Beethoven Encounters: From the Toscanini Archives

The Library for the Performing Arts continues its focus on the chamber music of Ludwig van Beethoven. Join us for a morning of casual classical music coffee talk, and hear rare recordings from the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. Featured on our playlist will be non-commercial recordings from the Toscanini Legacy  Collection, including the maestro’s string orchestra arrangements of some the most profound movements of Beethoven’s late quartets, plus NBC Orchestra string players presenting a private string quartet concert at Toscanini’s Villa Pauline in 1955.

Reserve your seat HERE starting December 16 (If you need assistance with online reservations, please visit the welcome desk at the Library for the Performing Arts' Lincoln Center Plaza entrance, where volunteers will make a reservation for you, even if you do not use email. All registered seats are released 15 minutes before start time, so we recommend that you arrive early.)

This event takes place in the Library for the Performing Arts' Cafe, on the first floor, Lincoln Center plaza level.  Enter via the Cafe entrance by ascending the stairs at the corner of Amsterdam Ave. and West 65th St.  Mobility impaired people may enter via 111 Amsterdam Ave.