The American Pianists Association Awards (1st of 4)

Tonight at 7:00 on the "The Evening Concert" on WILL-FM we’ll have the first of four Monday nights focused on the American Pianists Association Awards. On the program performances of Chopin’s “Allegro Spianato and Grand Polonaise”, Liszt’s “Rhapsody Espagnole”, and a number of the “Etude Tableaux’ by Rachmaninoff.

Monday February 3: Special Series: American Pianists Association:

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         CHOPIN: Allegro Spianato et Grande  Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 (Claire Huangci, piano)

         KAPUSTIN: Concert Etude, Op. 40, No. 3 in E Minor, Toccatina (C. Huangci, p.)

         SCHUBERT: Impromptu in G-Flat Minor, Op. 90, No. 3 (Eric Zuber, piano)

         LISZT: Rhapsody Espagnole, S. 254 (E. Zuber, p.)

    SCARLATTI: Sonata in B Minor, K. 27; Sonata in A Major, K. 212 (Sara Daneshpour, piano)

    RACHMANINOFF:  Étude-tableaux in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 2; Étude-tableaux in E-flat Minor, Op. 33, No. 5;  Étude-tableaux in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6;   (S. Daneshpour, p.)

BEETHOVEN: Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 27,  No. 1, Quasi una fantasia: 1st mvt.  (Sean      Chen, piano)

SCRIABIN: Sonata No. 5, Op. 53(S. Chen, p.)

SCARLATTI: Sonata in G Major, K. 146 (Andrew Staupe, piano)
ALBENIZ: Evocation from Iberia (A. Staupe, p.)
CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39(A. Staupe, p.)