Programme
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Piano Sonata No. 8, D. 571
FREDERIC RZEWSKI
North American Ballads
FRANZ LISZT
12 Transcendental Etudes, S. 139
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Préludes
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS / FRANZ LISZT / VLADIMIR HOROWITZ
Danse macabre, Op. 40
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Gavotte et six double from the Suite No. 4 in A Minor, RCT 5
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
- Ji Liu piano
Ji Liu begins with two of Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes (Appassionata and Harmonie du soir). These selections belong to a series of twelve solo piano compositions dedicated to the Polish virtuoso’s teacher Czerny, and their technical challenges easily assert Liszt’s moniker as the “Paganini of the Piano.” The recital’s other highlights include Schubert’s unfinished Piano Sonata No. 8, two of Debussy’s Préludes, and Saint-Saëns’ spell-binding Danse macabre.