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CLAYTON STEPHENSON, PIANO
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 7 PM UTRGV PERFORMING ARTS COMPLEX, EDINBURG
PROGRAM Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004
J.S. Bach | Ferruccio Busoni (1685–1750) | (1866–1924)
Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op. 109 Ludwig van Beethoven Vivace ma non troppo (1770–1827) Prestissimo Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung – Intermission – Pictures at an Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky Promenade (1839–1881) The Gnome The Old Castle Tuileries (Children’s Quarrel after Games) Cattle Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks “Samuel” Goldenberg and “Schmuÿle” Limoges. The Market (The Great News) Catacombs (Roman Tomb) With the Dead in a Dead Language The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba Yaga) The Great Gate of Kiev
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