Church minus the religion
Eva Dameron
Issue date: 2/28/08 Section: Culture
This Sunday, they will be visited by the spirit of a funerary violinist, channeled through Felberg and his violin.
"We're going to be visited by Hieronymous Gratchenfleiss," Wurman said. "He's like the prophet of the Church of Beethoven. He's long dead. During his life, he played at funerals."
The Sunday after that, Matt Haimovitz, an Israeli-born international cello star, will expand upon his Saturday night performance at El Rey for the Church of Beethoven.
"I offered my services for his show, and he offered his," Wurman said. "He thought the Church of Beethoven sounded really cool."
He anticipates the services will grow and change as more people become involved.
"It's not a fixed," he said. "The only requirement is a high level of artistry. It's short and it's high-level. That's what we're after."
He likened planning each Sunday to putting together a dinner.
"Programming is so important - trying to find the right pieces to go together, what goes with what, what people want to hear," he said. "But the sense of it is like planning a meal. That's the best analogy. What are we going to have for the main course, the wine, the dessert? It's so important to get that right, and I think so many times it's not gotten right. The other thing is it's important that it doesn't cost anything. It's a free-will donation. We need to raise money to do this."
"We're going to be visited by Hieronymous Gratchenfleiss," Wurman said. "He's like the prophet of the Church of Beethoven. He's long dead. During his life, he played at funerals."
The Sunday after that, Matt Haimovitz, an Israeli-born international cello star, will expand upon his Saturday night performance at El Rey for the Church of Beethoven.
"I offered my services for his show, and he offered his," Wurman said. "He thought the Church of Beethoven sounded really cool."
He anticipates the services will grow and change as more people become involved.
"It's not a fixed," he said. "The only requirement is a high level of artistry. It's short and it's high-level. That's what we're after."
He likened planning each Sunday to putting together a dinner.
"Programming is so important - trying to find the right pieces to go together, what goes with what, what people want to hear," he said. "But the sense of it is like planning a meal. That's the best analogy. What are we going to have for the main course, the wine, the dessert? It's so important to get that right, and I think so many times it's not gotten right. The other thing is it's important that it doesn't cost anything. It's a free-will donation. We need to raise money to do this."
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