SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 7:30 pm
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) » Complete Waltzes
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) » Rachmaninoff Preludes
Opus 3, number 2 » Opus 23
Alexander Paley, piano
SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 3:00 pm
BEAUTIES & BEASTS: A PROGRAM FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) » Album pour enfants, Op. 39 (1878)
(Children’s Album; 24 simple pieces à la Schumann)
Morning Prayer (Утренная молитва) » Andante (G major, 24 bars)
Winter Morning (Зимнее утро) » Allegro (B minor, 64 bars)
Playing Hobby-Horses (Игра в лошадки) » Presto (D major, 72 bars)
Mama (Мама) » Moderato (G major, 36 bars)
March of the Wooden Soldiers (Марш деревянных солдатиков) » Moderato (D major, 48 bars)
The Sick Doll (Болезнь куклы) » Moderato (G minor, 42 bars)
The Doll’s Funeral (Похороны куклы) » Adagio (C minor, 48 bars)
Waltz (Вальс) » Allegro assai (E-flat major, 85 bars)
The New Doll (Новая кукла) » Allegro (B-flat major, 57 bars)
Mazurka (Мазурка) » Allegro non troppo, Tempo di mazurka (D minor, 52 bars)
Russian Song (Русская песня) » Allegro (F major, 30 bars)
The Accordion Player (Мужик на гармонике играет) » Adagio (B-flat major, 22 bars)
Kamarinskaya (Камаринская) » Vivace (D major, 49 bars)
Polka (Полька) » Moderato. Tempo di Polka (B-flat major, 30 bars)
Italian Song (Итальянская песенка) » Moderato assai (D major, 49 bars)
Old French Song (Старинная французская песенка) » Molto moderato (G minor, 32 bars)
German Song (Немецкая песенка) » Molto moderato (E-flat major, 26 bars)
Neapolitan Song (Неаполитанская песенка) » Andante (E-flat major, 54 bars)
Nanny’s Story (Нянина сказка) » Moderato (C major, 48 bars)
The Sorcerer (Баба-Яга) » Presto (E minor, 45 bars)
Sweet Dreams (Сладкая греза) » Moderato (C major, 48 bars)
Lark Song (Песня жаворонка) » Moderato (G major, 32 bars)
The Organ-Grinder Sings (Шарманщик поет) » Andante (G major, 32 bars)
In Church (В церкви) » Moderato (E minor, 52 bars)
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Ma mère l’oye; cinq pièces enfantines (Mother Goose Suite; five children’s pieces)
Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty)
Petit Poucet (Little Tom Thumb/Hop o’ My Thumb)
Laideronnette, Impératrice des pagodes (Little Ugly Girl, Empress of the Pagodas)
Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête (Conversation of Beauty and the Beast)
Le jardin féerique (The Fairy Garden)
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Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Petya i volk (Peter and the Wolf) » Op. 67 (1936)
Alexander Paley, piano
Daniel Stipe, piano
Pamela McClain, narrator