Horowitz Piano Series: Boris Berman

Boris Berman piano horowitz piano series Boris Berman, Director april 23 2008 music of Chopin Debussy

Robert Blocker, Dean

april 23, 2008 · 8 pm Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall

Boris Berman piano frédéric chopin 1810-1849

Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60 Three Nocturnes, Op. 15 No. 1 in F major No. 2 in F-sharp major No. 3 in G minor Two Nocturnes, Op. 27 No. 1 in C-sharp minor No. 2 in D-flat major Polonaise-Fantasie in A-flat major, Op. 61 intermission

claude debussy 1854-1918

Images, Book I Reflets dans l’eau (Reflections in the water) Hommage à Rameau (Homage to Rameau) Mouvement (Movement) Images, Book II Cloches à travers les feuilles (Bells heard through the leaves) Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut (Descent of the moon over the temple which used to be) Poissons d’or (Goldfish) Estampes Pagodes (Pagodas) La soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Grenada) Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the rain)

As a courtesy to the performers and audience members, turn off cell phones and pagers. Please do not leave the theater during selections. Flash photography or recording of any kind is not permitted.

Boris Berman, Professor of Piano

Boris Berman, piano, is well known to the audiences of more than forty countries on six continents. He regularly appears with leading orchestras, on major recital series, and in important festivals. He studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with the distinguished pianist Lev Oborin. An active recording artist and a Grammy nominee, Mr. Berman was the first pianist to record the complete solo works of Prokofiev (Chandos). Other acclaimed releases include all piano sonatas by Alexander Scriabin (Music and Arts) and a recital of Shostakovich piano works (Ottavo), which received the Edison Classic Award in Holland, the Dutch equivalent of the Grammy. The recording of three Prokofiev concertos with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi conducting (Chandos), was named the Compact Disc of the Month by CD Review. Other recordings include works by Mozart, Beethoven, Franck, Weber, Debussy, Stravinsky, Schnittke, Shostakovich, Joplin, and Cage.

In 1984, Mr. Berman joined the faculty of the Yale School of Music, where he is professor of piano, coordinator of the piano department, and music director of the Horowitz Piano Series.

He also gives master classes throughout the world, and in 2005 he was given the title of honorary professor of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 2000, Yale University Press published Mr. Berman’s Notes from the Pianist’s Bench; since then, the book has been translated into several languages. In 2008, the same publisher released Mr. Berman’s new book Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas: A Guide for the Listener and the Performer. In 2008-09 Mr. Berman performs and gives master classes in various music centers of US, Italy, Germany, Holland, Portugal, Australia, England, and Denmark.

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April 24 & 25 bach’s mass in b minor 8:00 pm, St. Mary’s Church J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor, with the Yale Collegium Players and Schola Cantorum, directed by Simon Carrington. Pre-concert talk by Markus Rathey at 7 pm, SheffieldSterling-Strathcona Hall, 1 Prospect St. Tickets are required for the concert, available on the web or by phone for a $1 service fee per ticket; tickets without charge available at the School of Music box office during business hours until 3pm Friday 4/24. For more information please call the box office at 203 432-4158

April 28 competition winners 8:00 pm, Sprague Hall Program features winners of the Yale School of Music’s 2009 Chamber Music Competition.

Bartok Contrasts, Poulenc Sextet for Winds and Piano, Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor.

Tickets $10-15, Students $7.

Brian Daley Piano Curator

April 30 new music new haven

William Harold Piano Curator

8:00 pm, Sprague Hall David Lang, featured faculty composer with Yale Percussion Group. Plus works by Yale composers: Timo Andres, Richard Harrold, Ted Hearne, Jordan Kuspa, Andgel Lam, Polina Nazaykinskaya, Andrew Norman, Naftali Schindler. Admission free.

recording studio Eugene Kimball Director / Recording Engineer Jason Robins Assistant Recording Engineer