Gallery Concerts: Jonathan Oddie – Visionary & Virtuoso Variations
Free
Jonathan Oddie, fortepiano
Fortepianist Jonathan Oddie isn’t afraid to repeat himself, but he never says the same thing twice! This deep dive into variation sets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven shows that a great idea is inexhaustible in its ability to generate fresh and surprising new forms. The program will include Beethoven’s “Eroica” Variations and Fugue, Op. 35, written at the peak of his struggle with encroaching deafness and prefiguring the final movement of the Third Symphony.
The broadcast will be available at 3pm Pacific.
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About Jonathan Oddie
Jonathan Oddie is a rare synergy of musician and scholar. In demand across the United States as a versatile performer on harpsichord, fortepiano, and continuo organ, he works with such leading musicians as violinist Dmitry Sinkovsky and flutist Janet See, and orchestras including Portland Baroque Orchestra and the Seattle Symphony. Mr. Oddie, currently visiting assistant professor of music in historical performance: historical keyboards at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, holds a doctorate in musicology from the University of Oxford, where he researched the instrumental music of English composer Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), and has published articles in the scholastic journals Early Music and Historical Performance. His awards include a Performer's Certificate from the Jacobs School of Music and a Frank Huntington Beebe Fellowship. Oddie studied piano and harpsichord at Indiana University, where his teachers included Elisabeth Wright, Jean-Louis Haguenauer, and Edmund Battersby.
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