Extended program notes for thesis recital

Chaconne, Transcription for Piano in D minor J.S. Bach (arr. Ferruccio Busoni) Reflets dans l'eau from Images, Book 1 Claude Debussy A la Albeniz Rodion Shchedrin Basso Ostinato from Two Polyphonic Pieces Sonata-Reminiscenza, Op. 38, No. 1 Nikolai Medtner Die Loreley, S. 532 Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

A graduate piano recital

PROGRAM The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I..............Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue XXI in B flat major Prelude and Fugue XXII in b flat minor Sonata N. 11 in A major, K.331.......Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Theme and Variations Menuetto Allegretto Intermission Images Series II................................Claude-Achille Debussy (1862-1918) Poission d' or (Goldfish) Rhapsodies Op. 79 .................................Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) No. 1 in b minor No. 2 in g minor Etude in A flat Major, Op. 1, No. 2.....................Paul de Schlozer (1841-1898)

Lecture by Claude Viallat, given at Florida International University, November 10, 2011

Claude Viallat talks about his early life and shares the stories behind some of his newer works. Introduction by Carol Damian.