The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors

 

Pianos/Pianists – A Celebration of the Keyboard

 

 

INON BARNATAN, piano
GILBERT KALISH, piano
ANNE-MARIE MCDERMOTT, piano
ANDRÉ-MICHEL SCHUB, piano
GILLES VONSATTEL, piano
WU HAN, piano

 

                       WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART        Andante and Five Variations in G major for Piano, Four Hands, K. 501   

                                                                    (1756-1791)        (1786)

                                                                                                Vonsattel,  Schub

 

                                            FELIX MENDELSSOHN        Andante and Variations in B-flat major for Two Pianos, Op. 83a

                                                                    (1809-1847)        (1844)

                                                                                                Barnatan, MCDermott

 

                                                       GABRIEL FAURÉ        Dolly Suite for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 56 (1893-96)

                                                                    (1845-1924)        Berceuse
Mi-a-ou
Le jardin de Dolly
Kitty-valse
Tendresse
Pas espagnol

                                                                                                Barnatan, Vonsattel

 

                                      WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI        Variations on a Theme of Paganini for Two Pianos (1941)

                                                                    (1913-1994)        Schub, McDermott

 

                                                                                                INTERMISSION

 

                                                 IGOR STRAVINSKY        The Rite of Spring for Piano, Four Hands (1911-13)

                                                                    (1882-1971)        PART I: THE ADORATION OF THE EARTH
Introduction (Day)
The Omens of Spring: Dance of the Maidens
Ritual of Abduction
Spring Rounds (Dances)
Ritual of the Rival Tribes
Procession of the Sage
Dance of the Earth
PART II: THE SACRIFICE
Introduction (Night)
Mystic Rites of the Maidens
Glorification of the Chosen Maiden
Evocation of the Ancestors
Ritual of the Ancestors
Sacrificial Dance of the Chosen Maiden

                                                                                                Kalish, Wu Han

 

 

The Chamber Music Society’s touring program is made possible in part by the Lila Acheson and DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

 

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