Mily Balakirev – Past Concerts

Program includes works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Maurice Ravel, Mily Balakirev, Mikhail Glinka, Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Ferruccio Busoni.

Mily Balakirev — Suite sur 4 morceaux de Chopin
Bedřich Smetana — String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life" (arr. George Szell)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" (arr. Felix Weingartner)

Thelonius Monk — Selected works
Frédéric Chopin — Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Frédéric Chopin — Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Mily Balakirev — Islamey, Op. 18
Frédéric Chopin — Selected works

Mily Balakirev — Overture on Czech Themes "In Bohemia"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39
Carl Nielsen — Saga-drøm ("Saga Dream"), Op. 39
Ottorino Respighi — Fontane di Roma ("The Fountains of Rome")
Arnold Bax — Tintagel, GP 213

Diverse program of music featuring birds & other flying things. Works by Johannes Brahms, Mikhail Glinka, H. Leslie Adams, Sammy Fain, Sally Whitwell, & more.

Intimacy and pianistic virtuosity that graced the private salons of 19th century Europe and Russia.

Scriabin – Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23
Glinka – Nocturne in F minor, “La Separation”
Glinka/Balakirev – L’alouette (“The Lark”)
Balakirev – Islamey, Op. 18
Medtner – Sonata Reminiscenza in A minor (From Forgotten Memories, Op. 38)
Rachmaninoff – Piano transcriptions of selected lieder
Stravinsky (arr. Agosti) – Three Pictures from The Firebird Suite

Balakirev – King Lear Overture
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
Lalo – Le Roi d'Ys
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78

Schubert /arr. Liszt – Schwanengesang (“Swan song”), D. 957: I. Liebesbotschaft (“Message of Love”); V. Aufenthalt (“Dwelling Place”)
Schubert /arr. Liszt – Die Schöne Müllerin, D. 795: XIX. Der Müller und der bach (“The Miller and the Brook”)
Schubert – Sonata No. 13 in A major, D. 664, Op. 120
Scriabin – Prelude for Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 1
Scriabin – Prelude in F-sharp minor, Op. 11, No. 8
Scriabin – Fantasie in B minor, Op. 28
Scriabin – Prelude in B-flat minor, Op. 37, No. 1
Scriabin – Two Poèmes, Op. 63
Scriabin – Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, Black Mass
Balakirev – Islamey

Come enjoy a beautiful evening of sunshine and great chamber music performed by Seattle Symphony musicians, young talents, and accomplished pianists at Luther Burbank Park on Mercer Island. The program will include pieces by Glazunov, Glinka-Balakirev, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky.