PROGRAMME

Scarlatti /Granados Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major and g minor, K.190 & K. 546
Beethoven Sonata in E flat, Op.7
Couperin Ordre No.14 in D
Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin

Following her scintillating concerto performance in the Mozart birthday concert in January, Xiaowen Shang returns to give a recital which reflects her interest in 18th century keyboard music.

Her programme includes a mighty early Sonata by Beethoven, some charming pieces by the leading French Baroque composer Couperin, and Ravel’s virtuoso tribute to great predecessor.

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As part of the Seigla Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland, Temporal Harmonies Inc. (THI) curates a rare-heard concert: in the first half of the concert, THI performs a programme that focus on solo and chamber music written in the last three decades. In the second half, THI invites audience to draw graphic scores and improvises based on their drawing.

PROGRAMME

Zygmund de Somogyi (1996)
         Music for the Quarter-Life Crisis (synth étude)

Ashkan Layegh (1997)
        Duet for Cello and Piano

Ashkan Layegh (1997)
        Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano

Caroline Shaw (1982)
        In Manus Tuas

Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023)
        Mirrors

Zygmund de Somogyi (1996)
       In the Event That You Stay: Trio for
       flute, cello and piano no. 1

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J.S. Bach - Well-tempered Clavier Book II No.1 in C Major Prelude & Fugue 

J.S. Bach Well-tempered Clavier Book II No.24 in B Minor Prelude & Fugue

Stravinsky - Sonata for Piano (1924)

I. Qtr. Note =112 

II. Adagietto

III: Qtr. Note = 112 

Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata K.190 in B-Flat major 

Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata K. 546 in G minor 

Granados - Piano Sonata No.9 in B-Flat Major, R VI: 1.9 (arr. of Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata K.190)

Granados - Piano Sonata No.8 in G minor, DLR VI: 1.8 (arr. of Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata K.546) 

Couperin - Pièces de Clavecin, Book 3, 14th Ordre in D Major 

I. Le Rossignol en amour

II. La Linote éfarouchée

III. Leatherhead Fauvétes Plaintives

IV. Le Rossignol vainqueur

V. La Julliet

VI. Le Carillon de Cithére

VII. Le Petit-Rien

Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin

I. Prelude

II. Fugue

III. Forlane

IV. Rigaudon

V. Minuet

VI. Toccata

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Head of Collections Susana Caldeira and pianist Xiaowen Shang give an evening tour of the Museum Piano Gallery.

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Pianist and harpsichordist Xiaowen Shang offers a deep dive into Bach’s second set of preludes and fugues, played on three keyboard instruments from the Academy’s collection.

JS BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (Selection)

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Curated by Joanna MacGregor, Head of Piano Department of Royal Academy of Music, Summer Piano Festival is a three-day music feast happening annually. This year’s focus is Robert Schumann, and all the events are free admission. I will perform in the last concert of the festival alongside with many amazing friends and colleagues including Joanna herself!

FOR CHILDREN
Album für die Jugend, Op 68
Kinderball, Op 130

Junyan Chen, Xiaowen Shang, Milda Daunoraitė, Tomos Boyles, Joanna MacGregor, Emanuil Ivanov piano

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Pianist and harpsichordist Xiaowen Shang, a 2024 BBC Music Magazine Rising Star, is known for her versatility and stylish approach to music of many eras. Tonight she plays French keyboard works spanning two centuries: Messiaen’s birdsong piece La Fauvette Passerinette, only recently uncovered in the composer’s archive; Couperin’s poetic 14th Suite; and Ravel’s impressionist Le Tombeau de Couperin.

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Programme:

James Francis Brown A Flourish for Bushey
World premiere of a BSO commission

Dvořák In Nature’s Realm, Op 91

Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16

Schumann Symphony No 3 in E flat ‘Rhenish’

Xiaowen Shang piano

Bushey Symphony Orchestra
George Vass conductor

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JS Bach - from Partita No 2 in D Minor (12')

I. Allemande

Il. Courante

III. Sarabande

N Paganini - Caprice No 5 (3')

J Widmann - Etude No 3 (5')

J Sibelius - Two Humoresques op. 87 (6')

I. Commodo

II. Allegro assai

G Kurtag - from Signs, Games and Messages:

(6')

• Perpetuum Mobile (for Ágnes Vadas)

• Hommage à J. S. B.

• Calmo, sognando (Stefan Romascanu in memoriam)

• Kromatikus feleselös

J Sibelius - from 5 Pieces op 81 (8)

I. Mazurka

Il. Rondino

III. Valse

M Ravel - Tzigane (10')

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