Schubert: Piano Sonata in A Minor, D 784 posth op. 143
Gerard Pesson: Vexierbilder II, no. 1 Speech of clouds
Dongryul Lee: On a winter's night a traveler: The Deeply Learned Klavier
Rachmaninoff: Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano with Annie SeEun Hyung
Program notes
One word suffices to describe the fourth movement of the Rachmaninoff: joy. Joyous celebration, unfettered fanfare, glorious relief and in the middle of it all, moments of more tenderhearted intensity, crying from happiness because--as Mr Lesser put it in a coaching for us last week--you can't believe how lucky you are to have made it here at last.
For me the here is now, tonight and all of the last few months, eight years on since I first arrived in Boston; three degrees, five teachers, and an uncountable number of mentors and friends later; how lucky am I to know you all.
Thank you.