Program

Robert Schumann, Kreisleriana, Op. 16

1. Äußerst bewegt (Very animated)

2. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch (Introspective and not too fast)

3. Sehr aufgeregt (Very agitated)

4. Sehr langsam (Very slowly)

5. Sehr lebhaft (Very lively)

6. Sehr langsam (Very slowly)

7. Sehr rasch (Very fast)

8. Schnell und spielend (Fast and playful)

John Burge, Twenty-Four Preludes for solo piano

Allegro energico

Spring Thaw

Off-beat Waltz

Igor Stravinsky, Three movements from "Petrushka"

I. Russian Dance

II. Petrushka's Room

III. The Shrovetide Fair; Mardi Gras

John Burge, Twenty-Four Preludes for solo piano

Spring Thaw

Off-beat Waltz

Allegro energico

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat Major, K. 333

1. Allegro

2. Andante cantabile

3. Allegretto

Johannes Brahms, Variations and Fugue on a Theme by G. F. Handel, Op. 24

Concours musical international de Montréal: Finals (III/IV)

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Cast

Yoichiro Chiba — Pianist (Japan)

Ying Li — Pianist (China)

Program notes

From May 10-13, get to know the finalists of the Concours musical international de Montréal (Montreal International Music Competition)! Twenty-six contestants from eleven different countries were selected for the competition's 19th edition, originally scheduled for 2020, and only eight will move on to the final round. Each of this year's finalists will include in their program three of the 24 Preludes for Solo Piano by John Burge, a work full of color and contrasts.

Places:
Ying Li: Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center, New York, United States

A closer look: featured composers

Robert Schumann

Igor Stravinsky

Domenico Scarlatti

Johannes Brahms

Further listening: featured works

Kreisleriana, Op. 16

Robert Schumann (Composer)

Three movements from "Petrushka"

Igor Stravinsky (Composer)