Kevin Liang, Senior Piano Recital

Collaborators

Xiaoman Ke, violin
Weian Gu, cello

Program

Program Notes

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in A-flat Major, BWV 862
     from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Keyboard Sonata No. 60 in C Major, Hob. XVI:50
     I. Allegro
     II. Adagio
     III. Allegro molto

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Papillons, Op. 2

-Intermission-

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Suite Bergamasque, L. 75
     I. Prélude
     II. Menuet
     III. Clair de Lune
     IV. Passepied

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G Minor 
Xiaoman Ke, violin
Weian Gu, cello

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