Solo Recital “The Poetry of Places” at CMEOC

Nadia Shpachenko, piano, toy piano, voice

All 21st century works on this program were written for Nadia Shpachenko

Program

Selections from Shpachenko’s “Poetry of Places” program featuring works inspired by diverse places.

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) New York Skyline, W 407 (1939)

Harold Meltzer (b. 1966) In Full Sail (2016, rev. 2017)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Pagodes from Estampes (1903)

Amy Beth Kirsten (b. 1972) h.o.p.e. (2016)

James Matheson (b. 1970) To Sky from Alone, in Waters Shimmering and Dark (2016)

Jack Van Zandt (b. 1954) Sí an Bhrú (2016)

Anton Arensky (1861-1906) An der Quelle from The Fountain of Bakhchisaray, Op. 46, No. 1 (1899)

Intermission

Yuri Ishchenko (b. 1938) Piano Sonata No. 6 (2007)