CANCELED 23Jun24 Sun 3:30p HASKELL SMALL SADLY PROFESSOR SMALL PASSED AWAY IN JUNE ... 82/33

Canceled, Professor Small passed away in early June, Washington conservatory of Music is expected to announce a memorial program.

"Following a lengthy hospital stay for a 'Whipple procedure' surgery for pancreatic cancer, Haskell has returned to performing concerts, continuing to unearth new meaning in Beethoven's monumental Diabelli Variations." HASKELL SMALL returns to Milo for 10th performance. Event includes Light POTLUCK dinner buffet.

Learn more about Haskell Small: https://www.haskellsmall.com/
Faculty, Piano & Composition
Former Chair, Piano Dept.
Washington Conservatory of Music

Program:
33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120
(about a one hour performance with some spoken word}

Beethoven's 33 short variations of a waltz by the Austrian music publisher Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) are considered among the greatest variations in the entire piano repertoire, in the minds of many musicians equaled only by Bach's Goldberg Variations. In 1819 Diabelli, a dilettante who was more a music publisher than composer, wrote a simple waltz melody and asked several dozen Viennese composers — among them Franz Schubert, Carl Czerny, one of Mozart's two sons, and the then 9-year old Franz Liszt — to write a single variation.

The host will provide two hot hors d'oeuvres, maybe a side dish and punch or 3xfiltered water for a potluck reception when doors open, and following the performance. Guests are welcome to bring food and wine to share as well; if considering a sweet, think about fruit instead of processed sugar. Music begins 30 minutes after doors open; please arrive on time.

GroupMuse Ticket&Registration $25, or Advance payment of $21 PayPal PayMe Link, or mail check to host at least 7 days in advance. Please NO CASH at the event (illegal in MD). Expecting 10 to 20 attendees total. Actual performance lasts about 75 minutes.

Accessibility Note: 3 steps on walkway to entry hall, 30-inch doors inside.