Mingyao Zhao, cello, April 15, 2017

Robert Blocker, Dean

master of musical arts degree recital

Mingyao Zhao cello

April 15, 2017 • Saturday at 4:30 pm Sudler Recital Hall

Master of Musical Arts Degree Recital

Mingyao Zhao cello April 15, 2017 • Sudler Recital Hall chengcheng yao, piano

Joseph Haydn 1732–1809

Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 I. Allegro moderato

Igor Stravinsky 1882–1971 arr. Gregor Piatigorsky

Suite Italienne (1932) I. Introduzione II. Serenata III. Aria IV. Tarantella V. Minuetto e Finale intermission

Bohuslav Martinů 1890–1959

Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano, H. 286 I. Allegro II. Largo III. Allegro commodo

Carlos Nobre b. 1939

Poema III, Op. 94, No. 3

Niccolò Paganini 1782–1840 trans. Luigi Silva

Mose-Fantasia, Variations on a Theme of Rossini (1818)

This performance is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Musical Arts degree.

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