Monday, December 5, 2022
7:30 PM
One of our Athenaeum audience’s best-loved pianists and winner of numerous international competitions, Ilya Yakushev will return for a solo recital rich in variety, featuring a little something for everyone. Yakushev’s program opens with Haydn and Mozart before embarking on Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata. A Romantic second half includes a selection of Rachmaninoff’s preludes in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth.
Program:
Joseph Haydn
Sonata in D Major, Hob.XVI:37
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio in B Minor, K.540
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata in C-sharp Minor, op. 27 no. 2, "Moonlight"
—Intermission—
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin
Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand Alone, op. 9
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G Minor, op. 23, no.5
Alla marcia
Prelude in G-sharp Minor, op. 32, no.12z
Prelude in C-sharp Minor, op. 3, no 2
Franz Liszt
Vallée d'Obermann
George Gershwin
Three Preludes
All concerts are preceded by a pre-concert lecture presented by Nuvi Mehta at 6:45 p.m. (generously underwritten by Gordon Brodfuehrer) and are followed by a reception with the artists in the Sharon & Joel Labovitz Entry Hall.
The concerts will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for these events. Your name will be on an attendee list at the front door. Doors open at 6.:15 p.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. These events will be presented in compliance with State of California and County of San Diego health regulations as applicable at the time of each concert.
Masks optional. If you have a fever, cough, or flu-like symptoms, please stay home.