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When I was in tenth grade, my pal Aubrey introduced me to the music of Camper Van Beethoven. After listening to Third Album, I was a groupie. Everything about Camper, from the violinist to the song titles and offbeat album cover, appealed to my bizarre adolescent psyche. I listened to them when I was awake; I listened to them when I was asleep; I bought their LP's their EP's, a three-inch CD single, their violinist's solo album, their collaborations with Eugene Chadbourne and all of the albums done by a spin-off group, Monks of Doom...
Dudley House Music Society--presentspianist Lois Shapiro performing Beethoven's Sonatain A-flat, Debussy's Images, Book I, Ravel'sMiroirs, and Boyakan's 2nd Piano Sonata. LehmanHall, 8 p.m. $8 general; $4 for students andseniors. Tickets are available at the HolyokeCenter Ticket Office and at the door...
...people telling you things like that that you have never wanted to listen to classical music in the first place. They are the same ones who insist that you be able to rattle off composers and titles, opus numbers and keys, if you dare express an interest in, say, Beethoven's symphonies...
Beaux Arts Trio--Menahem Pressler,piano; Isidore Cohen, violin; Peter Wiley,violin/cello present Mozart's Trio in G Major,Beethoven's Trio in D Major, and Mendelssoh's Trioin C minor. Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. $20, $19, $17,and $15 general; $8 for students and seniors. Call495-1700 for tickets...
...dimensional images and easy stereotypes are the currency of our dealings with classical music and classical musicians. Mozart is the boy prodigy; Beethoven, the tormented, deaf visionary; Bach the obscure wigged fellow who wrote that neat organ piece they play in horror flicks. In the same vein, Joseph Haydn is remembered as the long-lived "Father of the Symphony" who also penned the great oratorios "The Seasons" and "The Creation. "Yet Haydn's vocal works display a variety that challenges the preconceived notions. Haydn, despite his reputation, was a master of many genres...