It was a Chopin kind of afternoon. Not a surprise that so many pianists love to play (and listen to) great piano music by Frederic Chopin. A handful of other composers rounded out the program. The recital was held at Joan Magagna’s home.
If you’d like to participate in the next Intermezzo on June 1st, contact Joan Magagna at jmagagna@amsfperform.org.


Program
Feste Lariane (theme) — Luigi Mozzani
Etudes, Nos. 1 and 2 — Leo Brouwer
Ellen Lazarus, guitar
Nocturne (Op. 9, No. 1) — Frederic Chopin
Eve Schiff, piano
Romance sans paroles (Op. 17, No. 3) — Gabriel Faure
Marilyn Jones, piano
Intermezzo in C Major (Op. 119, No. 3) — Johannes Brahms
Diane Lucas, piano
Nocturne in B Major (Op. 32, No. 1) — Frederic Chopin
​Nocturne in C Minor, KK IV a Nr. 16 Posth. — Frederic Chopin
Gretchen Spencer, piano
Partita #2 Sinfonia — Johann Sebastian Bach
Abby Mason, piano
Etude in C# Minor (Op. 25, No. 7) — Frederic Chopin
Hala Tomey, piano
Snow Day — Joan Magagna
Lullaby for Lewis — Joan Magagna
Joan Magagna, piano
Nocturne, Op. 27 in C# minor — Frederic Chopin
Richard Sawyer, piano
Oriental Wind — Joe Hisaishi
Pure Imagination — Bricusse/Newley (arr. Mark Ross)
Mark Ross, piano