American Journey featuring pianist Ulrich Roman Murtfeld

Called “a pianist to reckon with” (International Record Review), German pianist Ulrich Roman Murtfeld can be regularly heard performing in concert halls and on the radio throughout Europe. He is presented in collaboration with The German Forum for whom he will be performing earlier in the week at Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium. Mr. Murtfeld’s program journeys from Beethoven and Schubert to the American composers Edward MacDowell, Frederic Rzewski and Louis Moreau Gottschalk, among those featured on his CD “American Recital, Vol. 1,” and the newly released Vol. 2.

Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata No. 21 in C Major op. 53 – Waldstein

Franz Schubert

Impromptu in F minor op. 142, No. 1 Allegro moderato

Impromptu in F minor op. 142, No. 4  Allegro scherzando

Edward MacDowell  Woodland Sketches

“To a Wild Rose“ from op. 51

“Moto Perpetuo” from op. 46

“March Wind” from op. 46

“To a Water lily“ from op. 5

Frederic Rzewski

Piano Piece No. 4                                                             

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Berceuse (Cradle Song) op. 47

The Banjo (Fantaisie Grotesque) op. 15