Katherine Chi, piano, in recital

National Gallery of Canada

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at 8:00PM

PROGRAMME

SCHUBERT Four Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935
No. 1 in F minor (Allegro moderato)
No. 2 in A-flat major (Allegretto)
No. 3 in B-flat major (Theme and Variations: Andante)
No. 4 in F minor (Allegro scherzando)

Intermission

SCHUMANN Kinderszenen, Op. 15
From Foreign Lands and Peoples
A Curious Story
Blind Man’s Bluff
Pleading Child
Happiness
An Important Event
Reverie
At The Fireside
The Knight Of The Rocking-Horse
Almost Too Serious
Frightening
A Child Falling Asleep
The Poet Speaks

BEETHOVEN 15 Variations and Fugue in E-flat major, Op. 35 (“Eroica” Variations)

Katherine Chi

Since her debut recital at age nine, Calgary-born pianist Katherine Chi has performed throughout North America and Europe to great acclaim, including her 2003 New York recital debut about which The New York Times raved, “Ms. Chi displays a keen musical intelligence and a powerful arsenal of technique.” Along with her many recitals, performances with orchestra and chamber groups, and festival appearances, Katherine was the first Canadian and first woman to win Canada’s Honens International Piano Competition. Programme to include: Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 3., Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit, and Four Impromptus, Op. 142 by Schubert.