Yuja Wang, Piano
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Performers
Yuja Wang, Piano
Program
GALUPPI Andante from Keyboard Sonata in C Major
SCRIABIN Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
RAVEL "Une barque sur l'océan" from Miroirs
MOMPOU "Secreto" from Impresiones intimas
BERG Piano Sonata
BACH Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911
CHOPIN Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 67, No. 4
BRAHMS Intermezzo in E Minor, Op. 119, No. 2
CHOPIN Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 4
BRAHMS Intermezzo in C-sharp Minor, Op. 117, No. 3
CHOPIN Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4
BRAHMS Romance in F Major, Op. 118, No. 5
SCRIABIN Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 30
Encores:
SCHUBERT "Gretchen am Spinnrade," D. 118 (arr. Franz Liszt)
PROKOFIEV Toccata in D Minor, Op. 11
GLUCK Mélodie from Orfeo ed Euridice (arr. Giovanni Sgambati)
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately two hours, including one 20-minute intermission.At a Glance
This evening’s program is as wide-ranging stylistically as it is chronologically. By juxtaposing music written in closely related keys, Yuja Wang shows how composers in different historical and cultural milieus deployed the resources of traditional tonality. Her selections further highlight the enduring appeal of the short “character piece”—one of the most characteristic genres of the 19th century—as well as the freely improvisational impulse that underlies music as outwardly diverse as Bach’s toccatas, Chopin’s mazurkas, and Brahms’s valedictory piano miniatures.
The rest of the program plunges into the musical maelstrom of the early 20th century. It’s framed by a pair of radically compressed but fundamentally Romantic sonatas by the visionary Russian composer-pianist Scriabin. Berg’s atonal but richly expressive piano sonata likewise makes a virtue of concision, while the small-scale musical essays by Ravel and Mompou hark back to the programmatic ethos of the 19th century.