Doorways. Half-Remembered Music (Susan Yang)

Chinese-American pianist Susan Yang presents a fascinating program that was born out of two ideas: the first was to juxtapose pieces from different eras and to draw unusual, subtle connections; the other was to demonstrate that, despite the progressive development in music, composers still look to the past and other cultures for inspiration.

J. S. BACH Prelude in C Major, BWV 846
CHOPIN Prelude in C Major, Op. 28, No. 1

CHOPIN Prelude in B Major, Op. 28, No. 11
SCRIABIN Prelude in B Major, Op. 11, No. 11

CHOPIN Prelude in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 13
SCRIABIN Prelude in G-flat Major, Op. 11, No. 13

SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude in B-flat Major, Op. 87, No. 21
J. S. BACH Prelude in B-flat Major, BWV 866

SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 34, No. 10
CHOPIN Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 10

CHOPIN Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 7
MOMPOU Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Var. 1 Tranquillo e molto amabile

DEBUSSY Bruyères, Préludes Book II
MESSIAEN Plainte calme, Préludes pour piano

DEBUSSY Le vent dans la plaine, Préludes Book I
MESSIAEN Un reflet dans le vent, Préludes pour piano

CHOPIN Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4
ALBRIGHT Fantasy-Mazurka, Five Chromatic Dances

DEBUSSY Golliwog’s Cakewalk, Children’s Corner, L. 113
CRUMB Golliwog Revisited, Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik

BRAHMS Intermezzo in E Minor, Op. 116 No. 5
WEBERN Variationen, Op. 27, I. Sehr mäßig

BARTÓK Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, No. 5 Allegro molto
BRUBECK Blue Rondo à la Turk