Professor Benjamin Korstvedt -- Music Worcester Conversati

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Music Worcester executive director Adrien Finlay has a conversation with Dr. Benjamin Korstvedt, professor of Musicology at Clark University, who has served as Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts and as Program Director for Music.

00:45 -- Ben explains his background as a musician and then as a professor of music at Clark University, and the courses he teaches there. 

05:00 -- Adrien asks Ben about Ludwig van Beethoven's influence on classical music's history and repertoire as both a composer and an entrepreneur. 

09:20 -- Adrien asks Ben to comment on Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata, which was supposed to have been performed by pianist Ilya Yakushev in Music Worcester's canceled concert season in spring of 2020. 

11:10 -- Ben and Adrien share and discuss their favorite Beethoven Piano works.

13:10 -- Ben comments on his favorite Beethoven recordings, including an old recording of the Archduke Trio with cellist Pablo Casals (amazon.com/Beethoven-Archduke-Schubert-Piano-Major/dp/B000005GMY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=casals+archduke&qid=1595601500&sr=8-1), The Beethoven Symphonies recorded by the Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly (amazon.com/Beethoven-Gewandhausorchester-Leipzig-Riccardo-Chailly/dp/B0065Y0TRY/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=beethoven+symphonies+leipzig&qid=1595601536&sr=8-8).

14:30 -- Ben shares his favorite Music Worcester presentation memories with Adrien, both as a student and a professor in Worcester. 

17:00 -- Ben shares thoughts on his favorite literature about Beethoven, particularly "Hearing Beethoven" by Robin Wallace. (amazon.com/Hearing-Beethoven-Story-Musical-Discovery/dp/022642975X)

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