Gabriela Montero

She is considered a queen of "classical" improvisation. The Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero takes us on a musical journey southward. The program combines Monteros great "freestyle" talent as a subtle ode to freedom with Spanish-influenced soundscapes. Whether authentically Iberian or, as in Liszt and his fervently passionate Rhapsody, inspired freely by the spirit and colors of Spain: this concert promises temperament, imagination, and limitless expressiveness.

Gabriela Montero, piano

"Freestyle" 

Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)

Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor K. 247 L. 256 (1753) 5'

Padre Antonio Soler (1729–1783)

Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor R. 21 6'

Piano Sonata in G major R. 45 4'

Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)

Piano Sonata in G major K. 447 L. 294 (1775) 3'

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor op. 39 (1839) 8'

Enrique Granados (1867–1916)

8 "Valses poeticos" [Poetic Waltzes] (1887) 12'

Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909)

"Triana" from the piano suite "Iberia" (Vol. II – No. 3) (1907) 5'

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Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909)

"Sevilla" from the "Suite española" [Spanish Suite] op. 37 (No. 3) (1886) 5'

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Boléro in A minor op. 19 (1833) 8'

Alicia de Larrocha (1923–2009)

"Sueño infantil" [Childhood Dream] 2'

"Minué triste" [Sad Minuet] 1'

Federico Mompou (1893–1987)

"Cançó i dansa" [Songs and Dances] No. 6 (1941) 4'

Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909)

"Eritaña" from the piano suite "Iberia" (Vol. IV – No. 3) (1909) 6'

Enrique Granados (1867–1916)

"Andaluza" from the 12 "Danzas españolas" [Spanish Dances] op. 37 (No. 5) (circa 1890) 12'

Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Spanish Rhapsody S. 254 (1863) 13'

120' (including intermission)