Charles Rosen to Play at the Concert Hall

Renaissance man Charles Rosen will play a recital

of music from the last century at Middlebury College’s Concert

Hall in the Center for the Arts on Saturday, January 25, at 8

p.m.

Connoisseurs of the piano admire Charles Rosen’s

spirited excursions into an enormously varied repertoire. This

eminent musician, who has appeared with virtually every major

orchestra and conductor in the world, has collaborated with some

of the century’s greatest musical luminaries, including Pierre

Boulez, Elliott Carter, Gregor Piatigorsky, Isaac Stern, and Igor

Stravinsky.

Charles Rosen’s recordings of Beethoven’s last six

sonatas and the “Diabelli” Variations both received

Grammy Award nominations. Stereo Review called his Schumann:

The Revolutionary Masterpieces “electrifying,” while

The Washington Post praised the “renowned clarity,

rhythmic strength, and inexorable sense of design” for his

album Beethoven: The Great Middle Period Sonatas. The pianist’s

vast recording anthology also features his distinctive interpretations

of works by Bach, Brahms, Boulez, Chopin, Debussy, Haydn, Liszt,

Ravel, Scarlatti, Stravinsky, and Webern. Mr. Rosen’s book, The

Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, won the 1972 National

Book Award.

Tickets for this Concert Series performance are $9

general admission. Call 443-6433 to order tickets.