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Presented by Global Foundation for the Performing Arts & United Nations Institute for Training & Research, New York Office
Building Resilience through Hope
In Recognition of the 76th General Assembly of the United Nations
Thursday, December 9, 2021
7:30 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Building Resilience through Hope honors the work of the President of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, and the entire United Nations community. This concert celebrates music and a return to the importance of live performance across the globe following COVID-19.
Performers
Byron Wei-Xin Zhou, Piano
Program
ALBÉNIZ Granada
SANG Fair Maiden from Afar
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"
LISZT Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104, from Années de pèlerinage
CHOPIN Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53
RAVEL Jeux d'eau
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV "The Young Prince and the Princess" (Chanson Arabe) from Scheherazade (transcr. Kreisler; arr. Haoming Yang and Byron Wei-Xin Zhou)
R. SCHUMANN Carnaval