How bout' a romantic rendezvous? Let’s begin in Chopin's Paris salon where chic cultured women swoon to romantic, inspired melodies. Then on to America to a fabulous Gatsby-era party, where snappy flapper girls gather ‘round Gershwin’s piano as he improvises on the lush melodies of his own tongue-in-cheek songs. Both composers knew how to win their audiences, and they’ll win you over, too.

Let your fingers do the walking? You bet! This program showcases various kinds of piano virtuosity, from fleet fingers for Haydn to the subtle control and romanticism of Chopin to the drilling rhythms of 1920s American jazz to the super-human demands of Carl Vine’s Sonata – the latter which invariably leaves audiences in stunned disbelief.