San Francisco Performances presents Francesco Piemontesi
Herbst Theatre
Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA
7:30 PM, Tuesday, May 21, 2019

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[7:35 PM lights down, announcements, introduction from Melanie Smith, Francesco Piemontesi out]

All compositions this set by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750); all pieces strung together with only a very brief pause between works.

1. [7:37 PM] Prelude in E-flat Major, BWV 552 (1739), arr. 1898, BV B 22:1
2. [7:46 PM] Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (ca. 1748) (Busoni transcription of a choral prelude, 1898, BV B 27/3)
3. [7:51 PM] Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Mvt 4 from Cantata No. 140, “Sleepers Wake”, BWV 140 (1731)
   [segment ends 7:55 PM]

Italian Concerto, BWV 971 (1735)

1. [7:55 PM] (without tempo, usually performed Allegro)
2. [7:59 PM] Andante
3. [8:04 PM] Presto
   [segment ends 8:08 PM]

1. [8:08 PM] Siciliano, Mvt 2 from the Flute Sonata in E-flat Major, BWV 1031 (arr. Wilhelm Kempff (1895–1991))
2. [8:11 PM] Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552 (1739) (arr. Busoni, 1898, BV B 22:2)
   [set ends 8:18 PM]

[8:40 PM lights down]

Achille-Claude Debussy (1862–1918): Images, Book 2, L.111 (1907)

1. [8:41 PM] Cloches à travers les feuilles (Bells Heard through Leaves)
2. [8:45 PM] Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut (And the Moon Descends on a Ruined Temple)
3. [8:49 PM] Poissons d’or (Goldfish)
   [segment ends 8:53 PM; applause; Francesco Piemontesi leaves briefly; back onstage less than a minute later]

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943): Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op.36 (1913 version)

1. [8:54 PM] Allegro agitato »
2. [9:03 PM] Non allegro » Lento »
3. [9:09 PM] L'istesso tempo » Allegro molto
   [segment ends 9:15 PM]

1. [9:16 PM] George Frideric Handel (1685–1759): Minuet in G minor, HWV 434/4 (1717)
   [show ends 9:18 PM; another round of applause and curtain call, then lights up!]

• Francesco Piemontesi: piano.

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Program Notes or program notes

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2019 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2019 event list! ☸ On to the next event!