Weekend Concert Series
Schubert’s Final Piano Sonatas, Part One
Jonathan Biss, piano
Sunday, February 25, 2024
1:30 pm
CALDERWOOD HALL
PROGRAM
Franz Schubert - Impromptu in F minor, D. 935, No. 1 (1827)
Franz Schubert - Sonata in C minor, D. 958 (1828)
Tyson Gholston Davis - Abstract Musings (2024)
Boston premiere commissioned by Terezin Music Foundation
As part of his ongoing exploration of the idea of “late style,” pianist Jonathan Biss brings to the Gardner a three-part series that matches Schubert’s sublime final sonatas—written in the final months of his brief life—with three new commissions from American composers. Tyson Davis, the youngest composer in the series, has already been commissioned by the Juilliard String Quartet, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Eighth Blackbird.
Photo by Benjamin Ealovega
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This concert is made possible by the generous support of David Scudder in memory of his wife, Marie Louise Scudder.
Music at the Gardner is supported by Nora McNeely Hurley / Manitou Fund. Hemenway & Barnes LLP is the lead corporate sponsor of the Weekend Concert Series. The Museum thanks its generous concert donors: The Coogan Concert in memory of Peter Weston Coogan; Fitzpatrick Family Concert; James Lawrence Memorial Concert; Alford P. Rudnick Memorial Concert; David Scudder in memory of his wife, Marie Louise Scudder; Wendy Shattuck Young Artist Concert; and Willona Sinclair Memorial Concert. The piano is dedicated as the Alex d’Arbeloff Steinway. The harpsichord was generously donated by Dr. Robert Barstow in memory of Marion Huse, and its care is endowed in memory of Dr. Barstow by The Barstow Fund. Music at the Gardner is also supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which is supported by the state of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
