Members of the New York Piano Society
March 29, 2:30pm at Zankel Hall
Members of the New York Piano Society
NYPS, Natasha Paremski Artistic Director, presents its talented pianist members back on the Zankel stage in an afternoon featuring the illustrious concertmaster of NYC Ballet, Kurt Nikkanen, and the Grammy winning cellist Zuill Bailey in Tchaikovsky’s epic Piano Trio. Winner of Elena Leonova International Young Pianists Competition, 13 year old William Lehninger Swist, will make his Carnegie Hall debut, and with works by Dvorak, Liszt, Rachmaninov, and more, this promises to be a thrilling journey.
Members of the New York Piano Society
NYPS, Natasha Paremski Artistic Director, presents its talented pianist members back on the Zankel stage in an afternoon featuring the illustrious concertmaster of NYC Ballet, Kurt Nikkanen, and the Grammy winning cellist Zuill Bailey in Tchaikovsky’s epic Piano Trio. Winner of Elena Leonova International Young Pianists Competition, 13 year old William Lehninger Swist, will make his Carnegie Hall debut, and with works by Dvorak, Liszt, Rachmaninov, and more, this promises to be a thrilling journey.
Performers
Natasha Paremski, Artistic Director
Kurt Nikkanen, Violin
Zuill Bailey, Cello
Siqi Mou, Christian Poppell, Alex Shapiro, Celia Zhang, Ruby Ngo, Ben Jablonski, Len Horovitz, Carl Di Casoli, Tony Lee, William Lehninger Swist, Simon Yates, Giancarlo Facchi, June Wu, Stan Sisskin, and Yiran Wang, Piano
Michael Hewitt, Baritone
Program
BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor
DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2
DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op. 46, No. 2
HE ZHANHAO / CHEN GANG “Butterfly Lovers” (arr. Yin Deben / Jiang Hong)
TCHAIKOVSKY Finale from Swan Lake (arr. Kashkin)
TCHAIKOVSKY “June” from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 6
RACHMANINOFF Elégie in E-flat Minor from Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3, No. 1
RACHMANINOFF Allegro agitato from Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36
SCRIABIN Polonaise, Op. 21
LISZT Concert Etude No. 2 in F Minor, S. 144, “La leggierezza”
TCHAIKOVSKY “None but the Lonely Heart,” Op. 6, No. 6
TCHAIKOVSKY “Why?,” Op. 6, No. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY “Amid the din of the ball,” Op. 38, No. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Trio
