Graduate recital in piano

Includes recorded audio files in WAV and MP3 formats, 89:48 in length.Haydn's Sonata No. 49 in E-flat is his most distinguished sonata up to this time, and in character his most "Classical" work for the keyboard. The Allegro begins with one of the Haydn's usual symmetrically constructed themes. When the recapitulation comes it is regular and is followed by a lengthy coda. Both of these events are unusual for late Haydn. The Adagio e Cantabile is a large scale A-B-A. The A out of accommodate variations. The B section is in the minor mode, containing a hand crossing passage. The repetition of the opening section breaks off suddenly at the end, introducing another substantial coda. The finale, Tempo di Minuet, is a simple A-B-A-C-A rondo design. The only clear contrast is in the minore of the C section. The entire work is rounded off with a decrescendo. (See more in text.