Great Music That Gives Us Hope and Inspiration (In-Person)
Fall (9 - 13 hours) | Available (Membership Required)
The 19th century brought us four masterworks with themes of hope, inspiration, and reconciliation that still resonate today in our time of tumult and division. Over six weeks we will listen to and discuss segments of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Ninth Symphony, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Berlioz’s Romeo & Juliette. Each of these works contains heart-stirring and sweeping emotional moments which lift the human spirit, and perhaps gives us hope for that ever elusive quest for peace on earth.
This course will consist of discussions between the Study Leader and participants.
- There are no required books for this course.
Moby Pearson
A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, violinist Moby Pearson has performed with chamber ensembles and orchestras for over 45 years. He has toured the great concert halls in Europe with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and coached student ensembles in the middle east as a member of the Apple Hill Chamber Players. Presently he resides in Brattleboro and is on the faculty of the Brattleboro Music Center, where he teaches, conducts, and offers courses in music appreciation.