LEON FLEISHER

SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2008 ● 3 PM

Equally renowned as a conductor and teacher, “Leon Fleisher’s playing is wonderfully authoritative – life-enhancing on many levels” (The Guardian, London). Student of the great Arthur Schnabel, he was the first American to win the prestigious Queen Elizabeth of Belgium Competition in 1952. Together with Carnegie Hall, the Boston Symphony, and the Lucerne Festival, among many others worldwide, Fresno joins the celebrations of his 80^th year and his gift to music.

Program

J.S. BACH

“Sheep May Safely Graze” from Cantata No.208

Capriccio in B-flat Major “On the Departure of a Most Beloved Brother”, BWV 992

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903

STRAVINSKY

Serenade in A Major

J.S. BACH (arr. Myra Hess)

Jesus, Joy of Man’s Desiring

DEBUSSY

Three Preludes

ALBÉNIZ

Evocation and El Puerto from “Iberia”, Book I

CHOPIN

Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op.50 No.3

Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op.27 No.2

Scherzo in C-sharp Minor, Op.39