Pulitzer Prize-winning, US Poet Laureate Rita Dove (1993–95) narrates an evening of Beethoven through her “masterful collection” of poems Sonata Mulattica, a lyrical, layered work which “[details] the volatile relationship between the Black violinist George Bridgetower and Beethoven” (Los Angeles Times).

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, "Kreutzer"

Rita Dove

Selections from Sonata Mulattica

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