Shura Cherkassky

Piano

Schubert Club Performances:

  • February 11, 1936
  • April 10, 1991
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From the Schubert Club Archive:

Program from Cherkassky’s 1936 concert at People’s Church in Saint Paul

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A photograph of Cherkassky signed by the pianist himself in 1991. The note reads: “For the Schubert Club in very pleasant remembrance of my recital here.”

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LIfespan

October 7, 1909 – December 27, 1995

Schubert Club Performances

FEBRUARY 11, 1936
PEOPLE’S CHURCH, SAINT PAUL

Program:

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 881

FRANZ LISZT
Sonata in B minor, S.178

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Capriccio in F-sharp Minor, Op. 76, No. 1
Capriccio in C Major, Op. 76, No. 8

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
2 Mazurkas
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Prelude in C Major
Prelude in D Major
Prelude in B Minor
Prelude in C-sharp Minor
Prelude in D-flat Major
Prelude in D Minor

JEAN SIBELIUS
Romance

YASUJI KIYOSE
A Dance
Springtime in the Hills

APRIL 10, 1991
ORDWAY MUSIC THEATER, SAINT PAUL

Program:

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830

FRANZ SCHUBERT
Impromptu in C Minor, D. 899, Op. 90, No. 1

SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Elégie in E-flat Minor, Op. 3, No. 1

AARON COPLAND/LEONARD BERNSTEIN
El Salón México

MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
Liebeswaltzer, Op. 57, No. 5

FRANZ SCHUBERT
Impromptu in A-flat Major, D. 899, Op. 90, No. 4
Impromptu in G-flat Major, D. 899 Op. 90, No. 3
Impromptu in E-flat Major, D. 899, Op. 90, No. 2

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