2012 conference The Beethoven Question · Beethoven’s Piano Sonatasinclude works on Bruckner, Mahler and Wagner. Professor Barry Cooper Coffee Concert — Piano Recital by Ian Brown

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Conference Leader: Stephen JohnsonArtistic Director: Ian Ritchie

Speakers: John Suchet, Professor Age Smilde, Dr Edoardo Saccenti, Dr Paul Whittaker, Robert Fulford, Professor Nigel Osborne,

Lloyd Coleman, Professor Barry Cooper, Professor Richard Stokes, Professor Michael Trimble

with: Ian Brown piano, Stephan Loges bass-baritone, Anna Tilbrook piano, Sacconi Quartet

— Saturday 27th/Sunday 28th October 2012

Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London

The Beethoven Question:Can Art Make Life Worth Living?

Beethoven declared that his encroaching deafness would have led him to end his life had it not been for his art.

The worlds of music and medical science are brought together in a weekend of illustrated talks, discussions and performances

to consider what it is about music and the other arts that can help the human being rise above adversity.

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Sunday 28th October 2012 (Registration from 9.00)

10.00 Summary Stephen Johnson

Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Professor Barry Cooper

Coffee Concert — Piano Recital by Ian BrownBeethoven Piano Sonata WoO 47 No 2 in F minor (1783)Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 110 in A flat major (1821)

pa n e l d i s c u s s i o n The Need to PerformIan Brown, Stephen Johnson, Professor Barry Cooper and members of the Sacconi Quartet

Beethoven: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know?Professor Michael Trimble

Beethoven and Words:Beethoven’s approach to Word Settings and Folksong arrangements Professor Barry Cooper

Beethoven: Father of the Lied Professor Richard Stokes with Stephan Loges and Anna Tilbrook

pa n e l d i s c u s s i o n The Need to ListenMusic in the Face of Human ProblemsMichael Pugh, Stephen Johnson, Professor Michael Trimble and Lloyd Coleman

o p e n d i s c u s s i o n Can Art Make Life Worth Living?Ian Ritchie, Stephen Johnson, Professor Michael Trimble, Richard Stokes and Professor Barry Cooper

6.45 Concert — Sacconi QuartetStephan Loges, bass-baritone, Anna Tilbrook, piano

Signed by Dr Paul Whittaker OBE

Introduced by Ian Ritchie and Stephen Johnson

Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59 No.3 in C major, Razumovsky (1808)Beethoven Folksong arrangements (1813—1818) baritone and piano trio The Soldier Faithfu’ Johnie The Pulse of an IrishmanBeethoven An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98 — baritone and piano (1816)Beethoven String Quartet Op. 135 in F major (1826)

S P E A K E R S

Stephen Johnson, Writer, Music Journalist and Broadcaster, regular presenter of BBC Radio 3’s “Discovering Music”, his publications include works on Bruckner, Mahler and Wagner.

Ian Ritchie, Director of the City of London Festival, Artistic Director of the Setúbal Music Festival and Visiting Professor at London Metropolitan University.

John Suchet, Television and radio presenter, host of Classic FM’s flagship morning show and author of six books on Beethoven.

Professor Age Smilde and Dr Edoardo Saccenti of the Department of Biosystems Data Analysis, Amsterdam University.

Dr Paul Whittaker OBE, Founder and Artistic Director of Music and the Deaf, he has provided signed performances for The Sixteen, Ballet Rambert and the first accessible BBC Prom in 2010.

Robert Fulford, Researcher into interactive performance for musicians with hearing impairments at the Centre for Music Performance Research, Royal Northern College of Music.

Professor Nigel Osborne, Composer, Reid Professor of Music and Co-director IMHSD, University of Edinburgh, pioneer in the use of music therapy to help children traumatized by war.

Lloyd Coleman, Composer, prize-winner for three consecutive years in the BBC Young Composers’ Competition, is studying composition with Gary Carpenter at the Royal Academy of Music and has a moderate to severe hearing impairment.

Professor Barry Cooper, Beethoven scholar, Professor of Music at University of Manchester, his realisation of the first movement of Beethoven’s 10th Symphony was premiered at the RFH in 1988.

Professor Michael Trimble, Emeritus Professor of Behavioural Neurology, Institute of Neurology, writer on neuroanatomical concepts including the cerebral basis of artistic experience.

Professor Richard Stokes, Professor of Lieder at the Royal Academy of Music, authority on German and French song, translator and writer.

Stephan Loges, bass-baritone, Stephan has given recitals throughout the world, including Carnegie Hall, New York, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and City of London Festival.

Saturday 27th October 2012 (Registration from 9.00)

10.00 Introduction Stephen Johnson

Beethoven’s Life and Deafness John Suchet

Recent research into Beethoven’s deafness and his string quartet writing Professor Age Smilde and Dr Edoardo Saccenti with the Sacconi Quartet

Lost and Sound A film directed by Lindsey DrydenThis moving creative documentary weaves its way through a startling world of sound and silence of a dancer deaf since birth, a young pianist who lost her hearing as a baby and the music critic, Nick Coleman, facing sudden partial hearing loss. Featuring: Dr David Eagleman, Philip Ball, Professor Nigel Osborne, Dr Katie Overy, Professor David Huron, Dr Robert Zatorre.

Music and Deafness Introduced by Professor Michael TrimbleDr Paul Whittaker OBE

The Role of Art in Coping with Sensory ImpairmentRobert Fulford with Professor Nigel Osborne and Lloyd Coleman

pa n e l d i s c u s s i o n The Need to ComposeProfessor Nigel Osborne, Stephen Johnson, Professor Barry Cooper and Lloyd Coleman

6.45 Concert — Sacconi QuartetIntroduced by Ian Ritchie and Stephen JohnsonBeethoven String Quartet Op. 18 No.4 in C minor (1800)Lloyd Coleman String Quartet (2009)Beethoven String Quartet Op. 132 in A minor (1825)

Anna Tilbrook, piano, is one of Britain’s most exciting young pianists and chamber musicians

The Sacconi Quartet (Ben Hancox violin, Hannah Dawson violin, Robin Ashwell viola and Cara Berridge cello) has a fast-growing international reputation for brilliant performance and creative programming.

Ian Brown, piano, is one of the world’s leading chamber musicians, and has a growing reputation as a conductor.