Francine Kay, piano, in Concert
[At First United Church. ]
Remember, 7:00 startimg time
tickets: #35; students $20
Francine has performed for us several times over the years, beginning in the 1980’s when she had Anton Kuerti’s kudus - and has delighted many audiences since then. Not so many get to witness her remarkable artistry since those days; She also moved on, to the staff at Princeton. We’re lucky to have her back!
Selected critical quotes:
“[Her] Piano playing is magical...Kay’s interpretations are highly individual, compelling...something to celebrate”
-The Ottawa Citizen
“such richness of sound, such refinement in the variety of attacks, such a sense of architecture. The result is prodigious, incomparably luxuriant in sound, bold and effortless. All we can do is wait for more from this innately original artist”
-Repertoire, France
Her interesting program:
BPAC_KW
Dvorak 3 Humoresques op. 101
no. 4 Poco andante
no. 7 Poco lento e grazioso
no. 8 Poco andante
Josef Suk Things Lived and Dreamt op. 30
lX - Poco Andante 'Whispering and mysterious'
V- On the recovery of my son Adagio ‘Calm with deep emotion’
Spring op. 22a
No. 5 - Longing
Debussy 5 Preludes from Book 2
Bruyères
General Lavine - eccentric
La Puerta del Vino
Hommage à S. Pickwick, Esq., P.P.M.P.C.
Feux d’artifice
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Chopin Mazurka op. 59 no. 2
Mazurka op. 24 no. 4
Scherzo no. 1
Ballade no. 4
February 17, 2023