Monday, May 7, 2018 • 8:00 p.m
Xizheng Wang
Graduate Recital
DePaul Concert Hall 800 West Belden Avenue • Chicago
Monday, May 7, 2018 • 8:00 p.m. DePaul Concert Hall Xizheng Wang, piano Graduate Recital
PROGRAM
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) Preludes, Op. 28 (1839) C major, Agitato A minor, Lento G major, Vivace E minor, Largo D major, Allegro molto B minor, Lento assai A major, Andantino F sharp minor, Molto agitato E major, Largo C sharp minor, Allegro molto B major, Vivace G sharp minor, Presto F sharp major, Lento E flat minor, Allegro D flat major, Sostenuto B flat minor, Presto con fuoco A flat major, Allegro molto F minor, Allegro molto E flat major, Vivace C minor, Largo B flat major, Cantabile G minor, Molto agitato F major, Moderato D minor, Allegro appassionato
Intermission
Xizheng Wang • April 29, 1993 Program
Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915) Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor “Sonata-Fantasy”, Op. 19 (1892-1897) Andante Presto
Xizheng Wang is from the studio of George Vatchnadze. This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of the degree Master of Music.
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Xizheng Wang • May 7, 2018
PROGRAM NOTES
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) Preludes, Op. 28 Duration: 40 minutes Chopin was born on March 1st, 1810 in Warsaw, Poland and died on October 17th, 1849 in Paris, France. These preludes were inspired by Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, in which there are two sets of preludes and fugues, which in total are 48 sets in 24 Major and Minor keys. Chopin only composed 24 preludes and excluded fugues. The music starts with C Major and A Minor and ends with B minor, which each prelude in the dominant key of the preceding prelude. Each prelude is constituted by single musical thought.
A prelude is supposed to be a short piece of music, usually a prelude to a longer piece of work. However, Chopin's prelude is not a concept of such a prelude. Each of his preludes is a complete picture or impression. Chopin was weak and sick since childhood. When he was 27 years old, he was suffering from lung diseases and his friends accompanied him to the Mediterranean island of Mejerka to help him get better. There, Chopin took inspiration and created these 24 preludes.
Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915) Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor “Sonata-Fantasy”, Op. 19 Duration: 12 minutes In 1892, the 20-year-old Scriabin traveled to Latvia and the landscape of the Baltic Sea impressed him. In 1893, when he arrived at the Yalta, he was fascinated by the Black Sea. Its flashes and calm in the moonlight deepened his determination to create a sea theme for his works. After he arrived in Genoa in 1895 around the Mediterranean Sea, he finally set out to gradually organize and write the motives that inspired him over the years and created the Piano Sonata. No. 2 in G-sharp Minor "Sonata Fantasy" Op. 19. The work was completed in 1897, and he also added the title of "Fantasy Sonata". This is a romantic and unpredictable work, fully embodying Scriabin's aesthetic concept at that time.
Xizheng Wang • April 29, 1993 Program Notes
The composer wrote a short ‘programme’ for his sonata: the first part evokes the calm of a night by the seashore in the South; in the development we hear the sombre agitation of the depths. The section in E major represents the tender moonlight which comes after the first dark of the night. The second movement, Presto, shows the stormy agitation of the vast expanse of ocean.
Notes by Xizheng Wang.
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