First Parish Music Event
Sponsored by the Music Committee
Beethoven Birthday Celebration!
Paul-André Bempéchat, piano
Friday, December 16, 2022 @ 7:00 p.m.
PROGRAM
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, “Waldstein”, Op. 53 (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in f minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata” (1804-1805)
Piano Sonata No. 27 in e minor, Op. 90 (1814)
Net proceeds to benefit First Parish in Bedford & The Shelf
Suggested donations (collected at the door):
Adults $20
Seniors & Students $15
For on-line streaming, pay via this link: https://app.onechurchsoftware.com/uubedford/forms/31
First Parish in Bedford
On the Common
75 The Great Road, Bedford, MA 01730 (Rtes. 4/62/225)
Church Office: 781-275-7994
Biography for Paul-André Bempéchat
Renowned for his interpretations of the First Viennese School, Brahms, Schumann and Chopin, Paul-André Bempéchat is a self-styled, eclectic product of the Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School, where he worked with the legendary performer-teachers Artur Balsam, Nadia Reisenberg in piano and chamber music, and Martin Isepp in vocal accompanying. Bempéchat has toured in virtually every country in Europe, including major appearances at the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Barbican Centre London, the Philharmonics in Meiningen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Rotterdam and Belgrade; he has also appeared at the Wiener Festwochen, the Husum Festival of Rarities for the Piano, the Caramoor and Holland Festivals, and most recently Uppsala University. Colleagues and critics alike have hailed him as a singularly lucid, introspective interpreter capable of drawing audiences into a near-palpable relationship with the select composers he performs. Bempéchat records for Danacord Records, Copenhagen and is available for masterclasses, lecture-recitals and lectures in several languages.
For more information about M. Bempéchat, please visit his webstie: http://www.bempechat.com/
See you at the concert … and the birthday party reception afterwards!