Keyboard Prodigy: Rachel Cheung

The 2005 Miami International Piano Festival featured the Festival debut of a thirteen-year-old pianist who not only sailed through a demanding program, but also proved herself capable of music-making on an exalted level. VAI is proud to present Ms. Cheung’s recital featuring works by Bach (Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue), Haydn (Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. 16/52), Liszt (Au bord d’une source; Étude in E major, La Chasse), Chopin (Variations Brillantes), Fauré (Nocturne No.1; Barcarolle No. 4; Impromptu No. 2), and Prokofiev (Sonata No. 3 in A minor). Encores by Aaron Copland and John Field. Taped April 14, 2005, at the Amaturo Theater, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Ft. Lauderdale. Color, Stereo, 76 minutes.

J. S. Bach (1685-1750): Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. 16/52
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Finale: Presto
Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Au bord d’une source, S156; Étude No. 5 in E major, La Chasse (from Études d’exécution transcendante d’après Paganini, S140)
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849): Variations Brillantes in B-fl at major, Op.12 (on an aria from Hérold’s Ludovic)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Nocturne No.1 in E-fl at minor, Op. 33, No. 1;
Barcarolle No. 4 in A-fl at major, Op. 44; Impromptu No. 2 in F minor, Op. 31
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28, “From Old Notebooks” – Allegro tempesto
Encores:
Aaron Copland (1900-1990): “Embittered” from Three Moods
Copland: “Jazzy” from Three Moods
John Field (1782-1837): Nocturne No. 8 in E minor, H. 46

RACHEL CHEUNG, piano

Live performance, April 14, 2005
Miami International Piano Festival
Amaturo Theater / Broward Center for the Performing Arts