Beethoven on the Bluff Series Returns with Violin/Cello I

The Mary Pappert School of Music will present Violin/Cello I, the third installment of the Beethoven on the Bluff: The Early Years concert series, on Sunday, Jan. 12, at 3 p.m. in the PNC Recital Hall.

Violin/Cello I will feature Sonata #4 for Violin and Piano, op. 23; Sonata #5 for Violin and Piano, op. 24 Spring; and Two Sonatas for Cello and Piano, op. 5 (#1 and #2).

Concert performers include David Allen Wehr, pianist and the Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair at Duquesne University; Noah Bendix-Balgley, violinist and concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO); and Anne Martindale Williams, principal cellist for the PSO.The fourth and final Beethoven on the Bluff concert for the season, Violin/Cello II, will take place on Sunday, February 16, at 3 p.m.

A two-season concert series, Beethoven On the Bluff, features the major piano chamber works of renowned composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The first season, Beethoven On the Bluff: The Early Years, is comprised of four concerts that focus on the music that Beethoven wrote between 1793 and 1801, while he was in his 20s.

A $10 donation is suggested for admission to Violin/Cello II. For more information, call the School of Music at 412.396.6083 or visit www.duq.edu/beethoven.