The Firm Concert Archive: Season 2020
Posthumous Composer in Residence: Ludwig van Beethoven
Between 1996 and 2020, the Firm presented a total of 129 concerts with more than 750 works, including 321 first performances, by 114 different composers and featuring 110 performers.
*First performance
Concert 1: Aug 10th 2020
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Op. 82 No. 1 Hoffnung No. 2 Liebes-Klage No. 3 L'amante impaziente "Arietta buffa" No. 4 L'amante impaziente |
Bethany Hill and Charlotte Kelso | soprano |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Von Tod An die Mond | Yundi Yuan | piano |
| Raymond Chapman Smith | Kleinigkeiten* | Caleb Lavery-Brooks | guitar |
| Anne Cawrse | A woman's Song | ||
| Quentin Grant | Songs on Poems by Ilse Weber | ||
| Ilse Weber | Weigala | ||
| Rachel Bruerville | The Ebony and Ivory Cat Suite* | ||
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Adelaïde | ||
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Op. 82 No. 5 Lebens-Genuss |
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Concert 2: Sep 21st 2020
| Belinda Gehlert | Pandora's Box* | Konstantin Shamray | piano |
| Luke Altmann | Idle Hands* | ||
| Quentin Grant | Preludes | ||
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2 | ||
| Stephen Whittington | Le Tombeau de Satie | ||
| John Polglase | Variations on a Czech Folksong "Andulko" | ||
| Raymond Chapman Smith | Fantasien | ||
| Robert Schumann | Waldszenen (selections) |
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Concert 3: Dec 14th 2020
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Andante Favori WoO 70 | Michael Ierace | piano |
| David John Lang | Broken* | ||
| Luke Altmann | Idle hands, selection | ||
| Edward Macdowell | Woodland Sketches Op. 51 | ||
| Franz Schubert | Impromptus Op. 90 | ||
| Anne Cawrse | as flower, as fire* | ||
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata Op. 53 'Waldstein' |
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