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WILLAMETTE WEEK ONLINE
Portland, Oregans' News Weekly. News & Culture
Stephen Marc Beaudoin, Community Music Center
September 23, 2009
"CLASSICAL"
Beethoven Piano Cycle: Final Concert
Pianist Eldred Marshall completes his marathon of Beethoven's complete
piano sonatas with this, his last of eight Portland concerts.
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All Classical FM
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Saturday, September 22, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Full Beethoven
Sonata Cycle by Pianist Eldred Marshall
The critically-acclaimed 26-year-old California pianist will tackle one of the most forbidding
peaks in classical music: performing all of Ludwig van Beethoven's
piano sonatas from memory in eight concerts. Four recitals will take place in September, two in October, and one each in November
and December, all staged at the Portland Community Music Center at 3350 S.E. Francis Street. Each concert will present, as
often as possible, a full range of Beethoven’s compositional development. The first concert
will begin with his first sonata, and the last will end with his last. The performances are free, but donations are welcomed
and encouraged. See separate listings for each event. Tonight, Marshall's
featured sonata is the Appassionata.
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QFX ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS…
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FAVORITE PIANO
WORKS
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Sonata no. 3 in f minor, op. 5 ~ Hungarian Dances
The Paganini
Variations op. 35 ~ Four Piano Pieces, op. 119
ELDRED MARSHALL
Saturday, April
25, 2009 – 8:00pm – Free
First
Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco
1187
Franklin Street – San Francisco, CA
For more information, please visit www.eldredmarshall.net
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NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Alton Garrett
August 19, 2008
(909) 725-4525
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Pianist Eldred Marshall to Returns
to Glendale to Perform All-Bach Recital
San
Bernardino, CA – The 27-year-old, California-based concert pianist Eldred Marshall will perform Bach’s
seminal “Goldberg Variations” at the Brand Library Recital Hall, located on 1601 West Mountain Street in Glendale, on
Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 3:00pm.
The concert is free to the public, yet
$20 donations at the door are suggested.
In June 2007, Marshall performed
a critically-acclaimed all-Beethoven recital at the Brand Library. Of that concert,
music critic Laurence Vittes wrote, “The artistic illumination was found in a young pianist named Eldred Marshall…He
presented a recital so full of thrills and beauties…that it was as if he were communing across the centuries to conjure
up a rare and magical musical spectrum.”
Marshall has performed all over
the United States and Europe . Highlights of his past
season include performing the entire cycle of 32 piano sonatas by Beethoven from memory in Portland , OR and San Francisco , CA .
This season, he will perform the “Goldberg Variations” all over the West
Coast, in addition to premiering new piano works by emerging composers, performing the entire piano oeuvre of Maurice Ravel and continuing to perform
chamber music.
He is an honor graduate of Yale University
and currently resides in Rancho Cucamonga . For more information, please visit
www.eldredmarshall.net.
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The Western Society of
Chamber Music
proudly presents
the fifteenth and final event of our
third season
A Free Evening of Chamber Music
Saturday, May 24, 2008
7:30pm
Merton E. Hill Auditorium
211
West Fifth Street, Ontario
beneath the clock tower on the corner of Fifth St. and Euclid Ave.
Admission is
FREE
Program:
Johannes Brahms: Viola Sonata No. 2 in E Major
Franz Schubert: Quintet in A Major, Op. 144, "The Trout"
Musicians:
ELDRED MARSHALL piano CHIKA EMORI violin KEVIN BISHOP viola
SEAN
FISCHER cello HOLLY FISCHER bass
For detailed directions and more information, please visit:
www.westernsocietyofchambermusic.org
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QFX ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS
PIANIST ELDRED MARSHALL
IN RECITAL
MOZART, BEETHOVEN, CHOPIN & LISZT
Friday, April 4, 2008, at 7:00pm
Irvine Presbyterian Church
4445
Alton Parkway
Irvine, California 92604
Mozart - Sonata in C Major, K. 330
Beethoven - Sonata no. 26 in E-flat major, op. 81a "Les Adieux"
Chopin - Polonaises, Mazurkas, Nocturnes
Liszt - Waldesrauschen, Mephisto Waltz
Free & open to the public. $20 donation suggested.
NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Alton
Garrett
February 28, 2008
(909) 725-4525
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Pianist Eldred Marshall Revises
Beethoven Concert Schedule
Sacramento,
CA – In the midst of his Beethoven series in San Francisco, pianist Eldred Marshall has been felled by bronchitis. Following his doctor’s orders, he is taking a rest for one week.
The “Pathetique” concert
has been rescheduled to March 8.
He has rescheduled the “Moonlight” concert to March 15. All
remaining concerts in the series will proceed as previously scheduled.
Here is the revised calendar of remaining
concerts:
Saturday, March 8 – 8:00pm (includes "Pathetique")
Saturday, March 15 – 8:00pm (includes "Moonlight")
Saturday, March 29 – 8:00pm (includes "Les Adieux")
Saturday, April 26 – 8:00pm (includes "Tempest")
Saturday, May 3 – 8:00pm (includes "Hammerklavier")
Saturday, May 31 – 8:00pm ("The Final Sonata: Sonata
no. 32")
All concerts are free and open to the public. $20 donation is suggested.
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NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Alton Garrett
February 5, 2008
(909) 725-4525
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Pianist Eldred Marshall
to Return to Portland
Sacramento, CA – Two months after completing a well-received,
eight-concert, Beethoven sonata cycle marathon, Eldred Marshall will return to Portland
to present a recital at the Old Church
in downtown Portland on February 23, 2008 at 8:00pm. The admission price is $10 at the door.
Initially billed
as a “Best of Chopin” concert, Marshall will transform
the concert into a knuckle-breaking concert featuring blockbusters by Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and Brahms. Among the favorites performed will be Schumann’s Fantasy
and Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz.
What: Eldred Marshall
in Piano Recital
When: February 23, 2008, 8:00p.m.
Where: The Old Church
- 1422 S.W. 11th Avenue; Portland, OR
Repertoire: Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and Brahms
Price: $10 at the door
For more information, visit
www.oldchurch.org or www.eldredmarshall.net.
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NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Alton
Garrett
December 21, 2007
(909) 725-4525
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Pianist Eldred Marshall
Returns to San Francisco to Perform Beethoven Cycle
Sacramento, CA – The rising star and twenty-six year-old
pianist Eldred Marshall successfully performed all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas from memory in eight concerts, spanning from
September 2007 to December 2007 in Portland, Oregon. In doing so, he became the first African American pianist to perform the feat.
He will continue
his West Coast Beethoven cycle tour in San Francisco to perform
the marathon in eight Saturday night concerts, spanning from January 2008 to May 2008.
All eight recitals will take place on selected Saturday nights at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco,
located on1187 Franklin Street at Geary.
Each recital will feature,
as often as possible, sonatas spanning Beethoven’s early, middle and late periods, while having a famous sonata to “anchor”
each program. The schematic is below:
Saturday, January 26 – 8:00pm (includes
"Appassionata")
Saturday, February 2 – 8:00pm (includes
"Waldstein")
Saturday, March 1 – 8:00pm (includes
"Pathetique")
Saturday, March 8 – 8:00pm (includes
"Moonlight")
Saturday, March 29 – 8:00pm (includes
"Les Adieux")
Saturday, April 26 – 8:00pm (includes
"Tempest")
Saturday, May 3 – 8:00pm (includes
"Hammerklavier")
Saturday, May 31 – 8:00pm ("The Final
Sonata: Sonata no. 32")
All concerts are free and
open to the public. $20 donation is strongly suggested. For more information, please visit www.eldredmarshall.net.
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NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Alton Garrett
November 24, 2007
(909) 725-4525
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Pianist
Eldred Marshall to Conclude His Beethoven Cycle
San Bernardino, CA.“ On
December 8, 2007, Eldred Marshall will become the first African-American to join the ranks of master pianists who have
publicly performed the entire series of the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas from memory. Pianists who have pulled
off this rarely-performed feat include Schnabel, Backhaus, Arrau, Kempff, Barenboim and Brendel.
The concert will take place
December 8 at the Portland Community Music Center, located at 3350 SE Francis Street at 8pm. This is the eighth concert
in a series of 8 recitals surveying the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven. Marshall will perform Sonatas 28, 30, 31
and 32.
"I shudder at the thought of being on any list that includes those pianists," says Marshall. "I
certainly did not embark on this cycle with that in mind--nor with possibly becoming the first Black to pull off this
feat. I performed this cycle because I love Beethoven and this cycle is an artistic, intellectual and musical challenge
that would take everything I've got plus more to complete. I am happy that the past seven concerts have gone well, the
series has community support, the audience is enthusiastic, and I look forward to a fantastic ending on December
8."
Admission is free, but $20 is the
suggested donation. Contact the Portland Music Center at (503) 823-3177 for more information.
Following this concert, he
will initiate his five-month Beethoven series in San Francisco in January, 2008, while continuing his concert schedule throughout
the West Coast. His schedule can be found on his website, www.eldredmarshall.net. ________________________________________________________________________________
All Classic Radio 89.9
Eldred’s
interview was on the radio show "Northwest Previews" Thursday September 20th at 6pm Pacific Time.
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Saturday, October 13 at 8:00am
Full Beethoven Sonata Cycle
by Pianist
Eldred Marshall
Featuring the Moonlight
sonata in this recital, the young pianist offers the fifth installment in his complete traversal, in eight performances, of
Beethoven's output in this musical form. (See September 22 listing for background.) Admission is free, but donations are encouraged.
At Portland Community Music Center, 3350 S.E. Francis Street.
Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:00pm
Full Beethoven Sonata Cycle
by Pianist Eldred Marshall
The critically-acclaimed 26-year-old California pianist
will tackle one of the most forbidding peaks in classical music: performing all of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonatas from
memory in eight concerts. Four recitals will take place in September, two in October, and one each in November and December,
all staged at the Portland Community Music Center at 3350 S.E. Francis Street. Each concert will present, as often as possible,
a full range of Beethoven’s compositional development. The first concert will begin with his first sonata, and the last
will end with his last. The performances are free, but donations are welcomed and encouraged. See separate listings for
each event. Tonight, Marshall's featured sonata is the Appassionata.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Alton Garrett
August 22, 2007
(909) 725-4525
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Pianist Eldred
Marshall to Perform Complete Piano Sonatas of Beethoven in Portland
San Bernardino, CA – Critically-acclaimed, award-winning
26-year-old California-based concert pianist Eldred Marshall will tackle one of the most
forbidding peaks in classical music: performing the entire series of piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven. He will
perform this music from memory in eight concerts.
The recitals will take place throughout September,
October, November and December of 2007. All performances will be held at the Portland Community Music Center, located
at 3350 SE Francis Street. The events are free, but donations are welcomed and encouraged. The exact dates and
times are as follows:
Concert I –
Saturday, September 22, 2007 – 8:00pm (incl. "Appassionata")
Concert II – Sunday, September 23, 2007 – 4:00pm (incl. "Waldstein"Concert
III – Saturday, September 29, 2007 – 8:00pm (incl. "Pathetique")
Concert IV – Sunday, September 30, 2007 – 4:00pm (incl. "Tempest") Concert
V – Saturday, October 13, 2007 – 8:00pm (incl. "Moonlight") Concert VI – Sunday, October 14, 2007 – 4:00pm
(incl. "Les Adieux") Concert VII – Saturday,
November 10, 2007 – 8:00pm (incl. "Hammerklavier")
Concert VIII – Saturday, December 8, 2007 – 8:00pm ("The Final Testament:
Sonatas 30-32")
Each concert will present, as often as possible, a
full range of Beethoven’s compositional development. The first concert will begin with his first sonata, and the
last will end with his last. In January and March, Mr. Marshall will repeat this series in San Francis, CA. More
information about his upcoming engagements is on his website, www.eldredmarshall.net.
Mr. Marshall began his piano studies at six, and began
playing in public at seven. His teachers include Barbara Hall, Brigitta Steidl, Lawrence Goldman, Elizabeth Parisot,
Daniel Pollack, and John Khouri. He has performed throughout the United States, Italy, Spain and the Republic of San Marino.
He made his piano and orchestra debut at 16, playing Brahms’s Second Piano Concerto. He is an honor graduate of
Yale University and currently resides in Sacramento and Rancho Cucamonga.
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