Schedule:

Sunday, January 15, 2023

4:00pm: Frederic Chiu, Piano

Frederic Chiu, appearing in our series for a third time, performs in major venues across five continents. He collaborates with classical music friends Joshua Bell, Pierre Amoyal, Gary Hoffman, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet, as well as non-Classical friends like jazz pianist Bob James, writer/storyteller David Gonzalez, Shakespearean actor Brian Bedford, and the clown Buffo, trying to bring the vivid live concert experience to as many people as possible.

For us, Frederic Chiu will perform works of teenage Chopin and Mendelssohn.

Program:

“Classical Smackdown” Teenage Felix Mendelssohn vs. Teenage Frederic Chopin

Round 1
Polonaise in G Minor (7 years old)
Polonaise in A-flat Major (11 years old)    
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Sonata in G Minor, Opus 105, Allegro (12 years old)    
F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Round 2
Sonata in E Major, Opus 6 (16 years old)    
F. Mendelssohn
Allegretto con espressione
Tempo di Menuetto – Più Vivace
Recitativo: Adagio e senza tempo – Andante – Allegretto con espressione   
Molto Allegro e vivace – Allegretto con espressione

Nocturne in E Minor, Opus Posthume 72, #1 (17 years old)
Mazurka in A Minor, Opus 17, #4 (15 years old)
Four Etudes from Opus 10 (19 years old)
No. 9 in F Minor
No. 10 in A-flat Major
No. 11 in E-flat Major
No. 8 in F Major
Frédéric Chopin

Round 3
Rondeau in C Major, Opus 73 (18 years old)
Frédéric Chopin

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Opus 14 (15 years old)
F. Mendelssohn

Sunday, January 29, 2023

4:00pm: Zhu Wang, Piano

Zhu Wang’s “sensitive and engaging performances exhibit a remarkable depth of musicianship and poise beyond his age.” (Fou Ts'ong, world-renowned pianist)

Praised for his “technical mastery and deep sense of lyricism,” (The Durango Herald), pianist Zhu Wang was awarded First Prize in the 2020 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. He is the winner of many other competitions, including being one of three finalists in the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, and he has been a featured soloist on WQXR’s Young Artist Showcase and WFMT’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts.

Program:

Sonata in D Minor, L. 108
Doménico Scarlatti(1685–1757)

Piano Sonata in G Major, Op. 31, No.1
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Allegro vivace
Adagio grazioso
Rondo

The Firebird Suite
Igor Stravinsky
Transcription by Guido Agosti (1882–1971)

Intermission

Impromptu in B-flat Major, Op. 142, No.3
Franz Schubert(1797–1828)

Réminiscences de Norma
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Sunday, February 19, 2023

4:00pm: Drew Petersen, piano

Acclaimed young American pianist Drew Petersen is a sought-after soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He has been praised for his commanding and poetic performances of repertoire ranging from Bach to Zaimont and is the recipient of the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant, 2017 American Pianists Award, and the Christel DeHaan Fellow of the American Pianists Association.

Program:

Etude Fantasy, (1976)    
John Corigliano(b. 1938)

Etudes
Frédéric Chopin
Op. 25, Nos. 1–3 (1810–1849)
Op. 10, No. 8

Gaspard de la Nuit
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)

Intermission

Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Sunday, March 5, 2023

4:00pm: Gabriela Martinez, piano

Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez is quickly establishing a reputation and earning praise as a versatile artist who combines "panache and poetry" (Dallas Morning News) with a "sense of grace and clarity" (The Star Ledger). Versatile, daring, and insightful, she is establishing a reputation both nationally and internationally for the lyricism of her playing, her compelling interpretations, and her elegant stage presence. This is her first appearance in our series.

Program:

Resonances
Resonances is a journey that invites us to explore the reverberations within us; the search and inspiration that happens beneath the surface.

Heartbreaker    
Missy Mazzoli(b. 1980)

Portraits de Peintres (with spoken verses by Proust)
Reinaldo Hahn(1874–1947)

Gustave Le Gray    
Caroline Shaw (b. 1982)

Picture Etudes, selections
Adam Schoenberg(b. 1980)

Intermission

Veil    
Viet Cuong(b. 1990)

The Currents
Sarah Kirkland Snider (b. 1973)

Bachianas Brazileras No. 4
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1878–1959)

Date: Sunday, January 15, 2023 - Sunday, March 5, 2023

Location: Howland Cultural Center - 477 Main Street, Beacon, NY 12508

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