The Board of 51 Walden and the Concord Orchestra are arranging for well-known Canadian pianist Louise Bessette to play Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata at 51 Walden on Sunday afternoon September 8, 2024.
As part of the year-long celebration of the 250th anniversary of the fight at the Old North Bridge, Canadian pianist Louise Bessette will give a lecture and then perform The Concord Sonata by Charles Ives at The Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden on Sunday, September 8 at 2 p.m. Admission will be free.
The Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840–60 (commonly known as The Concord Sonata) was composed by Charles Ives in 1915. It is one of Ives’ best-known and most highly regarded pieces. The sonata’s four movements represent figures associated with transcendentalism: Emerson, Hawthorne, The Alcotts, and Thoreau. The opening bars of Beethoven’s Symphony.
