Join WQXR at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Saturday, May 9, for a 13-hour marathon of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas, performed by 20 different pianists. The event starts at 10 am, with six sets throughout the day at the BAM Fisher building.
The sonata marathon brings together formidable Beethoven interpreters Timo Andres, Inon Barnatan, Alessio Bax, Michael Brown, Ran Dank, Adam Golka, Conor Hanick, Rachel Naomi Kudo, Jenny Lin, Shai Wosner and more, to tackle the blitzkrieg of the "Hammerklavier," the bucolic "Pastoral," the swan song Op.111, and all the rest. Tickets are available for two-hour blocks or an all-day pass. Buy tickets here. Tag your tweets and photos at the marathon with #RadioLoveFest.
Part of RadioLoveFest, the event reprises a 2011 marathon in The Greene Space at WQXR (part of Beethoven Awareness Month). Watch the final installment of that event below, and the entire video archive on this page.
2015 Lineup:
10 am:
Steven Beck: Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Gloria Chien: Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26, "Funeral March"
Ran Dank: Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "Tempest"
Anna Polonsky: Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78, "A Thérèse"
Steven Beck: Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79
Rachel Naomi Kudo: Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101
SOLD OUT 12:15 pm:
Shai Wosner: Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3
Ran Dank: Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1, "quasi una fantasia"
Alessio Bax: Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"
Rachel Naomi Kudo: Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, No. 1
Rachel Naomi Kudo: Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2
Timo Andres: Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein"
SOLD OUT 2:30 pm:
Steven Beck: Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2
Jenny Lin: Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique"
Timo Andres: Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14, No. 2
Conor Hanick: Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Adam Golka: Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier"
4:45 pm:
Inon Barnatan: Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7, "Grand Sonata"
Adam Golka: Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2
Kuok-Wai Lio: Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28, "Pastoral"
Liza Stepanova: Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1
Ching-Yun: Hu Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
SOLD OUT 7 pm:
Stewart Goodyear: Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3
Steven Lin: Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14, No. 1
Inon Barnatan: Sonata No. 23 in F minor, "Appassionata"
Tanya Bannister: Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a, "Les Adieux"
Kuok-Wai Lio: Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major. Op. 110
9:15 pm:
Michael Brown: Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1
Stewart Goodyear: Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major, Op. 22
Steven Lin: Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3, "The Hunt"
Michael Brown: Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54
Daria Rabotkina: Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
