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An Afternoon with Sean Chen

Starting on November 19, 2017 3:30 pm
Categories: Grand Encounters
Tags: Classical

An Afternoon with Sean Chen

Join 2013 American Pianists Awards winner Sean Chen for an afternoon of music under the ornate domed ceiling of the spectacular Indiana Landmarks Center. Varied solo repertoire to include Ravel’s Miroirs and Medtner’s Sonata-ballade. Get tickets here or call 317-450-9945.

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Program

Variations on a Theme of Chopin by Federico Mompou (1893 – 1987)

Theme: Andantino                                                                            

Variation 1: Tranquillo e molto amabile
Variation 2: Gracioso
Variation 3: Lento
Variation 4: Espressivo
Variation 5: Tempo di Mazurka
Variation 6: Recitativo
Variation 7: Allegro leggiero
Variation 8: Andante dolce e espressivo
Variation 9: Valse
Variation 10: Évocation. Cantabile molto espressivo
Variation 11: Lento dolce e legato
Variation 12: Galope y Epílogo

Sonata-Ballade, op. 27 by Nikolai Medtner (1880 – 1951)

Allegretto
Introduzione: Mesto
Finale: Allegro

 

Intermission

 

Miroirs by Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)

  1. "Noctuelles" ("Moths")
  2. "Oiseaux tristes" ("Sad Birds")
  3. "Une barque sur l'océan" ("A Boat on the Ocean")
  4. "Alborada del gracioso" ("The Jester's Aubade")
  5. "La vallée des cloches" ("The Valley of Bells")

From Le tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)

VI.    Toccata


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