George Bridgetower
October 6, 2019
Beethoven with a side of poetry
"Sonata
for a crazy mulatto." The dedication Beethoven wrote on the score of
his towering "Kreutzer" Sonata was presumably meant affectionately, but
would not play well today. The dedicatee in question was George
Bridgetower, an Afro-European violinist who gave the first performance
of the "Kreutzer" in 1803, with Beethoven on piano. The sonata is the
centerpiece of LOFTrecital's Oktoberfest concert, where Alastair
Witherspoon's performance with pianist Sofia Mycyk will be intercut with
readings from Rita Dove's "Sonata Mulattica," a set of poems about
Bridgetower read by Paige Reynolds. (7 p.m. Sat., Good Arts Collective,
810 S. 7th St., Mpls.; pay-what-you-can from $5, facebook.com/LOFTrecital)
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