Recitals Australia Presents
Lunch Hour Autumn Series
North Adelaide Baptist Church Hall – Tynte Street, North Adelaide
Commencing at 12.30pm
ABOUT Esmond
Esmond Choi is an Australian pianist/composer who has completed his undergraduate studies and continue his studies with Lucinda Collins. He is currently studying Master of Philosophy on researching Ives’s approach on being a musician. For this project, he travelled to New England Conservatory and had a short intensive study with Stephen Drury.
In early 2024, Esmond performed Julia Wolfe’s East Boardway for solo Toy Piano at She Speaks Festival. And with the help of the Recitals Australia fellowship program. Esmond received a 5-star rating from Barefoot Review on two solo fringe recitals focusing on George Crumb’s complete Metamorphoses cycle.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Allegro assai
Charles Edward Ives (1874 – 1954)
Three-Page Sonata
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 – 1788)
Rondo in E major
Marc-André Hamelin (b. 1961)
Variations on a Theme of Paganini
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