J. Haydn Fortepiano Concerto in G Major, with the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra directed by Kenneth Slowik

“Steps to Perfection: Piano Teaching from Clementi to Chopin” Inspired by the mutual enrichment that arises from the interaction between teachers and students, Patricia Garcia Gil and Andrew Willis will host a conversation around the English/French lineage of piano instruction that stemmed from Clementi’s seminal Introduction to the Art of Playing the Piano Forte (1801), performing examples drawn from collections of studies by Clementi, Cramer, Montgeroult, and Chopin. The pedagogical materials developed by Clementi provided a model for countless instructional methods and were endorsed…

“La Spagna Romantica in Omaggio a Chopin”   Eduardo Ocón (1833-1901) “En la playa”. Barcarola in A Major (ca. 1890) 3’   Marcial del Aldalid (1826-1881) “Un recuerdo” Romanza sin palabras in A Major (ca. 1870) 4’   Pauline Garcia Viardot (1821-1910) Alza Pepita!- Danse Populaire Spagnole in D Major (1906) 4’   Felipe Pedrell (1841- 1922) Mazurca nº 1 in F sharp minor (ca. 1880) 8’   Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Nocturne Op. 27 nº 2 in D flat Major…