Master Series

MARCH 7, 8, 9, 2010
Amaturo Theater, Fort Lauderdale

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Sunday, March 7
3:00 p.m.
Ilya ItinProkofiev
Peter & the Wolf (solo piano version) Narrated by Martin Bookspan

More: http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/42972.html#tvf=tracks&TV=about

Sonata No. 7 B flat major ("War Sonata 2/Stalingrad"), Op. 83
   Allegro inquieto
   Andante caloroso
   Precipitato
More:    
http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/71518.html#tvf=tracks&TV=about

Sonata No. 8 B flat major ("War Sonata 3"), Op. 84
Andante Dolce
   Andante Sognando
   Vivace
More: 
http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/71522.html#tvf=tracks&TV=about

8:00 p.m.
Ilya Itin – Rachmaninoff 24 Preludes
24 Preludes Op. 3, Op 23, Op. 32

SPECIAL POST CONCERT INTERVIEW WITH ILYA ITIN & ADRIENNE SIRKEN

NOTE: For those to attend both the 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. performances, the evening concert is only $10.

SPECIAL DINNER OFFER: The Himmarshee Bar & Grille, located just down the street from the Broward Center, (210 Southwest 2nd Street) will be offering Festival Patrons their "Taste of Himmarshee" Menu which is a three course dinner, for only $35 (plus tax and gratuity). Guests can select from three to four appetizers, four entrees and two desserts. Festival attendees will receive a complimentary glass of house wine by showing their tickets or ticket stubs. Please call 954-524-1818 to make a reservation.

Monday, March 8
8:00 p.m.
Gulsin Onay (Turkey)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
 Sonata in Op.27, No. 2 ("Moonlight") in C Sharp Minor Op. 27 No. 2
   Adagio Sostenuto
   Allegretto
   Presto agitato

More:  http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/3962.html#tvf=tracks&TV=about 

BELA BARTOK (1881-1945)
 Sketches Op.9b
   Portrait of a girl
   See-saw, dickory daw
   Lento
   Non troppo lento
   Romanian folksong
   In Wallachian style
   Poco lento
More:   http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/3858.html#tvf=tracks&TV=about

FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
 Andante Spianato & Grand Polonaise, Op 22
More: http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/7285.html#tvf=tracks&TV=about

 Sonata in No. 3 B minor, Op.58
   Allegro maestoso
   Scherzo:Molto Vivace
   Largo
   Finale:Presto ma non tanto
More: http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/7217.html#tvf=tracks&TV=about 

Tuesday, March 9
8:00 p.m.
Jorge Luis Prats (Cuba)
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
 Symphonic Etudes  Op. 13
More: http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/25448.html#tvf=tracks&TV=about 

ISAAC ALBENIZ (1860-1909)
 'Iberia'
   El Corpus en Sevilla 
   Malaga- Jerez
More: 
http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/126330.html#tvf=tracks&TV=about



FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
 ‘Grazer Fantasie’ in C Major  (most likely composed  in 1818. It was found in 1962 and published in 1971)

 ‘Kupelwieser Walzer’ (a rarely performed miniature supposedly composed for the wedding of artist Paul Kupelwieser but never written down and passed on for generations until transcribed by Richard Strauss in 1943)

 FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
  ‘Soirees de Vienne’: Valse- Caprice d'apres Schubert No. 6
More:
 http://www.answers.com/soirees%20de%20vienne%20valse%20caprice%20for%20piano%20no%206%20I%20after%20Schubert%20d%20969%20779%20s%20427%206%20lw%20a131%206


 JOHANN STRAUSS (1825-1899)
 ' On The Beautiful Blue Danube' , arranged by Polish composer Andrei Schulz-Evler (1852-1905) as "Concert Arabesques on Motifs by Johann Strauss "

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