JULIA KOCIUBAN & SANAZ SOTOUDEH

On Sunday 27th August, the UAE welcomes Polish pianist Julia Kociuban, along with Canadian pianist Sanaz Sotoudeh, for a concert taking place at Dubai Opera, organised as part of the VIP Classical concert series which is presented by SAMIT Event Group  under the auspices of the Embassy of Canada in the UAE & the Consulate General of Canada in Dubai. Kociuban will be starting the evening with Frédéric Chopin, namely the Ballade No. 3 Op. 47, followed by Mazurkas, Op. 24, No. 2 and No. 4; the 3 Polonaises Op. 71; and finally the Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante. After the interval, Sotoudeh will present Ferruccio Busoni’s arrangement of the Chaconne in D minor, from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. Ludwig van Beethoven’s hugely famous Piano Sonata No. 14, ‘Moonlight Sonata’ will follow next, after which comes Franz Liszt’s Liebesträume No. 3. Liszt’s arrangement of Franz Schubert’s Ständchen, commonly translated as Serenade, shall then follow, before Sotoudeh concludes with another work from the Hungarian composer, namely the Étude en Douze Exercices No. 3.

Programme

PART 1

Chopin

Ballade no 3, op. 47

Mazurkas op. 24, no. 2 & 4

Polonaises op. 71

Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante op. 22

INTERMISSION

PART 2

J.S. Bach – F. Busoni

Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1005

L.V. Beethoven

“Moonlight” Sonata, op.27, no.2 in C- sharp minor

Liszt

“Liebestraum” no.3 (Love Dream)

F. Schubert – F. Liszt

“Ständchen” (Serenade)

F. Liszt

Les Études en douze exercise, no. 3