Concert Sponsor: Bishop, Rosasco & Co.
The husband-and-wife team of Anna and Dmitri Shelest perform an inventive mix of solo and four hand music. Both prize-winning artists are part of the distinguished piano tradition coming out of the famous Kharkiv Special Music School in Ukraine, where they lived before moving to the United States to complete their education.
Program*
Mykola Lysenko (1842-1912): Overture to the Opera Taras Bulba (arranged by Levko Revutsky)
Amy Beach (1867-1944): “Summer Dreams,” Op. 47
L.M. Gottschalk (1829-1869): La Jota Aragonesa (Caprice Espagnol)
Aaron Copeland (1900-1990): Variations on a Shaker Melody (from “Appalachian Spring”)
Myroslav Skoryk (1938-2020): Three Extravagant Dances
INTERMISSION
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990): Overture to Candide (arranged by Charlie Harmon)
Serhiy Bortkiewicz (1877-1952): Folk Melodies and Dances
George Gershwin(1898-1937): Rhapsody in Blue (arranged by Henry Levine)
Recordings: Music & Arts, Sorel Classics
Exclusive Management: PARKER ARTISTS – 382 Central Park West #9G New York, NY 10025. (212) 864-7928 – www.parkerartists.com
*Artists, programs, dates and venues are subject to change.