Hopkinson Smith, Lute @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Keyboard: Bach/Vivaldi Concerto (for solo keyboard) in D Major Counterpoint: Contrapunctus 1 (From the Art of the Fugue) // Lute Suite // Contrapunctus 2 (From the Art of the Fugue) Melody: Air // Double Violin Concerto Virtuosity: Ciaccona from Partita No. 2 // Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor

DAY 05 - WEDNESDAY September 11

4:30pm - BITLOVE - George Lepauw, Piano;; with Dawn Gingrich, Violin @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite from 1724 Ludwig van Beethoven: Selected Variations Surprises for Piano and Violin

6:00pm - WINDS OF CHANGE - Hopkinson Smith, Lute @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Robert Ballard: Music from the Premier Livre de Luth, Paris, 1611 John Dowland: Music from the Varietie of Lute Lessons, London 1610 Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger: Music from il Primo Libro di Lauto, 1611

7:30pm - DINNER BREAK - Meet the Artists / Food / Impromptus / Conversations @ Merit: Kaffeehaus and Ludwig’s Salon 8:30pm - WHIRLWINDS - Lincoln Trio (Inaugural Performance as Merit Ensemble-in-Residence) Marta Aznavoorian, Piano;; Desiree Ruhstrat, Violin;; David Cunliffe, Cello with Special Guest David Aaron Carpenter, Viola Aurelien Pederzoli, Violin;; Doyle Armbrust, Viola @ Merit: B-Spot Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio Opus 11 Astor Piazzolla: Grand Tango for Piano and Viola Joaquin Turina: Piano Sextet Gabriel Faure: Piano Quartet in C Minor

10:30pm - CITY LOVE PART I - Prometheus Modern Chicago Composers Showcase Lindsay Kesselman, Soprano;; Timothy McAllister, Alto Saxophone;; Winston Choi, Piano;; Nicholas Photinos, Cello;; Jesse Langen, Guitar;; Doug Perkins, Percussion @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Roshanne Etezady: Unsafe / Love Songs Anthony Cheung: Roundabouts Marc Mellits: Tight Sweater Carl Schimmel (Winner of Beethoven Festival’s 2013 Call For Scores): The Alphabet Turn’d Posture Master

DAY 06 - THURSDAY September 12 12pm - … FOREVER - Tanya Gabrielian, Piano (Free) @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon (in partnership with the PianoForte Foundation) Handel-Liszt: Chaconne and Sarabande from Almira Sergei Rachmaninov: Elegie, Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Melody Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata Number 32 in C Minor Opus 111

4:30pm - THE FRENCH TOUCH - Jory Vinikour, Harpsichord @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Francois Couperin: 6e & 7e Ordres du Second livre de pièces de clavecin, 1716

6:00pm - THE LONGING - Rachel Kolly d’Alba, Violin Christian Chamorel, Piano & Spektral Quartet @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Leos Janacek: Sonata for Violin and Piano Michel Van der Aa: "Double" for Violin and Piano (Chicago Premiere) Ernest Chausson: Poëme (of triumphant love) George Gershwin: Porgy & Bess - Four Songs Ernest Chausson: Grand Concert - Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet

7:30pm - DINNER BREAK - Meet the Artists / Food / Impromptus / Conversations @ Merit: Kaffeehaus and Ludwig’s Salon 8:30pm - LOVE NOW - Jeff Zeigler, Cello Mischa Zupko, Piano & Glenn Kotche, Percussion @ Merit: B-Spot Felipe Perez Santiago: Glaub Paola Prestini: Listen, Quiet John Zorn: The Confusion of Tongues (World Premiere) Philip Glass: Work for Solo Cello (Chicago Premiere) Mohammed Fairouz: Al-Sham (World Premiere) Mischa Zupko: Love Obsession (World Premiere) Glenn Kotche: World Premiere

10:30pm - EXPERIMENTAL SHADES - GRAY: A False Sense of Silence (founded by Jean-Michel Basquiat & Michael Holman in 1979) with Michael Holman and Nick Taylor @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon A surreal tribute to silent film-live musical scores that has all the intensity, color and emotional charge of Gray's evocative music, while connecting to the legendary music of Beethoven.

12:00am - STILTE (SILENCE) - Sound and Sight Artists Rachel Monosov and Seppe Van den Berghe @ Merit - B-Spot An Original Work (World Premiere) Music Becomes Visible Images Become Sound

DAY 07 - FRIDAY September 13 12pm - DAWN, DUSK - Soheil Nasseri, Piano (Free) @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon (in partnership with the PianoForte Foundation) Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata Number 16 in G major, Opus 31 Number 1 Michael Hersch: Tenebrae (2010) Chicago Premiere Michael Hersch: 2 Lullabies (2011) Chicago Premiere

3:00pm - THE POETRY OF LOVE - Evan Boyer, Baritone & Alan Darling, Piano @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Guy Ropartz: "Quatre poèmes d'après l'Intermezzo d'Heine" Robert Schumann: "Dichterliebe" Opus 48 Franz Schubert: The Heine Lieder from Schwanengesang

4:30pm - THE STRINGS (HEART) - Inna Faliks, Piano Recital @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Ludwig van Beethoven: Polonaise Opus 89 & Sonata Opus 57 (Appassionata) Robert Schumann: Davidsbundler Opus 6

6:00pm - INTIMATE PINTSCHER/BEETHOVEN - International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) Co-produced by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) and the International Beethoven Project

@ Merit: B-Spot Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture (arr. William Schimmel) - William Schimmel, accordion Matthias Pintscher: dernier espace avec introspecteur - William Schimmel, accordion;; Katinka Kleijn, cello Matthias Pintscher: study II for treatise on the veil - David Bowlin, violin;; Maiya Papach, viola;; Katinka Kleijn, cello Beethoven: Trio in G Major, Opus 9, No. 1 - David Bowlin, violin;; Maiya Papach, viola;; Katinka Kleijn, cello

7:30pm - DINNER BREAK - Meet the Artists / Food / Impromptus / Conversations @ Merit: Kaffeehaus and Ludwig’s Salon 8:30pm - LOVE BE WEIRD - JACK String Quartet with Derek Bermel, Clarinet @ Merit: B-Spot Rodericus: Algelorum Psalat arranged by Christopher Otto (Arranged by Ari Streisfeld) Wolfgang von Schweinitz: Plainsound String Quartet "Holy Howl" (US premiere) (Ari Streisfeld) John Zorn: The Dead Man Derek Bermel: A Short History of the Universe (as related by Nima Arkani-Hamed)

10:30pm - CITY LOVE PART II - Prometheus Modern - Chicago Composers Showcase Lindsay Kesselman, Soprano;; Mischa Zupko, Piano;; Nicholas Photinos, Cello;; Timothy McAllister, Alto Saxophone;; Mathias Tacke, Violin;; Jesse Langen, Guitar

@ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Stacy Garrop: Dirge Without Music / Fragmented Spirit / Silver Dagger Marcos Balter: Memoria / Pois que nada dure, ou que durando / Ignis Fatuus

12am - LOVE TRIANGLE - A Multi-Disciplinary Electro-Acoustic-Visual Project Led by Alex Rowney @ Merit: B-Spot A multimedia performance piece integrating electroacoustic instrumentation, analog film loop projection, and digital video projection (World Premiere)

DAY 08 - SATURDAY September 14 11:00am - B-CHAT - Coffee & Doughnuts @ Merit - Ludwig’s Salon Artistic Director George Lepauw / Music Director Aurelien Pederzoli / Art Director Catinca Tabacaru Education Director Sarah Ritch / Executive Director Steve Takaki

12pm - I’M YOURS - Arianna Zukerman, Soprano & George Lepauw, Piano @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon George Frederick Handel / Franz Schubert / Johannes Brahms / Hugo Wolf / Richard Strauss / Reynaldo Hahn Steven Sondheim / Ben Moore / Richard Pearson Thomas / Jack Heggie

1:30pm - BLOW IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT - Derek Bermel, Clarinet & Prometheus Modern With Mathias Tacke, Violin;; Mischa Zupko, Piano;; Lindsay Kesselman, Soprano;; Joann Cho, Piano;; Jesse Langen, Guitar;; Nicholas Photinos, Cello;; Timothy McAllister, Alto Saxophone;; Matthew Duvall, Percussion;; Kit Polen, Bass;; Tim Munro, Flute;; Michael Maccafferi, Clarinet;; Yvonne Lam, Violin;; Lisa Kaplan, Piano

@ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Works by Composer-in-Residence Derek Bermel: Mulatash Stomp / Cabaret Songs (Mushrooms, Ma’s Big Kitchen) / Ritornello / Coming Together / Thrancian Sketches / Cabaret Songs (Black Hat, Spider Love, Dog) / Tied Shifts, 1st mvt)

3pm - EXPLODING 5EN5E5 - Bagatelle/Rockatelle Showcase Concert Curated by Mischa Zupko, Joe Darnaby, and Glenn Kotche @ Merit: B-Spot 28 World Classical and Rock Premieres inspired by Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony!

6:30pm - AMOR BRUJO - Spektral String Quartet & Julien Labro, Bandoneon @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Music for String Quartet and Bandoneon from South America

7:30pm - DINNER BREAK - Meet the Artists / Food / Impromptus / Conversations @ Merit: Kaffeehaus and Ludwig’s Salon 8:30pm - FATEFUL LOVE - Matthias Pintscher leads Orchestra Prometheus Chicago @ Chicago Temple Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade Number 10 K361 “Gran Partita” Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony Number 5 in C Minor Opus 67

10:30pm - RAGA OF LOVE - Ambi Subramaniam, Classical Indian Carnatic Violin Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Mridangam Percussion @ Merit: B-Spot Ambi Subramaniam is the new star of Classical Indian Carnatic Music, and will regale audiences with timeless sounds

1am - GRNDNG LOVE - An Erotic Evening @ Design Cloud: 118 N Peoria, Suite Nr. 2 (Two Blocks North of Merit) Performance Art, Prompted Play, Live Music, and Pancakes through the night. Must be 18.

DAY 09 - SUNDAY September 15 12:30pm - CIRCLE OF LOVE - Steven Spooner, Piano (Songs of Love and War) Arianna Zukerman, Soprano & George Lepauw, Piano (Free) @ Chicago Cultural Center: Claudia Cassidy Theater Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 69 No. 1, (Farewell) Schubert/Liszt: Standchen, from Schwanengesang Mohammed Fairouz: Piano Sonata Number 2 “The Last Resistance” (Chicago Premiere) Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata Opus 57 (Appassionata) And songs by Poulenc, Mendelssohn, Viardot-Garcia, Brahms and Beethoven.

3pm - DIALOGUE - International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) (Free) Co-produced by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), the Sunday Salon Series of the Chicago Cultural Center, and the International Beethoven Project. This program is part of OpenICE, a new ICE initiative to present contemporary music concerts worldwide that are free and open to the public.

@ Chicago Cultural Center: Preston Bradley Hall Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet Opus 20 - David Bowlin, violin;; Maiya Papach, viola;; Katinka Kleijn, cello;; Randall Zigler, bass;; Joshua Rubin, clarinet;; Rebekah Heller, bassoon;; David Byrd-Marrow, horn George Lewis: Born Obbligato - David Bowlin, violin;; Maiya Papach, viola;; Katinka Kleijn, cello;; Randall Zigler, bass;; Joshua Rubin, clarinet;; Rebekah Heller, bassoon;; David Byrd-Marrow, horn;; Steven Schick, conductor

5:00pm - LOVE LOST - Annelies: The Anne Frank Oratorio Arianna Zukerman, Soprano Bharat Chandra, Clarinet Lincoln Trio: Marta Aznavoorian, Piano;; Desiree Ruhstrat, Violin;; David Cunliffe, Cello Chicago Children’s Choir Conducted by Josephine Lee @ Chicago Temple James Whitbourn: Annelies - The Anne Frank Oratorio

7:30pm - HOLD, AND RELEASE - Matthias Pintscher leads Orchestra Prometheus Chicago @ Chicago Temple Richard Wagner: Prelude to Tristan und Isolde Matthias Pintscher: Songs from Solomon’s Garden (with Baritone Dave Govertson) Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony Number 6 in F Major Opus 68 “Pastoral”

9pm-1am - LOVE SENT, LOVE RECEIVED - Closing Celebration and 2014 Sneak-Peek Thomas Madeja Jazz Trio DJs Rachel Monosov and Justin Orvis Steimer @ Merit: Ludwig’s Salon Join us for one final party to celebrate LOVE 2013! And get the first word on Beethoven Festival: 2014...