April26 Pianosen Liberte 004

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Session 2

Monday April 26, 2021 — 2:00 PM

Twenty-seven 45-minutes recitals, recorded in 13 cities. Webcast over nine sessions (three recitals per session) from April 26 to 29 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and April 30 at 10 a.m. (ET).

Program

  • Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 889
  • Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op.53
    Allegro con brio — Introduzione (Adagio molto) — Rondo (Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo)
  • Franz Liszt Rhapsodie espagnole, S. 254
  • Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata in E minor, BWV 914
  • Robert Schumann Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14 (Concerto without orchestra)
    Allegro brillante — Scherzo (Molto commodo) — Quasi variazioni (Andantino de Clara Wieck) — Prestissimo possible
  • Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846
  • Joseph Haydn Sonata No. 31 in A‑flat major, Hob XVI:46
    Allegro moderato — Adagio — Finale (Presto)
  • Frédéric Chopin Étude No. 10 in B minor (Études, Op. 25)
  • Alexandre Scriabine Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, ​“Black Mass”
    Moderato quasi andante — Molto meno vivo — Allegro, Più vivo — Allegro molto — Alla marcia — Più vivo — Allegro — Più vivo — Presto — Tempo primo
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff Allegro agitato in C minor (Études-Tableaux, Op. 39)
  • Franz Liszt Étude No. 6 in A minor (Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141)
    Thème et variations (Quasi presto, a capriccio)

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