EXPLORE THE GREATEST MASTERPIECES EVER WRITTEN FOR PIANO

 

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Cliburn Masterpiece is a new series that examines the who, what, when, where, and how of the greatest piano works. Cliburn laureates and other esteemed specialists, in and outside the field of music, join host Buddy Bray to lead us through the story of each piece—the composer, the background, the narrative, the characters, the technical difficulties, and more. Each episode ends with a standout, full performance of the piece from a past Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

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BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Paganini, op. 35
featuring Alexander Kobrin, 2005 Cliburn gold + James Ehnes, violinist

 

 


CORIGLIANO Etude Fantasy
featuring Elizabeth Joy Roe, 2005 Cliburn competitor and 2017 webcast host + John Corigliano, composer


SCHUMANN Fantasy in C Major, op. 17
featuring Alessandro Deljavan, 2013 Cliburn jury discretionary award + Judith Chernaik, author

 


BACH Overture in the French Style in B Minor, BWV 831
featuring Joyce Yang, 2005 Cliburn silver + Nicholas McGegan, conductor and 2017 & 2022 Cliburn Semifinal Round Conductor

 


ENCORES

 


 

MENDELSSOHN Fantasy in F-sharp Minor, op. 28 (“Scottish Sonata”)
featuring Dasol Kim, 2017 jury discretionary award + Joseph Kalichstein, professor of piano & chamber music at The Juilliard School


SCHUBERT Sonata in C Minor, D. 958
featuring Yekwon Sunwoo, 2017 gold medal + Dr. Susan Youens, professor emerita of musicology at University of Notre Dame


PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major, op. 84
featuring Georgy Tchaidze, 2017 finalist
Dr. Peter Kupfer, SMU associate professor and chair of musicology


RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit
featuring Haochen Zhang, 2009 gold medal
Marc-André Hamelin, pianist


SCRIABIN Sonata No. 5, op. 53
featuring Sean Chen, 2013 third prize
Jerome Lowenthal, pianist

 


SCHUMANN Kreisleriana, op. 16
featuring Rachel Cheung, 2017 finalist and audience award winner
Dr. Jeffrey Todd, TCU professor of modern languages and literature

 

 


MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
featuring Daniel Hsu, 2017 Cliburn bronze

 


BACH Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911
featuring Kenny Broberg, 2017 Cliburn silver


VINE Sonata No. 1
featuring Steven Lin, 2013 Cliburn jury discretionary award winner + Carl Vine, composer


CHOPIN Preludes, op. 28
featuring Fei-Fei, 2013 Cliburn finalist

 

 


STRAVINSKY Trois mouvements de Petrouchka
featuring Vadym Kholodenko, 2013 Cliburn gold + Marin Alsop, conductor