CHAMBER MUSIC: Pianist Byron Schenkman wraps up his three-part Beethoven series at Town Hall with works by Beethoven and composers who followed him: Moscheles and Mendelssohn. Moscheles, one of the great pianists of his time, was a friend of both Beethoven and Mendelssohn. Beethoven's variations on a theme of Handel ("See the conquering hero" from Judas Maccabeus) and Moscheles's adaptation of a Bach prelude pre-date Mendelssohn's Bach revival and give context for his first cello......

You think you know someone. A fiery one-off German Romantic wunderkind. You've had beers with this guy. And then this Neefe dude pops up. As Byron Schenkman told the Town Hall audience: During his first trip to Vienna, young Ludwig van Beethoven wrote home to Johann Gottlob Neefe in Bonn, "Should I ever become a great man, you too will have a share in my success." Neefe was Beethoven's teacher, mentor, and advocate for......

Since we liked Part I, we've locked like a laser onto Part II of Beethoven & Friends. This time it's personal. To get under the skin of Beethovenian myth, Byron Schenkman is going to play some music by Beethoven's influences and teachers (Bach, Haydn, Mozart), while kicking out the jams on the Senenade in D, Op. 41, and Variations on an Austrian Air, Op.105, No.3. Frankly, it's also just a good chance to hear......

RE: the sign on the door of the North Hill Bakery, we know pigeons are crafty little disease vectors, but this seems positively intolerant. >>>City Hall, Noon-1:00pm. As Boston Globe readers know, Byron Schenkman is a "superb" and "imaginative" pianist. The Seattle resident plays a 1-hour program ranging from classical to contemporary downtown at City Hall. Hear your tax dollars at work. >>>The general area around the QFC parking lot on 15th Ave E,......

Town Hall - All the Thrill of Cable Access, Live! (TM). In Seattle, this is actually a draw. Maybe it's also due to their PBS-minded Upstairs Downstairs set-up. Last night the upstairs was jammed with 800 perspiring Albrightists, ready to hear her declaim on the prospects for faith-based political strategery (we believe this is related to the President's plan to hold Condi over his head during battle, to bring the sun to a stop in......

Seattlest remembers well the day we were sitting at the Victrola back bar and Byron Schenkman, harpsichordist and co-founder of the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, turned to us and said, "I've been thinking about switching to piano." Well, you could have knocked us over with a skinny decaf latte. And if you think it's not big news, tell that to the Seattle Times, P-I, and Seattle Weekly. (We couldn't find the Stranger's most recent commentary --......

Hey, Seattlest, what are you doing this weekend? Seth is coughing up a lung or two. Michael vB, filing from the Victrola cafe, is delighted for an excuse to spend even more time there tonight: Byron Schenkman, the virtuoso harpsichordist/pianist from Seattle Baroque Orchestra is celebrating Mozart's 250th Birthday by banging out some Mozart numbers on the upright from 8-10pm. Also the film Cache (Hidden) has opened at the Guild 45th and he'd sure like......