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1) THE ONE TO ATTEND: Sunday, October 7, 2007, 2:00 PM Dean Lesher Regional Arts Center, Civic Drive & Locust St., Walnut Creek, CA (Received standing ovation and played Chopin's Etude Op. 10, No. 4 in c# minor as encore. Download the MP3!) 2) Friday, October 5, 2007, 8:00 PM CHANGE OF VENUE! Fireside Room, Gateway Clubhouse, Rossmoor, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA (Received standing ovation.) Until then, I will be taking half a year off from piano to focus on filmmaking and engineering. |
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Ray Arthur Wang, solo piano Youth Orchestra of Southern Alameda County Jason Klein, conductor Sunday, March 25, 2007, 2 pm (University Theatre, California State University - East Bay, Hayward, CA) Notes: Due to conflict with my film festival schedule, I was unable to accept an invitation to play Kabalevsky Piano Concerto No. 3 ("Youth") with the Saratoga Symphony. However, Saratoga Symphony's conductor Jason Klein asked if I would be available and willing to play the wonderful Kabalevsky with his Youth Orchestra in the upcoming season. I agreed, thinking it's a nice opportunity to play the Youth Concerto with a Youth Orchestra. The performance went very well, and I received a standing ovation and was asked by the conductor to give an encore, but I didn't have one prepared so I just went inside and hid. |
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue Ray Arthur Wang, solo piano Diablo Symphony Orchestra Joyce Johnson-Hamilton, conductor (received full standing ovation at all venues and was asked to give an encore at the final performance) Encore: Gershwin - Prelude No. 3 (of the Three Preludes) 1) THE ONE TO ATTEND: SATURDAY, May 13, 2006, 2:00 PM (Regional Center for the Arts Concert Hall, Civic Drive and Locust St., Walnut Creek, CA) 2) Thurs, May 11, 2006, 8:00 PM (Del Valle Clubhouse, Rossmoor, Corner of Comstock Dr and Tice Creek Dr, in Walnut Creek, CA) 3) Sun, May 7, 2006, 3:00 PM (El Campanil Theater, 602 W. Second Street in Antioch, CA) |
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Performing concerts with Rach Piano Concerto 2 (done), Rach Piano Sonata 2 (done), and Rach Piano Concerto 3 (done). Yes, I am a Rach freak. TWO PERFORMANCES! Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 in d minor, Op. 30 Ray Arthur Wang, solo piano Diablo Symphony Orchestra Joyce Johnson-Hamilton, conductor (received full standing ovation at both venues and was asked to give an encore at final performance) Encore: Rimsky-Korsakov (Arr. Rachamninoff) - Flight of the Bumblebee THE ONE TO ATTEND: SUNDAY, February 27, 2005, 7:30 PM (Regional Center for the Arts Concert Hall, Civic Drive and Locust St., Walnut Creek, CA). If you absolutely cannot make this concert, there is another one on Friday, February 25, 2005, 8 pm (Del Valle Clubhouse, Rossmoor, Corner of Comstock Dr and Tice Creek Dr, in Walnut Creek, CA) |
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12/2/00, 8 pm, Dinkelspiel, $8 general/$4 students (Sold-out) I. Mozart, Magic Flute Overture II. Janice Giteck, Tikkun-Mending John Duykers, Tenor Intermission III. Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 in c minor, Op. 18 (Click for FREE MP3) Raymond Wang, piano, 2000 Stanford Concerto Competition Winner (received full standing ovation and was asked to give an encore) Encore: Chopin, "Revolutionary" Etude |
Programme Eldin Burton Sonatina for Flute and Piano (1948) Debussy Prelude a L'Apres-Midi d'un Faune (1894) Brahms Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No. 1 in f minor, Op. 120 (1894)
The Leonore Trio Natalie Pao, flute Leland Chang, clarinet Raymond Wang, piano
An All-Romantic Program ----------------------- Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in c minor Op. 60* ************Intermission************ Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major Op. 109 Brahms Piano Pieces Op. 118 (complete) Chopin "Revolutionary" Etude in c minor No. 12 Op. 10 (encore) ----------------------------------------
The Top Piano Concerti1. Rachmaninoff - No. 2 in c minor1. Rachmaninoff - No. 3 in d minor 2. Brahms - No. 2 in B-flat Major 3. Brahms - No. 1 in d minor 3. Prokofiev - No. 3 in C Major 3. Tchaikovsky - No. 1 in b-flat minor 4. Beethoven - No. 5 in E-flat Major ("Emperor") 5. Grieg - in a minor 5. Schumann - in a minor 6. Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue 7. Prokofiev - No. 2 in g minor 7. Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini 8. Mozart - No. 20 in d minor 8. Saint-saens - No. 2 in g minor 9. Beethoven - No. 4 in G Major 9. Kabalevsky - No. 3 in D Major ("Youth") 9. Prokofiev - No. 1 in D-flat Major 9. Rachmaninoff - No. 1 in f-sharp minor 10. Barber 10. Chopin - No. 1 in e minor 11. Bach - No. 1 in d minor for Keyboard 11. Bartok - No. 3 in E Major 11. Corigliano 12. Ravel - in G Major 13. Macdowell - No. 2 in D Major 14. Liszt - No. 2 in A Major 14. Ravel - in D Major for Left Hand 14. Shostakovich - No. 2 in F Major 15. Beethoven - No. 3 in c minor 15. Busoni - in C Major 15. Chopin - No. 2 in f minor 15. Gershwin - in F 15. Kabalevsky - No. 2 in g minor 15. Liszt - No. 1 in e minor 16. Hanson - in G Major 16. Rautavaara - No. 2 16. Saint-saens - No. 4 in c minor 17. Bartok - No. 2 17. Mendelssohn - No. 1 in g minor 17. Mendelssohn - No. 2 in d minor 17. Rautavaara - No. 1 18. Bartok - No. 1 18. Dvorak - in g minor 19. Hadyn - No. 11 in D Major 19. Mozart - No. 21 in C Major 19. Balakirev - No. 2 in E-flat Major 19. Shostakovich - No. 1 in c minor 20. Englund - No. 1 20. Goedicke - in D Major 21. Glazunov - No. 2 in B major The Top Piano Sonatas1. Beethoven - No. 23 in f minor, Op. 57 ("Appassionata")1. Beethoven - No. 32 in c minor, Op. 111 1. Rachmaninoff - No. 2 in b-flat minor, Op. 36 2. Brahms - No. 3 in f minor, Op. 5 3. Beethoven - No. 8 in c minor, Op. 13 ("Pathetique") 3. Beethoven - No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106 ("Hammerklavier") 3. Beethoven - No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 3. Beethoven - No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 3. Prokofiev - No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 3. Schubert - No. 21 in B-flat Major, D. 960 4. Beethoven - No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight") 4. Brahms - No. 2 in f-sharp minor, Op. 2 4. Chopin - No. 2 in b-flat minor, Op. 35 ("Funeral March") 5. Brahms - No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1 5. Chopin - No. 3 in b minor, Op. 58 5. Liszt - in b minor, Op. 178 5. Schumann - No. 1 in f-sharp minor, Op. 11 6. Beethoven - No. 17 in d minor ("Tempest") 6. Beethoven - No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 ("Waldstein") 6. Schubert - No. 20 in A Major, D. 959 6. Scriabin - No. 3 in f-sharp minor, Op. 23 7. Beethoven - No. 12 in A Major, Op. 26 ("Funeral March") 7. Schumann - No. 2 in g minor, op. 22 7. Scriabin - No. 1 in f minor, Op. 6 7. Stravinsky - 1924 8. Barber - Op. 26 8. Berg - Op. 1 8. Prokofiev - No. 6 in A Major, Op.82 9. Bartok - Sz80 9. Beethoven - No. 18 in E-flat Major ("Hunt") 9. Prokofiev - No. 5 in C Major, Op. 38-135 9. Prokofiev - No. 8 in B-flat Major, Op. 84 10. Beethoven - No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 ("Pastoral") 10. Beethoven - No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78 10. Beethoven - No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a ("Les Adieux") 10. Beethoven - No. 27 in e minor, Op. 90 10. Hindemith - No. 3 10. Prokofiev - No. 9 in C Major, Op. 103 10. Scriabin - No. 2 in g sharp minor, Op. 19, ("Sonata-fantasy") 10. Scriabin - No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30 10. Wild - 2000 11. Beethoven - No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 11. Mozart - No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 11. Schubert - No. 19 in c minor, D. 958 11. Scriabin - No. 5 in F-sharp Major, Op. 53 12. Beethoven - No. 5 in c minor, Op. 10 12. Beethoven - No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79 12. Scarlatti - in d minor 12. Scarlatti - in f-sharp minor 12. Scriabin - No. 9, Op. 68 ("Black Mass") 13. Beethoven - No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14, No. 1 13. Beethoven - No. 19 in g minor, Op. 49, No. 1 13. Beethoven - No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54 13. Mozart - No. 10 in C Major, K. 330 13. Prokofiev - No. 2 in d minor, Op. 14 13. Scarlatti - in b minor, K. 27 13. Scarlatti - in D Major, K. 29 13. Scriabin - No. 10, op. 70 14. Beethoven - No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2 14. Mozart - No. 12 in F major, K. 332 14. Mozart - No. 15 in C Major, K. 545 ("Sonata Semplice") 14. Scarlatti - in A Major, K. 537 15. Beethoven - No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2 15. Beethoven - No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 16. Beethoven - No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 The Top Violin Concerti1. Brahms - in D major2. Beethoven - in D major 2. Sibelius - in d minor 3. Mendelssohn - in e minor 4. Tchaikovsky - in D major 5. Barber - in G Major 5. Vieuxtemps - No. 5 in a minor 6. Bartok - No. 2 in b minor 6. Wieniawski - No. 1 in f-sharp minor 7. Bruch - No. 1 in g minor 7. Saint-Saens - No. 3 in b minor 8. Lalo - Symphonie Espanole 8. Bruch - Scottish Fantasy 8. Wieniawski - No. 2 in d minor 9. Prokofiev - No. 2 in g minor 9. Stravinsky - in D 10. Dvorak - in a minor 10. Kabalevsky - in C Major 11. Mozart - No. 3 in G Major The Top Violin Sonatas1. Brahms - No. 3 in d minor, Op. 782. Brahms - in c minor (1853) 2. Brahms - No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 2. Prokofiev - No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94bis 3. Bach - No. 1 in g minor for Solo Violin 3. Brahms - No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 4. R. Strauss - in E-flat, Op. 18 5. Grieg - No. 1 in F Major, Op. 8 5. Grieg - No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13 5. Prokofiev - No. 1 in f minor, Op. 80 5. Ravel - No. 1 in A Major, Op. 12 6. Beethoven - No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 ("Kreutzer") 6. Ravel - No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77 7. Franck - in A Major 7. Grieg - No. 3 in c minor, Op. 45 8. Beethoven - No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 ("Spring") 9. Janacek The Top String Quartets1. Beethoven - No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 w/Grosse Fuge, Op. 1332. Barber - in B Major, Op. 11 2. Beethoven - No. 8 in e minor, Op. 59, No. 2 ("Razumovsky") 2. Beethoven - No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 ("Harp") 2. Brahms - No. 1 in c minor, Op. 51, No. 1 2. Ravel - in F Major, Op. 35 3. Borodin - No. 2 in D Major 3. Janacek - No. 1 ("Kreutzer Sonata") 3. Onslow - No. 3 in f minor, Op. 9 3. Schubert - No. 14 in d minor, D810 ("Death and the Maiden") 4. Beethoven - No. 14 in c-sharp minor, Op. 131 4. Brahms - No. 2 in a minor, Op. 51, No. 2 4. Janacek - No. 2 ("Intimate Letters") 4. Mendelssohn - No. 2 in a minor, Op. 13 4. Mozart - No. 15 in d minor, K. 421 4. Onslow - No. 1 in g minor, Op. 9 4. Shostakovich - No. 8 in c minor, Op. 110 4. Smetana - No. 1 in e minor ("From My Life") 4. Tchaikovsky - No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 5. Beethoven - No. 15 in a minor, Op. 132 6. Bartok - No. 2 in a minor, Sz67 6. Beethoven - No. 11 in f minor, Op. 95 ("Quartetto Serioso") 6. Debussy - No. 1 in g minor, Op. 10 6. Mendelssohn - No. 6 in f minor, Op. 80 6. Schubert - No. 12 in c minor, D703 ("Quartettsatz") 7. Bartok - No. 4 in C Major, Sz91 7. Beethoven - No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127 7. Beethoven - No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 7. Dvorak - No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 51/B 92 7. Mozart - No. 4 in C Major, K. 157 7. Puccini - ("Crisantemi") 8. Bartok - No. 3 in C-sharp Major, Sz85 8. Bartok - No. 5 in B-flat Major, Sz102 8. Beethoven - No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 ("Razumovsky") 8. Dvorak - No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96/B 179 ("American") 8. Haydn - No. 53 in D ("Lark"), Op. 64, No. 5 8. Schubert - No. 8 in B-flat, D112 9. Borodin - No. 1 in A Major 9. Mendelssohn - No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1 9. Mozart - No. 14 in G Major, K. 387 10. Onslow - in C Major, Op. 47 10. Schubert - No. 13 in a minor, D804 |
The Top Symphonies1. Beethoven - No. 9 in d minor ("Choral")2. Mahler - No. 2 in c minor ("Resurrection") 3. Brahms - No. 4 in e minor 3. Rachmaninoff - No. 2 in e minor 3. Shostakovich - No. 5 in d minor 4. Dvorak - No. 9 in e minor ("From the New World") 4. Mahler - No. 1 in d minor ("Titan") 5. Brahms - No. 1 in c minor 5. Mahler - No. 6 in a minor ("Tragic") 5. Tchaikovsky - No. 6 in b minor ("Pathetique") 6. Beethoven - No. 5 in c minor 6. Brahms - No. 3 in F Major 6. Bruckner - No. 7 in E Major ("Lyric") 6. Mahler - No. 5 in c sharp minor 7. Beethoven - No. 3 in E-flat Major ("Eroica") 8. Schubert - No. 8 in b minor ("Unfinished") 8. Tchaikovsky - No. 4 in f minor 9. Prokofiev - No. 5 in B-flat Major 9. Saint-saens - No. 3 in c minor ("Organ") 10. Beethoven - No. 7 in A Major 10. Gorecki - No. 3 in e min ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs") 10. Mendelssohn - No. 5 in D Major ("Reformation") 11. Beethoven - No. 4 in B-flat Major 11. Beethoven - No. 6 in F Major ("Pastoral") 11. Brahms - No. 2 in D Major 11. Bruckner - No. 1 in c minor ("The Saucy Maid") 12. Bruckner - No. 6 in A Major ("Philosophic") 12. Bruckner - No. 9 in d minor ("Unfinished") 12. Sibelius - No. 2 in D Major 13. Bruckner - No. 3 in d minor ("Wagner") 13. Bruckner - No. 8 in c minor ("Apocalyptic; The German Michel") 13. Mahler - No. 9 in D Major 13. Mendelssohn - No. 3 in a minor ("Scottish") 13. Schoenberg - Chamber in E-Flat Major 13. Schumann - No. 3 in E-flat Major ("Rhenish") 13. Schumann - No. 4 in d minor 13. Sibelius - No. 5 in E-flat Major 13. Stravinsky - of Psalms 14. Berlioz - Fantastique 14. Franck - in d minor 14. Mendelssohn - No. 4 in A Major ("Italian") 14. Sibelius - No. 3 in C Major 14. Tchaikovsky - No. 5 in e minor 15. Barber - No. 1 in One Movement 15. Bruckner - No. 4 in E-flat Major ("Romantic") 15. Bruckner - No. 5 in B-flat Major ("Tragic; Church of Faith; Pizzicato") 15. Hanson - No. 2 ("Romantic") 15. Mahler - No. 3 in d minor 15. Schumann - No. 2 in C Major 15. Sibelius - No. 7 in C Major 15. Tchaikovsky - No. 1 in g minor ("Winter Dreams") 16. Corigliano - No. 1 16. Dvorak - No. 7 in d minor 16. Englund - No. 4 ("Nostalgic") 16. Mahler - No. 7 in e minor ("Song of the Night") 16. Mozart - No. 25 in d minor 16. Mozart - No. 35 in D Major ("Haffner") 16. Schubert - No. 9 in C Major ("The Great") 16. Schumann - No. 1 in B-flat Major ("Spring") 17. Beethoven - No. 8 in F Major 17. Scriabin - No. 1 in E major 17. Shostakovich - No. 8 in c minor 17. Tchaikovsky - No. 2 in c minor ("Little Russian") 17. Tchaikovsky - in b minor ("Manfred") 17. Vaughan Williams - No. 3 ("A Pastoral Symphony") 18. Bizet - in C 18. Prokofiev - No. 1 in D ("Classical") 18. Sibelius - No. 1 in e minor 18. Tchaikovsky - No. 3 in D Major ("Polish") 19. Beethoven - No. 2 in D Major 19. Dvorak - No. 8 in G Major 19. Rautavaara - No. 3 20. Bernstein - No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra ("The Age of Anxiety") 20. Britten - da Requiem 20. Hadyn - No. 104 in D Major ("London") 20. Lutoslawski - No. 3 20. Mozart - No. 40 in g minor 21. Diamond - No. 2 21. Sibelius - No. 6 in d minor 21. Stravinsky - in 3 movements 22. Hadyn - No. 88 in G Major 22. Hadyn - No. 100 in G Major ("Military") 22. Hanson - No. 1 in e minor ("Nordic") 22. Mozart - No. 41 in C Major ("Jupiter") 22. Reinecke - No. 2 in c minor ("Hakon Jarl") 22. Vaughan Williams - No. 5 in D Best Slow Movement in a Symphony 1. Brahms - No. 2 in D Major, II 2. Beethoven - No. 3 in E-flat Major ("Eroica"), II 3. Rachmaninoff - No. 2 in e minor, III 4. Beethoven - No. 7 in A Major, II 4. Mahler - No. 6 in a minor ("Tragic"), III 4. Tchaikovsky - No. 6 in b minor ("Pathetique"), IV 5. Mahler - No. 9 in D Major, IV 5. Sibelius - No. 2 in D Major, II 5. Tchaikovsky - No. 4 in f minor, II 6. Brahms - No. 4 in e minor, II 6. Bruckner - No. 7 in E Major ("Lyric"), II 7. Bruckner - No. 9 in d minor ("Unfinished"), III 7. Mahler - No. 5 in c-sharp minor, IV 7. Prokofiev - No. 5 in B-flat Major, III 8. Beethoven - No. 9 in d minor ("Choral"), III 8. Bruckner - No. 8 in c minor ("Apocalyptic"), III 8. Gorecki - No. 3 in e min, II 8. Mahler - No. 3 in d minor, VI 9. Dvorak - No. 9 in e minor ("From the New World"), II 9. Gorecki - No. 3 in e min, I, III 10. Schubert - No. 8 in b minor ("Unfinished"), II 10. Shostakovich - No. 5 in d minor, III 11. Bruckner - No. 5 in B-flat Major ("Tragic; Church of Faith; Pizzicato"), II 11. Bruckner - No. 6 in A Major ("Philosophic"), II 11. Tchaikovsky - No. 5 in e minor, II 12. Beethoven - No. 5 in c minor, II 12. Bruckner - No. 4 in E-flat Major ("Romantic"), II 13. Shostakovich - No. 8 in c minor, IV 13. Tchaikovsky - No. 1 in g minor ("Winter Dreams"), II The Top Overtures1. Brahms - "Tragic"2. Beethoven - "Egmont" 2. Tchaikovsky - "1812" 3. Wagner - "Tannhauser" 4. Wagner - "Mastersingers of Nuremberg" 5. Brahms - "Academic Festival" 5. Mozart - "The Marriage of Figaro" 6. Mozart - "Don Giovanni" 7. R. Strauss - "Also Sprach Zarathustra" 8. Rossini - "William Tell" 8. Tchaikovsky - "Romeo and Juliet" 9. Offenbach - "Orpheus in the Underworld" 9. Rossini - "The Thieving Magpie" 9. Schumann - "Manfred" 10. Handel - "Water Music" 10. Mendelssohn - "The Fair Melusine" 10. Mendelssohn - "Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)" 11. Beethoven - "Coriolan" 12. Rossini - "The Barber of Seville" 13. Nicolai - "The Merry Wives of Windsor" 13. Weber - "Oberon" 14. Dvorak - "Carnival" 14. Lehar - "The Merry Widow" 14. J. Strauss - "Die Fledermaus" 15. Elgar - "In the South" 15. Glinka - "Ruslan and Ludmilla" 15. Rimsky-Korsakov - "Russian Easter Festival" 15. Smetana - "The Bartered Bride" 16. Berlioz - "Rob Roy" 16. Kabalevsky - "Colas Breugnon" |