Senior Piano Recital - University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2008
1. Premiere Arabasque - Debussy
2. Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor - Chopin
3. Des Pas Sur La Neige - Debussy
4. Moonlight, Piano Sonata No. 14 in
C-Sharp Minor, Op.27
Movement III - Beethoven
"Ochenta Por Favor" Presents...
Sara Gabriela Pfender, Vocals
Tim Hallowell, Guitar
5. Canciones de amor - Julieta Venegas
6. The Very Thought of You - Billie Holiday
7. Love Song - Sara Bareilles
Commentary:
I have studied my first four pieces throughout the past two semesters. They represent numerous different styles from the classical repertoire.
The Arabesque was composed by Debusy in the late 1880s. French Romanticism had a great influence on Debussy's works. The opening arpeggio sets up the rest of the piece for its dreamy and colorful journey. The Fantasie-Impromptu is one of Chopin's most well known pieces. The intricate combination of both hands creates a natural intensity within each moving line. Des Pas Sur La Neige, (Footprints in the snow), written later in Debussy's life in 1910, evokes a resigned sadness and solitude. This piece has been considered to be one of Debussy's most melancholy pieces ever written. The "Moonlight" Sonata is most famous for its dark first movement, followed by a light and calm second movement. This final movement, on the other hand, is stormy and in constant action with rapid progressions.
2. Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor - Chopin
3. Des Pas Sur La Neige - Debussy
4. Moonlight, Piano Sonata No. 14 in
C-Sharp Minor, Op.27
Movement III - Beethoven
"Ochenta Por Favor" Presents...
Sara Gabriela Pfender, Vocals
Tim Hallowell, Guitar
5. Canciones de amor - Julieta Venegas
6. The Very Thought of You - Billie Holiday
7. Love Song - Sara Bareilles
Commentary:
I have studied my first four pieces throughout the past two semesters. They represent numerous different styles from the classical repertoire.
The Arabesque was composed by Debusy in the late 1880s. French Romanticism had a great influence on Debussy's works. The opening arpeggio sets up the rest of the piece for its dreamy and colorful journey. The Fantasie-Impromptu is one of Chopin's most well known pieces. The intricate combination of both hands creates a natural intensity within each moving line. Des Pas Sur La Neige, (Footprints in the snow), written later in Debussy's life in 1910, evokes a resigned sadness and solitude. This piece has been considered to be one of Debussy's most melancholy pieces ever written. The "Moonlight" Sonata is most famous for its dark first movement, followed by a light and calm second movement. This final movement, on the other hand, is stormy and in constant action with rapid progressions.
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Sophomore Piano "Razital" - University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2006
1. Claire de Lune - Debussy
2. Polonaise in A., Op. 40 - Chopin
3. Consolation in D - Liszt
4. Comptine d'un autre éte: L'apres midi - Yann Tiersen
5. Sunflower Slow Drag - Joplin
6. Landed - Ben Folds
7/8. Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A Flat Major - Bach
9. Pathétique Mov. I
10. Pathétique Mov. II
11. Pathétique Mov. III
12. New York State of Mind
13. Landed - Ben Folds
Senior High School Piano Recital - 2004
1. Prelude in C# Minor - Rachmaninoff
2. Postludium, Op. 13, No. 10 - Dohnanyi
3. Golliwog's Cake Walk - Debussy
4. Waltz, Op. 64, No. 1 - Chopin
5. May Song - Op. 1, No. 3 - Granados
6. Prelude and Fugue, WTC Book 2, No. 15 - Bach
7. Maple Leaf Rag - Joplin
8. Solace - Joplin
9. Piano Man - Billy Joel
10. Carrying Cathy - Ben Folds
11. Bésame Mucho - Velazquez
12. The Piano - Nyman
13. Prelude #1 - Gershwin
14. Prelude #3 - Gershwin
15. Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, Mov. 1 - Grieg
2. Postludium, Op. 13, No. 10 - Dohnanyi
3. Golliwog's Cake Walk - Debussy
4. Waltz, Op. 64, No. 1 - Chopin
5. May Song - Op. 1, No. 3 - Granados
6. Prelude and Fugue, WTC Book 2, No. 15 - Bach
7. Maple Leaf Rag - Joplin
8. Solace - Joplin
9. Piano Man - Billy Joel
10. Carrying Cathy - Ben Folds
11. Bésame Mucho - Velazquez
12. The Piano - Nyman
13. Prelude #1 - Gershwin
14. Prelude #3 - Gershwin
15. Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, Mov. 1 - Grieg
