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PIANO – KING OF INSTRUMENTS

Popular Series now in its Seventh Year!
Tickets: $15 Call 518-263-2063


Presented by Catskill Mountain Foundation
These three events are funded in part by the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation
All concerts take place in the Evelyn Weisberg Hall at the Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Hunter, NY

Click here for a map to the Doctorow Center

 

Saturday, May 16 – 8:00 p.m
"New Treasures from the Museum"
Hear music as it was heard 1500 and 200 years ago
New acquisitions unveiled in concert!

Please join us in a post-concert reception celebrating The Pleshakov Piano Museum's newly received Museum Charter and the beautiful new theater seats in Weisberg Hall.

Program:
Mozart – Fantasia in c minor, K.396
Bach – Italian Concerto BWV 971
Elena Winther

Liszt – "Les Preludes" arranged for piano duet by the composer
Elena Winther and Vladimir Pleshakov

Beethoven – Sonata in C major, Op.2/3
Mendelssohn – Fantasy in F-sharp minor (Scottish Sonata), Op.28
Vladimir Pleshakov

Saturday, July 25 – 8:00 p.m
"In Friendly Combat"
Husband-and-wife team preserve individuality while working as a team

Program:
Brahms – Sonata in F minor for Two Pianos, Op.34
Arensky – Suite, Op. 15 for Two Pianos
Stravinsky – "Petrushka" Three Scenes for Two Pianos
Elena Winther and Vladimir Pleshakov

Saturday, August 29 – 8:00 p.m
"The Legacy of Liszt"
Great works by the most striking composer-pianist in history.

Program:
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca ("Annèes de Pèlerinage" – Italy)
Sonata in B minor
Elena Winther

"Au bord d'une source" ("Annèes de Pèlerinage" – Switzerland) "Feux follets" (Transcendental Etudes)
"Reminiscences de Don Juan" Mozart-Liszt
Vladimir Pleshakov

Elena Winther and Vladimir Pleshakov are internationally-renowned concert pianists who have played in the world's most prestigious halls. They have a discography which is re-issued by different companies, and never goes off the market. They are the founders of the Pleshakov Piano Museum, which has a significant collection of instruments from the days of Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt. The museum also contains a trove of research material including records, books, scores, journals and tools.

 

Pleshakov Piano Museum
Doctorow Center for the Arts
Main Street
Hunter, New York 12442
518 263 3333

 

Piano, King of Instruments Series now, in its seventh year of presenting different composers and varied keyboard instruments with guest artists such as flutists, violinists and cellists. This program is supported by generous grants from the Doctorow Family Foundation and was the brain child of Jarvis Doctorow.
 

 
 
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