Bach Week Festival - Sergei Babayan

Renowned pianist Sergei Babayan opens the 2024 Festival, with a tribute performance celebrating Bach Week Festival's 50th Anniversary.

PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 847
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 848
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) -transcr. Franz Liszt
"Der Müller und der Bach" S. 565 No. 2
"Aufenthalt" S. 560 No. 3
"Auf dem Wasser zu singen" S. 558 No. 2
"Die Stadt" S. 558 No. 11
"Gretchen am Spinnrade" S. 558 No. 8
"Ständchen von Shakespeare" S. 558 No. 8
"Erlkönig" S. 558 No. 4

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
"Liebeslied" (Widmung) S. 566 -transcr. Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
"Hymne de la nuit" S. 173a/1
"Romance" in E Minor S. 169, O pourquoi donc

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
"Where beauty dwells" from Twelve Songs, Op. 21 -transcr. Arcadi Volodos
"Melody" from Twelve Songs Op. 21 -transcr. Arcadi Volodos
"Dream" from Six Songs Op. 38 -transcr. Earl Wild

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
"Liebesleid" -transcr. Sergei Rachmaninoff

I N T E R M I S S I O N

Frederic Mompou (1893-1987)
Canción Nos. 6, 7, and 8 from “Cançons i Danses”

Komitas (1869-1935)
"Chinar es" -transcr.Villy Sargsyan

Harold Arlen (1905-1986)
"Over the Rainbow" -transcr. Keith Jarrett

Leonid Desyatnikov (b. 1955)
"Red arrowwood, green leaves" from "Songs of Bukovina"

Jesús Guridi (1886-1961)
"La carrasquilla" from "Danzas viejas"

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
"Einleitung und Lied" from Klaviermusik, Op. 37, Pt. 2, "Reihe kleiner Stücke"

Komitas(1869-1935)
"Berceuse" -transcr. Georgy Saradjian
"Semplice" from "Seven Songs"

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
"L'aurore" from "Chants du Rhin"

Stephen Reynolds (b. 1947)
"Chanson d'automne" from "Two Poems in Homage to Fauré"

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Improvisation No. 15 in C Minor
"Hommage à Edith Piaf" FP 176

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
"Au bord de l'eau", Op. 8 No. 1 -transcr. Sergei Babayan

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
"Les chemins de l'amour"

Charles Trenet (1913-2001)
"En avril à Paris" -transcr. Alexis Weissenberg

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
"Oh lady, be good!" -transcr. Maurice Whitney

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
"Aria" from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Tickets: VIP $50, Adults $35, Seniors $25, Students w/ID $15

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