january 31 - february 28, 1999

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Presented by Lincoln Center Great Performers in association with the Auditorium de Louvre and the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

Sunday, January 31
Program 1 at 2 pm:
Sviatoslav Richter
plays Liszt, Chopin, Prokofiev, and more.
Program 2 at 4 pm:
Emil Gilels plays Beethoven, Tchaikovsky
and Prokofiev

Sunday, February 7
Program 3 at 2pm:
Arthur Rubinstein,
all Chopin program
Program 4 at 4pm:
Claudio Arrau,
includes Beethoven Concerto No. 4

Thursday, February 11
Program 5 at 6:15pm:
Rudolf Serkin,
includes Mozart Concerto No. 27
Program 6 at 8:15pm:
Cortot and His Disciples
Alfred Cortot, includes Chopin and Schumann Yvonne Lefebure, featuring Bach/Liszt Vlado Perlemuter, includes Chopin and Ravel Dino Ciani, includes Mozart and Bartók Thierry De Brunhoff, all Chopin

Sunday, February 14
Program 7 at 2pm:
Great Jazz Pianists
Presented in association with Jazz at Lincoln Center
Errol Garner, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans
Program 8 at 4:30pm:
Edwin Fischer,
featuring Bach Wilhelm Backhaus, includes Schubert Wilhelm Kempff, includes Schumann

Thursday, February 18
Program 9 at 6:15pm:
Vladimir Horowitz,
including Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3
Program 10 at 8:30pm:
Benno Moiseiwitsch,
including Schumann, Rachmaninoff

Sunday, February 21
Program 11 at 2pm:
The French Piano
Yves Nat, featuring Chopin Robert Casadesus, including Ravel, Debussy Robert and Gaby Casadesus, featuring Debussy Jacques Febrier, featuring Debussy and Ravel Magda Tagliaferro, including Villa-Lobos and Falla
Program 12 at 4:15pm:
Piano Russe
Heinrich Neuhaus, featuring Liszt and Scriabin Stanislav Neuhaus, featuring Chopin and Rachmaninoff Lev Oborine, including Mussorgsky and Khatchaturian Grigori Ginzburg, featuring Chopin and Paganini/Liszt Tatiana Nikolaeva, featuring Shostakovich

Thursday, February 25
Program 13 at 6:15pm:
Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli,
including Brahms, Beethoven
Program 14 at 8:15pm:
Beethoven Journey, Part I
Harold Bauer, featuring Violin Sonata No. 9 with Mischa Elman Dame Myra Hess, featuring the "Appassionata" sonata Yvonne Lefebure, featuring Sonata No. 31 Arthur Rubinstein, featuring Concerto No. 3

Sunday, February 28
Program 15 at 2pm:
Beethoven Journey, Part II
Ignacy Jan Paderewski, featuring the "Moonlight" sonata Wilhelm Kempff, featuring Sonata No. 27 Emil Gilels, featuring the "Waldstein" sonata Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli, featuring Sonata No. 3 Julius Katchen, featuring Concerto No. 4
Program 16 at 4:30pm:
Beethoven Journey, Part III
Josef Hofmann, featuring Concerto No. 5 excerpt Robert Casadesus, featuring Sonata No. 28 Samson François, featuring the "Appassionata" sonata excerpt Annie Fischer, featuring the "Pathetique" sonata Glenn Gould, featuring the Eroica Variations Sviatoslav Richter, featuring Sonata No. 1