Sonata Night 38: Mozart, Saint-Saëns, & Strauss
Under the direction of NEC faculty pianist Pei-Shan Lee, Sonata Night is an evening of piano-instrumental masterworks featuring collaborative pianists in partnership with their instrumental colleagues.
Sonata, a musical term of several meanings, is used here to signify a duo form of equal partnership. Sonata Night programming spans a wide range of musical styles and features the world's greatest duo works from the Baroque through the 20th century, including compositional forms such as multi-movement suites and character pieces.
Sonata Night performers are coached jointly by faculty of the collaborative piano and instrumental departments. Highlights of the 2021-22 season include an all-Stravinsky concert and Mozart’s complete sonatas for piano four-hands.
This performance is open to in-person audiences, and can also be viewed below via livestream.
Watch livestream from Burnes Hall:
- Pei-Shan Lee, director
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Sonata in C Major for Piano Four Hands, K. 521
Allegro
Andante
AllegrettoArtists- Jingsi Lu, piano primo
- Max Levinson, piano secondo
Camille Saint-Saëns | Sonata in E-flat major for Clarinet and Piano, op. 167
Allegretto
Allegro animato
Lento
Molto allegroArtists- HyunWoo Chun, clarinet
- Yu-Shin Liou, piano
Richard Strauss | Sonata in F Major for Cello and Piano, op. 6
Allegro con brio
Andante ma non troppo
Finale: Allegro vivoArtists- Bennett Huang, cello
- Cynthia Chih-Yu Tseng, piano