26/27 Recital Programmes
Programme 1
Bach French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816
Albéniz “El Puerto” from Iberia Suite, Book 1 No. 2
“Triana” from Iberia Suite, Book 2 No. 3
Liszt Fantasy on Mozart’s Figaro and Don Giovanni, S. 697
Interval
Glinka “The Lark” (arr. Balakirev)
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Programme 2
Brahms Intermezzo in E-flat major, Op. 117 No. 1
Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2
Schubert Four Impromptus, Op. 142
Interval
Chopin Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Programme 3
Chopin Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53
Nocturne in B major, Op. 9 No. 3
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 59 No. 1
Mazurka in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22
Interval
Chopin Waltz in E-flat major, Op. 18
Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 34 No. 1
Bolero in A minor, Op. 19
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
Programme 4
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite (arr. Pletnev)
Dumka in C minor, Op. 59
Beethoven Eroica Variations, Op. 35
Interval
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in D-flat major
Sonata in B minor, S. 17
Concerto Repertoire
Beethoven
Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73
Brahms
Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Chopin
Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Chopin - Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Gershwin
Concerto in F major
Grieg
Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Hummel
Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Op. 85
Liszt
Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S. 124
Mendelssohn
Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Mozart
Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482
Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
Prokofiev
Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Ravel
Concerto in G major, M. 83
Saint-Saëns
Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103
Schumann
Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Tchaikovsky
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44
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