Bargemusic's November program runs every Saturday and Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse at Pier 5, and every concert is free. The next one, on Saturday, Nov. 7, is pianist Jeffrey Swann playing Beethoven's last three piano sonatas, Op. 109, Op. 110 and Op. 111, as Part 8 of his series covering all of the composer's sonatas, with conversation between the pieces.

The rest of the month

  • Sunday, Nov. 8, 2 p.m.: a joint piano concert by Ursula Oppens and Jerome Lowenthal.
  • Saturday, Nov. 14, 2 p.m.: Bach, Bartók, Leclair and more, for two violins, for violin and viola, and for solo violin.
  • Sunday, Nov. 15, 2 p.m.: a duo piano recital with Alexander Peskanov and Coady Green.
  • Saturday, Nov. 21, 2 p.m.: A Kaleidoscope of Favorites, a piano recital by Asiya Korepanova.

Today's concert, Sunday, Nov. 1, is Part 7 of Swann's Beethoven series, titled Years of Pain and Struggle, which puts the Nov. 7 program at the end of the composer's sonata writing: Op. 109, 110 and 111 are the last three sonatas Beethoven wrote. Swann's series this year is billed as the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven with conversation.

Why the concerts are on land

For decades, Bargemusic played on a converted barge moored at Fulton Ferry Landing below the Brooklyn Bridge. That vessel, EL 375, was towed away, and the series moved ashore to the Boathouse at Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, where it christened its new home on April 5 with music by Mendelssohn and Beethoven played by artistic director and violinist Mark Peskanov, cellist Edward Arron and pianist Jeewon Park. Bargemusic says the search for a new boat has begun.

The move came with a change in price. Admission to every Bargemusic concert is free again this year, which the organization says is meant to make live chamber music reachable for families with children and anyone who could not otherwise buy a ticket. Donations are accepted on its website.

The room

The Boathouse sits below a grassy earthworks crescent that shields it from traffic noise, with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the East River and Lower Manhattan, and a wood-paneled hall that Bargemusic describes as warm and vibrant for chamber music. Restrooms are just to the right of the entrance.

Getting there

Pier 5 is in Brooklyn Bridge Park, at the foot of Brooklyn Heights. The closest subways are the 2 and 3 at Clark Street and the A and C at High Street, both about a 10- to 15-minute walk downhill to the waterfront, and the park's Joralemon Street entrance is a walk from the 2, 3, 4, 5 and R trains at Borough Hall. Bargemusic posts directions to the Boathouse on its website.

Concerts start at 2 p.m. No ticket is needed. Programs for each date are listed on Bargemusic's concert calendar.

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