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  • Beethoven

    Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph with speaker Jan Swafford

    Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org

    Author and Beethoven biographer Jan Swafford will present an introduction to Beethoven for this summer's 250th celebration of his birth. Among many things, the lecture will explore the parallels between the Napoleonic Wars and their impact on Beethoven’s creations, and how it parallels with today's upheaval with COVID-19.

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  • Alasdair Neale

    Festival @ Home—Upbeat with Alasdair: The Big Picture

    Online broadcast at svmusicfestival.org

    As part of the Festival @ Home series of broadcasts this December-June, Music Director Alasdair Neale will present a pair of Upbeat with Alasdair talks, broadcast from his home. These presentations offer unique musical insight, previews of upcoming performances, and live Q & A with the virtual audience. Tonight’s talk explores the ways classical music both celebrates and illustrates the human condition.

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