Impromptus

Sunday, December 6, 2026
2 pm
Pre-Concert Talk with Professor Suzannah Clark, 1:15 pm

Music Recital Hall, Centennial Arts Center, Concord Academy

Shai Wosner, piano

Praised as “a Schubertian of unfaltering authority and character” (Gramophone), Shai Wosner brings his trademark blend of intellect, imagination, and playfulness to a program exploring the spirit of improvisation. Pairing works by Schubert, Chopin, Dvořák, Gershwin, and Ives with a brief improvisation of his own, Wosner culminates the evening with Schubert’s transcendent final sonata, the B-flat Major Sonata, D. 960.

Program
Schubert: Impromptu No. 1, D. 935
Ives: Three Improvisations, III.
Dvořák: Impromptu, B. 129
Gershwin: Impromptu in Two Keys
Chopin: Impromptu No. 1, Op. 29
Schubert: Impromptu No. 2, D. 935
(short improvised transition)
Chopin: Impromptu No. 2, Op. 36
Ives: Three Improvisations, I.
Schubert: Impromptu No. 4, D. 935
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Schubert: Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960