26/27 Recital Programmes
Programme 1
Chopin:
Nocturne in B major, Op. 9 No. 3
Four Mazurkas, Op. 33
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Interval
Tchaikovsky:
Dumka in C minor, Op. 59
Selections from The Seasons, Op. 37a
III. March: Song of the Lark
VI. June: Barcarolle
VII. July: Song of the Reaper
VIII. August: Harvest
IX. September: The Hunt
XI. November: Troika
XII. December: Christmas
Balakirev: Islamey, Op. 18
Programme 2
Beethoven:
Variations and Fugue in E-flat major "Eroica", Op. 35
Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata", Op. 57
Interval
Liszt:
Valse de l'opéra "Faust", S. 407
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, S. 244
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, S. 161 No. 5
Spanish Rhapsody, S. 254
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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