Robert Blocker, Dean

Impromptus, Op. posth. 142, D. 935

No. 1 in F minor

No. 2 in A-flat major

No. 3 in B-flat major

No. 4 in F minor

Sonata No. 13 in A major, Op. 120, D. 664

I. Allegro moderato

II. Andante

III. Allegro

Intermission

Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960

I. Molto moderato

II. Andante sostenuto

III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza – Trio

IV. Allegro, ma non troppo – Presto As a courtesy to others, please silence all cell phones and devices. Photography or recording of any kind is strictly prohibited. Please do not leave the hall during musical selections. Thank you.

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Emanuel Ax» piano

horowitz piano series · february 23 , 2011 · 8:00 pm

Born in Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax moved to Winnipeg, Canada with his family when he was a young boy. He studied at the Juilliard School and Columbia University, capturing public attention in 1974 when he won the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In 1975 he won the Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists, followed four years later by the coveted Avery Fisher Prize.

Highlights of the current season include return visits to the orchestras of Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Atlanta, and Toronto, as well as a number of recitals culminating in a series of three at Lincoln Center focused on the music of Schubert. In recognition of the bicentenaries of Chopin and Schumann in 2010 and in partnership with London’s Barbican, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the San Francisco Symphony, Mr. Ax commissioned new works from composers Thomas Adés, Peter Lieberson and Stephen Prutsman for three recital programs presented in each of those cities with colleagues Yo-Yo Ma and Dawn Upshaw. His collaboration with Mark Morris Dance Group continued during summer 2009, when he partnered with Yo-Yo Ma in a dance work jointly commissioned by the Tanglewood and Mostly Mozart festivals.

In addition to this large-scale project, recent tours included performances in Asia with the New York Philharmonic on its first tour with music director Alan Gilbert, and European tours with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and James Conlon as well as the Pittsburgh Symphony with Manfred Honeck. As a regular visitor in subscription concerts, he returned to Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston last spring.

Mr. Ax has been an exclusive Sony Classical recording artist since 1987. He has received Grammy Awards for the second and third volumes of his cycle of Haydn’s piano sonatas and has also made a series of Grammy-winning recordings with Ma of the Beethoven and Brahms sonatas for cello and piano. Mr. Ax resides in New York City with his wife, pianist Yoko Nozaki, and their two children. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honorary doctorates of music from Yale and Columbia Universities.

» www.EmanuelAx.com

artist profile

Boris Berman · Artistic DirectorWednesdays at 8 pm in Morse Recital HallTickets $12–22 | Students $6

Robert Blocker“Great skill and accomplishment, a measurable virtuoso bent...” – Los Angeles TimesMusic of Scarlatti, Chopin, Schwantner, Ravel, and Ginastera.

Boris BermanThe New York Times has praised Berman’s “poetical refinement and intense musicality.” Concertos by J.S. Bach for keyboard and strings. With Katie Hyun and David Southorn, violin; Ettore Causa, viola; and Mihai Marica, cello.

other piano events

Master Class with Paul Badura-Skoda10:30 am | Thu | Morse Recital Hall | FreeThe legendary Austrian pianist gives a public master class featuring movements from three Mozart piano concerti performed by Aura Go, Elizaveta Miller, and Esther Park.

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Emanuel Ax» piano

horowitz piano series · 2010 -11 season

concerts & mediaDana AstmannMonica Ong ReedDanielle HellerRichard Henebry

operationsTara DemingChristopher Melillo

piano curatorsBrian DaleyWilliam Harold

recording studioEugene KimballJason Robins

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upcoming events

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FEB 25-26

MAR 1

MAR 24

Yale Philharmonia: Concertante8:00 pm | Fri & Sat | Morse Recital Hall | Free

Twentieth-century chamber concertos. Featuring the U.S.

premiere of Frank Martin’s rediscovered Ballade No. 2 for

flute, plus music by Bloch, Strauss, and Ginastera. Shinik

Hahm, conductor. With soloists Ransom Wilson, flute;

David Shifrin, clarinet; and Frank Morelli, bassoon.

Kavafian-Schub-Shifrin Trio8:00 pm | Tue | Morse Recital Hall

Tickets $20-30 | Students $10

Ani Kavafian, violin and viola; David Shifrin, clarinet; and

Andre-Michel Schub, piano. Mozart: “Kegelstatt” Trio, K. 498;

Schumann: Märchenerzälungen (Fairy Tales); Milhaud: Suite;

Stravinsky: Suite from Histoire du Soldat.

Linden String Quartet8:00 pm | Wed | Morse Recital Hall | Free

Mozart: String Quartet E-flat Major, K. 428; Bridge: Three

Idylls; Beethoven: String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132.

Sarah McElravy and Catherine Cosbey, violins; Eric Wong,

viola; and Felix Umansky, cello.

New Music New Haven8:00 pm | Thu | Morse Recital Hall | Free

Featuring composer Ezra Laderman, with the world premiere

of his Piano Sonata No. 5. Also on the program will be

Ingram Marshall’s Authentic Presence for solo piano.

MAR 2