Sonata Night 40: Mozart, Saint-Saëns, & Beach
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 Mozart’s complete sonatas for piano four-hands and Saint-Saëns’ complete sonatas for woodwind and piano.
This concert is viewable in-person and via livestream.
- Pei-Shan Lee, director
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Sonata in F Major for Piano Four Hands, K. 497
Adagio - Allegro di molto
Andante
AllegroArtists- Cynthia Chih-Yu Tseng, piano primo
- Pei-Shan Lee, piano secondo
Camille Saint-Saëns | Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, op. 168
Allegro moderato
Allegro scherzando
Molto adagio
Allegro moderatoArtists- Delano Bell, bassoon
- James Lorusso, piano
Amy Beach | Sonata for Violin and Piano, op. 34
Allegro moderato
Scherzo: Molto vivace
Largo con dolore
Allegro con fuoco
Artists- Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin
- Pei-Hsuan Shen, piano