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CONCERT & DINNER at the TERMINAL CITY CLUB

Sunday, June 9, 2024
5:00pm to 10:00pm
:

5:00pm – Welcome Reception
6:00pm – Concert
7:00pm – Dinner and Auction

Dresscode
Semiformal. Jackets required. Ties are optional.

Concert features local young artists. Special performance by Bob Baker and Eagle Song Dancers from the Squamish Nation.
Silent and live auction items, buffet dinner. All proceeds generated from this event will go toward the VPS scholarship fund. The goal of VPS is to provide a tuition free festival for all students. The financial situation of a student or their family should not preclude them from achieving and realizing their potential as pianists. Music is universal, and should be for everyone.

Join us on June 9, 2024 at 5:00pm!

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THIRD EDITION: Aug 2 - 14, 2025

SPONSORS

Vancouver Piano Sessions gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our sponsors, whose contributions help make our festival possible.

SYMPHONY

$25,000 +

CONCERTO

$10,000 +

SONATA

$1,000 +

PRELUDE

$100 +

DONORS

Vancouver Piano Sessions gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our donors, whose contributions make our festival and its programs thrive.

SYMPHONY

$25,000 +

Anonymous

SONATA

$1,000 +

Robert Yu

Peter and Katherine Lee

Anonymous

Joy Wang and Li Zhang

Yeung Family

Shaun Hong

Max Jia

Faith Wei

PRELUDE

$100 +

Sarah Liu

Theresa Chang

Jeanne Ellis

Gaye Oncul Kok

Yi Xiang

Mao Asukata

Chunyan Li

Yihan Liu

Nino Merabishvili

alexander kobrin
saturday, august 9, 2025 7:00 pm
christ church cathedral
haochen zhang
tuesday, august 12, 2025 7:00 pm
christ church cathedral

Sergei Babayan in recital

August 9, 2024 7:00PM Chirst Church Cathedral

Franz Schubert [transcr. Franz Liszt] (1797 - 1828)
Der Müller und der Bach S. 565 No. 2
Aufenthalt S. 560 No. 3
Auf dem Wasser zu singen S. 558 No. 2
Die Stadt S. 558 No. 11
Gretchen am Spinnrade S. 558 No. 8
Ständchen „Horch! Horch!“ S. 558 No. 9
Erlkönig S. 558 No. 4

Robert Schumann [transcr. Franz Liszt] (1810 - 1856)
Liebeslied (Widmung) S. 566

Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Hymne de la nuit S. 173a/1
"Romance" in E Minor S. 169 "O pourquoi donc"

Manuel María Ponce (1882 - 1948)
Intermezzo No. 1

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)
"Where beauty dwells" from Twelve Songs, Op. 21 No. 7
[transcr. Arcadi Volodos]

"Melody" from Twelve Songs Op. 21
[transcr. Arcadi Volodos]

"Dream" from Six Songs Op. 38
[transcr. Earl Wild]

Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962)
"Liebesleid"
[transcr. Sergei Rachmaninoff]

INTERMISSION

Frederic Mompou (1893 - 1987)
Canción No. 6
Canción No. 8
Canción No. 7
from “Cançons i Danses”

Komitas (1869 - 1935)
Chinar es
[transcr. Villy Sargsyan]

Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
V Kuusi “The Spruce”
from Five pieces for piano, Op. 75

Harold Arlen (1905 - 1986)
"Over the Rainbow"
[transcr. Keith Jarrett]

Leonid Desyatnikov (1955 - present)
"Red arrowwood, green leaves"
from Songs of Bukovina No. 18

Jesús Guridi (1886 - 1961)
"La carrasquilla"
from Danzas viejas

Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
"Einleitung und Lied"
from Klaviermusik, Op. 37 Pt. 2 "Reihe kleiner Stücke"

Komitas (1869 - 1935)
Berceuse
1. Semplice from Seven Songs
[transcr. Georgy Saradjian]

Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Chants du Rhin: I. L'aurore

Stephen Reynolds (1947 - present)
"Chanson d'automne"
from Two Poems in Homage to Fauré

Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
Improvisation No. 15 in C Minor
"Hommage à Edith Piaf" FP 176

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
"Au bord de l'eau", Op. 8 No. 1
[transcr. Sergei Babayan]

Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
"Les chemins de l'amour"

Charles Trenet (1913 - 2001)
"En avril à Paris"
[transcr. Alexis Weissenberg]

George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
"Oh lady, be good!"
[transcr. Maurice Whitney]

Johann Strauss II (1825 - 1899)
Arabesken über „An der schönen blauen Donau“
[transcr. Andrey Schulz-Evler]