This thesis consists of two recital program notes and a conference paper. The two recitals are a Solo Recital for piano music and a Performance Recital for chamber music. The programs are listed as following:
1. The Solo Recital
D. Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas K.426 and K.455
L. v. Beethoven: Piano Sonata in f minor, Op.57 “Appassionata”
F. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.11
C. Debussy: Pour le piano
2. The Performance Recital
F. Mendelssohn: Capriccio Brillante for Piano and Orchestra in b Minor, Op.22
P. Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op.20, No.1
E. Burton: Flute Sonatina
S. Rachmaninoff: Six Morceaux for Piano Duet, Op.11
The conference paper “A Preliminary Study of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No.11” presents a brief biography of Liszt and an analysis of this work, discussing its style characteristics, performance technique and musical interpretation.