Piano Break Archive

From July 2020 through December 2021, the Piano Break series of online recitals provided financial relief and audience access for Bay Area pianists who had lost income due to COVID-19.

July 2020

Friday, 31 July, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Jeffrey LaDeur

Schubert Impromptu in F Minor | Walker Piano Sonata No. 3 | Chopin Scherzo No. 4 | Liszt Wiegenlied

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August 2020

Friday, 7 August, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Monica Chew

Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou Homeless Wanderer | Bongani Ndodana-Breen Flowers in the Sand | Jason Moran Pas de Deux | Undine Smith Moore Before I’d be a Slave | Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins Battle of Manassas

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Friday, 14 August, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Daniel Glover

Clementi Sonata quasi Concerto in C major, Opus 33, No. 3 | Weber: Konzertstück | Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins Rêve charmant, Nocturne

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Friday, 21 August, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Louise Costigan-Kerns

Selections from Debussy Préludes, Book II | Selections from Adams Twenty-six Etudes for Solo Piano, Part II | Selections from Wild Virtuosic Etudes on popular songs by Gershwin

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Friday, 28 August, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Audrey Vardanega

Chopin Mazurka in C-sharp Minor | Brahms Intermezzo, Op. 117, No. 1 | Mozart Sonata in F Major, K. 533

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September 2020

Friday, 4 September, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Jennifer Peringer

selections from Schumann Kinderszenen | selections from Still Seven Traceries | Dreyer Revolt and Reveal | Perry Ties; Round and Round; Flight | León Tumbáo | Wallen I Wouldn’t Normally Say

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Friday, 11 September, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Laura Magnani

Beethoven Pathétique Sonata | Chopin Polonaise in C-sharp Minor; Raindrop Prelude; Fantaisie-Impromptu | selections from Coleridge-Taylor “Twenty-four Negro Melodies” | Gerswhin Three Preludes

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Friday, 18 September, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Ian Scarfe

Chopin Raindrop Prelude | Price Placid Lake | Still Mystic Pool | Debussy Reflets dans l’eau | Chopin Barcarolle

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Friday, 25 September, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Rachel Kim

Beethoven Les Adieux | Barber Sonata for Cello and Piano with guest cellist Carlyn Kessler | Price Fantasie Negre No. 2

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October 2020

Friday, 2 October, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Dale Tsang

Music by Bay Area composers: Elinor Armer, Allan Crossman, Gabriela Lena Frank, David Garner and Alden Jenks

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Friday, 9 October, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Chelsea Wong

Bach/Brahms Chaconne in D Minor for Left Hand | Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin | Peterson Hymn To Freedom

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Friday, 16 October, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Paul Schrage

Scott Joplin 2 Rags | Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges Adagio in F Minor | Samuel Coleridge-Taylor African Dances

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Friday, 23 October, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Calvin Hu

Schumann Fantasiestücke | Hsiao Memories of Home | Coleridge-Taylor Valse Suite | Chopin Mazurkas, Op. 59

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Friday, 30 October, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Derek Tam

J.S. Bach Italian Concerto | French Overture

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November 2020

Friday, 6 November, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Anne Rainwater

Chopin Nocturne in E Minor, Op. posth. | Walker Theme and Variations from Piano Sonata No. 1 | Bach Partita No. 2

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Friday, 13 November, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Edward Simon

Byron Selected Études, Himm, and Basquiat | Monk Ask Me Now | Golson Whisper Not | Simon Collective Presence

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Friday, 20 November, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Lisa Spector

Bach/Brahms Chaconne in D Minor for Left Hand | Scriabin Prelude and Nocturne for Left Hand, Op. 9 | Davis Nocturne No. 2 for 8 Fingers | Chopin/Godowsky Etude Op. 25 No. 1 for Left Hand | Chopin 2 Etudes: F Minor, Op, 25 No. 2 and C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12

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Friday, 27 November, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Alison Lee

Joplin Solace: A Mexican Serenade | Scriabin Sonata No. 2 | Beethoven Sonata No. 7 | Kapustin Variations, Op. 41 | Strong Quarantine Polka

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December 2020

Friday, 4 December, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Sarah Cahill

Regina Harris Baoicchi Piano Poems | Aida Shirazi Albumblatt | Mary Watkins Summer Days | George Lewis Endless Shout | Reena Esmail Rang de Basant

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Friday, 11 December, 2020 | 5:00 PM

William Wellborn

Scarlatti Three Sonatas | Chopin Two Waltzes | Vorisek Impromptu | Schubert 2 Impromptus

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Friday, 18 December, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Keisuke Nakagoshi

Evett Chaconne | Fujikura Spring and Asura (Akashi Version) | Crumb A Little Suite For Christmas | Tanaka Techno Etudes | Hailstork 8 Variations on Shalom Chaverim

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February 2021

Friday, 5 February, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Robin Sutherland Tribute Concert

Pianists include Christopher Basso, Britt Day, Elizabeth Dorman, Jeffrey LaDeur, Jeffrey Kahane, Keisuke Nakagoshi, and Marc Shapiro performing works by Poulenc, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Mozart/Busoni, Schubert, and J.S. Bach.

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Friday, 12 February, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Ryan Sheng

Ludwig van Beethoven 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor | Franz Liszt Ballade No. 2 in B Minor

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Friday, 19 February, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Antonio Iturrioz

Godowsky Prelude and Fugue from the Cello Suite in C minor (Bach) | Etude for the Left Hand, Op. 10, No. 6 (Chopin) | Home Sweet Home (Bishop) | Liszt Réminiscences de Norma

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March 2021

Friday, 5 March, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Robert Schwartz

Brahms Capriccios, Op. 76, No. 1 and No. 2 | Intermezzo, Op. 116, No. 4 | Intermezzo, Op. 119, No. 3 | Liszt Concert Etude in F Minor, “La leggierezza” | ChopinÉtude in C Major, Op. 10, No. 7 | Étude in E Minor, Op. 25, No. 5 | Étude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5 | Étude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11

 

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Friday, 12 March, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Solomon Ge

Robert Schumann “Des Abends” from Fantasiestücke | Ludwig van Beethoven  I. Allegro from Piano Sonata No. 18 | Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No. 1 | Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata in A-flat Major | Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata #7

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Friday, 19 March, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Christopher Basso

Schumann Arabesque | Beethoven Bagatelle in G Major, Op. 126 | Juon “Das Heimchen” | Schubert Piano Sonata in C Minor, D. 958 | Debussy “Des pas sur la neige”

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April 2021

Friday, 2 April, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Joe Warner

Scott Joplin Maple Leaf Rag | Thelonious Monk ‘Round Midnight | James P. Johnson You’ve Got To Be Modernistic | Bud Powell Tempus Fugit | Duke Ellington C Jam Blues | John Coltrane Giant Steps | Stevie Wonder Do I Do

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Friday, 9 April, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Kate Campbell

Ryan Brown Four Short Pieces for Solo Piano | Fernanda Aoki Navarro Impermanence, I. Mestiça | Leila Adu Colour Wheel |  | Matthew Welch Etude No. 1 (world premiere) | David Lang Wed

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Friday, 16 April, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Zak Mustille

Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 23, BWV 868 | Charles-Valentin Alkan Piano Sonata, Op. 33, 2nd movement | Nicholas Pavkovic Bagatelle | Chopin Ballade No. 4 | Ives Sonata No. 1, 2nd movement

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Friday, 23 April, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Ken Iisaka

Chopin Barcarolle | Medtner Sonata-Ballada | Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 4

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May 2021

Friday, 7 May, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Jenny Q Chai

Jarosław Kapuscinski with Camille Norton Oli’s Dream | Gyorgy Ligeti Musica Ricercata No.1 | Musica Ricercata No. 7 | Milica Paranosic Bubble (in trouble) |  Jarosław Kapuscinski with Kacper Kowalski Side Effects (2017)

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June 2021

Friday, 18 June, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Daniel Glover

Barber Canzone from Piano Concerto | Ravel Adagio from Piano Concerto in G | Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor | Oldham Andante tranquillo from Concerto for Piano

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Friday, 25 June, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Marcos Silva

Silva Chôro Sem Lágrimas (Crying Without Tears), A Simple Thing, Not Enough Notes, Caipirinha, All in it, Odalisque, Hathor, White & Black, Finale, Guinga-ish | Pixinguinha Lamento

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July 2021

Friday, 2 July, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Robert Fleitz

Mattingly Selections from “Achilles Dreams of Ebbets Field”

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Friday, 9 July, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Tammy L. Hall & Leberta Lorál

Original compositions by Tammy L. Hall and American songbook standards from the Jazz repertoire.

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Friday, 16 July, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Hilda Huang

Beethoven Sonata Op. 14, No. 2 in G Major | Bach French Suite No. 5 in G Major | Still “Summerland” from Three Visions | Bach Toccata in D Major

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Friday, 23 July, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Misha Galant

Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 4 | Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 5 | Liszt Piano Sonata in B Minor

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August 2021

Friday, 6 August, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Stasie Gonikberg

Brahms Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118 | Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 | Four Piano Pieces, Op. 119

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Friday, 20 August, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Nicholas Phillips

Griffes Fantasy Pieces, Op. 6 | The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan, Op. 8 | Roman Sketches, Op. 7

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Friday, 27 August, 2021 | 5:00 PM

Julia Den Boer

Saunders Mirror, Mirror on the Wall | Ravel Oiseaux tristes | Braxton Composition No. 5 | Janáček In the Mists

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November 2021

Thursday, 4 November, 2021 | 6:00 PM

Tammy L. Hall

Tammy Hall plays and discusses her music/theater piece, Convergence, which chronicles a fictional meeting between four piano giants of the twentieth century: Mary Lou Williams, Nina Simone, Dorothy Donegan and Hazel Scott.

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Friday, 26 November, 2021 | 6:00 PM

Chelsea Wong

Frank Karnavalito No. 1 | Holland Intimacy of Harmony | Bacewicz Ten Concert Etudes for Piano: Nos. 1, 3 | Di Castri Thinking Eye | Ligeti Étude: Fanfares | Cuong Veil | Dutilleux Piano Sonata, III. Chorale et Variations

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December 2021

Thursday, 2 December, 2021 | 6:00 PM

Allegra Chapman

Bach Partita in G Major, BWV 829 | Bacewicz Selections from Ten Studies for Piano | Burleigh Selections from From the Southland | Hailstork Scherzo No. 1

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Thursday, 9 December, 2021 | 6:00 PM

Jason Chiu

Bach Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004 | Ravel Jeux d’eau | Beethoven Sonata in E Major, Op. 109

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Thursday, 16 December, 2021 | 6:00 PM

Elizabeth Dorman

Bach English Suite No. 5 in E Minor | Scarlatti Sonatas in F Minor, K. 69 and D Major, K. 435 & 436 | de la Guerre Rondeaux and Passepied from “Céphale et Procris” | Couperin Passacaille in B Minor

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