Pianist Eric Lu performs Bach and Mendelssohn

Enjoying a career of meteoric rise, pianist Eric Lu, who has been hailed by the Guardian as “a veritable poet of the keyboard”, will make his Newport Classical debut in a program consisting of Schubert’s 4 Impromptus, a short selection of works by Mendelssohn from his Songs without Words, Bach’s Capriccio and more!

Eric Lu, piano

PROGRAM
BACH Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother, BMV 992
SCHUBERT 4 Impromptus, op. 90
–Intermission–
MENDELSSOHN Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19, No. 1
MENDELSSOHN Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 102, No. 5
MENDELSSOHN Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 38, No. 2
MENDELSSOHN Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 85, No. 4
CHOPIN Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

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The Newport Classical Recital Hall at Emmanuel Church is the home for the 22/23 Newport Classical Chamber Series. This magnificent Tudor Gothic Revival structure is on the National Register of Historic Places, and was built by Natalie Bayard Brown in memory of her late husband John Nicholas Brown, Sr. This intimate performance space provides clean acoustics and has been called a "marvelous, warm, and inviting venue" by patrons.

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