Sonata Series 2023~
Yu Kosuge Sonata Project
2023~2026
1st concert: “Bloom“
-early sonatas-
Bach: Sonata BWV 963 (10:30)
Beethoven: Kurfuersten Sonata WoO 47-2 in f minor (11:00)
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 1 in f minor (8:00)
intermission
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in f minor (41:00)
2nd concert: „Dream, Fantasy“
Mendelssohn: Fantasy in f-sharp minor “Scotland Sonata” Op. 28 (14:30)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 27-2 “Moonlight” Sonata quasi una fantasia (17:00)
intermission
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 18 “Fantasy” D 894 (40:00)
3rd concert: „Love, Metamorphosis“
-sonatas with variation movement-
Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 109 (21:00)
Akio Yashiro: Piano Sonata (16:00)
intermission
Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 14 (Revised version 1853 with Scherzo vivacissimo WoO5/1) (40:00)
4th concert: „Mystery, Fascination“
-one movement sonatas-
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9 (8:30)
Dai Fujikura: Piano Sonata (20:00)
Berg: Piano Sonata (11:00)
intermission
Liszt: Piano Sonata (30:00)
5th Concert: “Twilight”
-last sonatas-
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 18 K. 576 (13:00)
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 61 Hob. XVI:51 (6:00)
Weber: Piano Sonata No. 4 (26:00)
intermission
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 D 960 (36:00)
FOUR ELEMENTS Digest
Wind
Beethoven: Klaviersonate Op.31-2 “Der Sturm”
Water
Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch
Liszt: Les jeux d’eau a la Villa d’Este from “Années de pèlerinage III” S.163-4, Ballade No. 2
intermission
Fire
Debussy: Les soirs illumines par l‘ardeur du charbon
Scriabin: Vers La Flamme
Earth
Chopin: Sonate No. 3
FOUR ELEMENTS VOL. 4 EARTH
Beethoven: 12 Variations on the Russian Dance from 'Das Waldmädchen', WoO 71
Schubert: Fantasy in C major “Wanderer-Fantasie”, D.760
intermission
Janáček: Sonata 1. X. 1905
Dai Fujikura: Akiko’s Diary
Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58
FOUR ELEMENTS VOL. 3 WIND
L. C. Daquin: Le Coucou, Les Vents en Courroux
F. Couperin: Les Petits Moulins a Vent
J.P. Rameau: Les Rappel des Oiseaux
Akira Nishimura: Kalavinka
L.v. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.17 in D Minor, op.31, No.2, "Tempest"
intermission
F. Schmitt: Crèpuscules, op.56, III. Sylphides
C. Debussy: excerpts from Préludes Book 1, No.2, 3, 4, 7, 10; Book 2, No.1
L. Janáček: In the mist
FOUR ELEMENTS VOL. 2 FIRE
Tchaikovsky: from The Seasons, January: At the Fireside
Max Reger: excerpts from “Traeume am Kamin”
De Falla: from “El Amor Brujo”
No. 2 Cancion Del Fuego Fatuo, No. 5 Danza Ritual Del Fuego
Liszt/Stark: Symphonic Poem No. 5 “Prometheus”
intermission
Debussy: Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon
Debussy: from Preludes Book 2 Feux d’artifice
Scriabin: Poeme Satanique op. 36, Vers la Flamme op. 72
Stravinsky: excerpts from "Firebird" (Piano version by Stravinsky)
FOUR ELEMENTS VOL. 1 WATER
Mendelssohn Venetian Gondola 2 fis-moll op. 30-6
Faure; Barcarolle No. 5 Fis-Dur op. 66
Mendelssohn Venetian Gondola 3 a minor op. 62-5
Faure: Barcarolle No. 10 a minor op. 104-2
Mendelssohn Venetian Gondola 1 g minor op. 19-6
Faure: Barcarolle No. 11 g minor op. 105
Ravel: Jeux d’eau
Chopin: Barcarolle op. 60
intermission
Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch I, II
Liszt: from Annees de Pelerinage Les jeux d’eau a la villa d’este
Liszt: Ballade No. 2
Wagner/Liszt: Isoldes Liebestod
ALL BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Beethoven: Sonatas Op. 2-1, Op. 78 "Therese", Op. 31-2 "The Tempest"
intermission
Beethoven: Sonatas Op. 53 "Waldstein", Op. 111
