Levine Presents | Five Decades of Piano

Celebrate the legacy of piano teaching and performance at Levine with piano faculty duos representing each decade of the school’s history. Featuring works by Leonard Bernstein, William Bolcom, Johann Sebastian Bach, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Maurice Ravel.

Program

Cinderella Suite Op. 87 for Two Pianos  |  Sergei Prokofiev arr. Mikhail Pletnev
   V.  Cinderella’s Waltz

Anne Valerie Ter & Neel Perdue
coached by Dasha Gabay

Peer Gynt Suite, Op.46  |   Edvard Grieg arr. by A.D. Ruthardt
   Anitra’s Dance

Barbara Wing, Elizabeth Lane, Sayaka Jordan, & Melinda Baird

Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring |  Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140  |  Johann Sebastian Bach arr. by Leonard Duck
Sayaka Jordan & Wen-Yin Chan

West Side Story  |  Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim arr. by Barbara Wing

   1. I Feel Pretty
   2. Somewhere
   3. Tonight

Barbara Wing & Elizabeth Lane

Romance from Suite No. 2 | Sergei Rachmaninoff
Amanda Halstead & Melinda Baird

Rapsodie espagnole: Feria | Maurice Ravel
Ching-Yi Lin & Grace Liu

The Serpent’s Kiss | William Bolcom
Darya Gabay & Hyeweon Gessner

Fantasy on Themes from Carmen | Georges Bizet arr. by Mack Wilberg
Grace Liu, Ching-Yi Lin, Sayaka Jordan, & Amanda Halstead 

View on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/event/5473262

Levine Music gratefully acknowledges the support of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and all our generous donors.

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