INTERACTIVE ZOOM LECTURES

WITH RUSSELL STEINBERG, PH.D.

8 Tuesdays 4:00-6:00PM Pacific Time
September 13- November 8 2022
(no session October 4—Yom Kippur)  

Cost: $460 for the Full Series/$65 per Individual Session

Haydn: I was no wizard on any instrument, but I knew the possibilities and effects of each.

Mozart: If the Archbishop would trust me, I should soon make his orchestra famous; of this there is no doubt.

Beethoven: It seemed to me impossible to leave the world until I had brought forth all that I felt was within me.

Vienna at the end of the 18th century: Haydn is at the height of his powers, about to embark on a lucrative trip to London, after which he will stop in Bonn to audition his future pupil, the young Beethoven; meanwhile, Mozart furiously attempts to write himself out of poverty with his opera The Magic Flute and the Requiem mass...

Three of history’s greatest composers crossed paths, knew each other and were intimately acquainted with each other’s works. Drawn to Vienna, the musical capital in the Age of Enlightenment, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven developed a musical language to which all subsequent eras are still compared. These evenings explore the classical style in the context of the lives and works of all three composers. We will build listening skills that will make all classical music more approachable and enjoyable—plus a liberal sprinkling of anecdotes! Open to both new and experienced music listeners.

1.    September 13
Vienna and the Age of Enlightenment

2.    September 20
The Language of Sonata

3.    September 27
Haydn the Kapellmeister

NO SESSION OCTOBER 4 (YOM KIPPUR)

4.    October 11
Mozart the Prodigy

5.    October 18
Beethoven the Rebel

6.    October 25
Piano Sonatas

7.    November 1
String Quartets

8.    November 8
Symphonies

 CONTENT

1.    September 13
Vienna and the Age of Enlightenment
A Changing Musical Aesthetic (Baroque to Classical)

Musical “Thumbprints” and Thumbnail bios:
Haydn the Kapellmeister
Mozart the Prodigy
Beethoven the Rebel

2.    September 20
The Language of Sonata
Hearing Harmony and Binary Dance Forms
The Parts of the Exposition
The Suspension of the Development
The Many Resolutions and Solutions of the Recapitulation and Coda

3.    September 27
Haydn the Kapellmeister
His life and many examples of his music–the famous story of his skull!

NO SESSION OCTOBER 4 (YOM KIPPUR)

4.    October 11
Mozart the Prodigy
His life and many examples of his music. His great friendship with Haydn.

5.    October 18
Beethoven the Rebel
His life and examples of his music from all three periods. His studies and relationship with his Haydn.

6.    October 25
Piano Sonatas
Haydn Piano Sonata in C# minor Hob. XVI/36, Piano Sonata in E flat major Hob.XVI/49

Mozart Piano Sonata  K457 in C minor (#14b), Piano Sonata in C major K545

Beethoven Piano Sonatas op.2#1; Appassionata  op. 57

7.    November 1
String Quartets
Haydn “Emperor” String Quartet, op. 76 # 3
Mozart: String Quartet K.465 (Dissonant)

Beethoven “Rasumovsky” String Quartet op. 59 #1
Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 131

8.    November 8
Symphonies
Symphonies of Three Grand Architects
Haydn Symphony #104 (“London”)

Mozart Symphony #41  (“Jupiter”)

Beethoven Symphony #1, Symphony #6 ("Pastoral")