Arnold Schoenberg: Three Piano Pieces, op. 11
Mäßige
Mäßige
Bewegte

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in C Major, op. 53 (“Waldstein”)
Allegro con brio
Introduzione: Adagio molto
Rondo: Allegretto moderato

Claude Debussy: Preludes, Book II
II. Feuilles mortes
III. La puerta del vino
VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
VIII. Ondine

Franz Liszt: Twelve Transcendental Etudes
No. 2 in A Minor
No. 9 in A-flat Major (“Ricordanza”)
No. 10 in F Minor

An eloquent communicator both on and off the concert stage,one of Boston’s musical treasures, legendary pianist Russell Sherman continues to garner accolades from critics and audiences alike for his grace, imagination and poetry. The New York Times calls him “one of the best pianists in this or any other country.” As the author of a highly acclaimed book Piano Pieces (a rhapsodic compilation of vignettes and personal anecdotes from Mr. Sherman’s life experiences as a pianist and teacher), Russell Sherman has been praised not only as an ingenious virtuoso but also as an insightful master.

Mr. Sherman has performed with such major orchestras as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke’s (with whom he performed the five Beethoven concertos), Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony. Abroad, Mr. Sherman has played in the major cities of Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Russia,Korea, China and South America.