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Lecture-Recital at The American Matthay Association Festival 2026
"The Timeless Act of Touch: Bridging Past and Future in Modern Soundscapes"
The 2026 Festival theme, "Bridging Past & Future," invites us to view Tobias Matthay’s pedagogy not as a relic of the Romantic era, but as an essential toolkit for the 21st-century pianist. Although Matthay is best known for his work with standard repertoire, his core teachings on physical relaxation and tone production find their most rigorous application in the stark landscapes of modern music. This lecture-recital demonstrates how the Act of Touch serves as the key to unlocking the diverse soundscapes of the 20th century, exploring two contrasting extremes. First, we examine the ultimate application of gravity in Henry Cowell’s "The Tides of Manaunaun." Here, the performer must utilize a total relaxation of the arm to transform massive tone clusters from percussive noise into a resonant, oceanic roar. Ideally juxtaposed against this mass of sound is Toru Takemitsu’s "Rain Tree Sketch II," where the focus shifts to the decay of sound. The technical challenge lies in sculpting silence and controlling the precise release of the key to blend the work’s fragmented images. By navigating from the visceral depth of Cowell to the ethereal mist of Takemitsu, this session proves that the technical foundation of the past remains the most effective key to unlocking the soundscapes of the future.
Lenten Music Organ Solo Recital
Litanies by Jehan Alain (1911-1940)
Herzlich tut mich verlangen, Op. 122 No. 10 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder, BuxWV 178 by Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Herzlich tut mich verlangen by S. Andrew Lloyd (b. 1979)
Prélude, fugue et variation, Op. 18 by César Franck (1822-1890)
Toccata on “Breslau” by Brian Solomons (b. 1948)
Toccata pour Orgue by Alphonse Mailly (1833-1918)
Nimrod from Enigma Variations Op. 36 by Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 543 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Almost Quintet Trio 2026 LA I
MY GARDEN by Elizabeth Haskins
There is a budding morrow in midnight
Spring Quiet
Another Spring
SONNETS ON LOVE, ROSEBUDS, AND DEATH by Dorothy Rudd Moore
I Had No Thought of Violets of Late
Song for a Dark Girl
Idolatry
Invocation
在水一方 On one side of river by 林家庆 Qingjia Lin
钗头凤 Phoenix Hairpin by 周易 Yi Zhou
HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND OF THE DULCIMER SWEET
HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW arr. by Jennifer Rhodes
Chère nuit by Alfred Bachelet
Voice, Piano and Organ Recital
E Susanna nonvien…Dove Son from Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Donde lieta from La boheme
Tu che di gel from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
On the Other side of the Water by Jiaqin Lin (b.1934), lyric by Yao Qiong (1938-2024）
Phoenix Hairpin by Yi Zhou (b.1948), poem by Lu You (1125-1210)
In the dark pinewood
Where has summer gone by Ben Moore (b.1960)
——— Intermission ———
Suite from Interstellar by Hans Zimmer (b. 1957), arranged by Anna Lapwood (b. 1995)
No Time for Caution
Stay
Cornfield Chase
Chaconne BWV 1004 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), transcr. by Henri Messerer (1838-1923)
St. Michael's Feast Celebration Organ Solo Recital
Preambulum and Fugue in G minor by Vincent Lübeck (1654-1740）
Chaconne BWV 1004 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), transcr. by Henri Messerer (1838-1923)
Pièce héroïque by César Franck (1822-1890)
Carillon de Westminster by Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Toccata Op.9 by Jean Guillou (1930-2019)
Almost Quintet Trio LA 2025 II
MY GARDEN by Elizabeth Haskins
There is a budding morrow in midnight
Spring Quiet
Another Spring
SONNETS ON LOVE, ROSEBUDS, AND DEATH by Dorothy Rudd Moore
I Had No Thought of Violets of Late
Song for a Dark Girl
Idolatry
Invocation
HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND OF THE DULCIMER SWEET
HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW arr. by Jennifer Rhodes
TO ONE BEYOND SEAS by Ingrid Stözel
I. Know By The Thread Of Music
II. The Overture
III. The Firs
IV. Mosses
V. The Vine
VI. The Maple
VII. Hare-Bell
VIII. The Giant Oak
IX. Aspens
X. Finale
Chère nuit by Alfred Bachelet
Almost Quintet Trio LA 2025 I
MY GARDEN by Elizabeth Haskins
There is a budding morrow in midnight
Spring Quiet
Another Spring
SONNETS ON LOVE, ROSEBUDS, AND DEATH by Dorothy Rudd Moore
I Had No Thought of Violets of Late
Song for a Dark Girl
Idolatry
Invocation
HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND OF THE DULCIMER SWEET
HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW arr. by Jennifer Rhodes
TO ONE BEYOND SEAS by Ingrid Stözel
I. Know By The Thread Of Music
II. The Overture
III. The Firs
IV. Mosses
V. The Vine
VI. The Maple
VII. Hare-Bell
VIII. The Giant Oak
IX. Aspens
X. Finale
Chère nuit by Alfred Bachelet
Nuvia Piano DUO LA I
Petite Suite Claude Debussy
1. En Bateau
2. Cortège
3. Menuet
4. Ballet
Slavonic Dances Antonín Dvořák
Op. 72 No. 2 in E minor
Dance Macabre, Op. 40 Camille Saint-Saëns
Fantasie in F Minor, D. 940 Franz Schubert
Por Una Cabeza Carlos Gardel / Alfredo Le Pera
(arr. Tal Zilber)
Almost Quintet Trio Kansas Tour 2025 V
MY GARDEN by Elizabeth Haskins
There is a budding morrow in midnight
Spring Quiet
Another Spring
SONNETS ON LOVE, ROSEBUDS, AND DEATH by Dorothy Rudd Moore
I Had No Thought of Violets of Late
Song for a Dark Girl
Idolatry
Invocation
IN SLEEP THE WORLD IS YOURS by Lori Laitman
No. 3. Tragedy
HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW
HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND OF THE DULCIMER SWEET arr. by Jennifer Rhodes
TO ONE BEYOND SEAS by Ingrid Stözel
I. Know By The Thread Of Music
II. The Overture
III. The Firs
IV. Mosses
V. The Vine
VI. The Maple
VII. Hare-Bell
VIII. The Giant Oak
IX. Aspens
X. Finale
Almost Quintet Trio Kansas Tour 2025 IV
MY GARDEN by Elizabeth Haskins
There is a budding morrow in midnight
Spring Quiet
Another Spring
SONNETS ON LOVE, ROSEBUDS, AND DEATH by Dorothy Rudd Moore
I Had No Thought of Violets of Late
Song for a Dark Girl
Idolatry
Invocation
IN SLEEP THE WORLD IS YOURS by Lori Laitman
No. 3. Tragedy
HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW
HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND OF THE DULCIMER SWEET arr. by Jennifer Rhodes
TO ONE BEYOND SEAS by Ingrid Stözel
I. Know By The Thread Of Music
II. The Overture
III. The Firs
IV. Mosses
V. The Vine
VI. The Maple
VII. Hare-Bell
VIII. The Giant Oak
IX. Aspens
X. Finale
Almost Quintet Trio Kansas Tour 2025 III
MY GARDEN by Elizabeth Haskins
There is a budding morrow in midnight
Spring Quiet
Another Spring
SONNETS ON LOVE, ROSEBUDS, AND DEATH by Dorothy Rudd Moore
I Had No Thought of Violets of Late
Song for a Dark Girl
Idolatry
Invocation
IN SLEEP THE WORLD IS YOURS by Lori Laitman
No. 3. Tragedy
HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW
HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND OF THE DULCIMER SWEET arr. by Jennifer Rhodes
TO ONE BEYOND SEAS by Ingrid Stözel
I. Know By The Thread Of Music
II. The Overture
III. The Firs
IV. Mosses
V. The Vine
VI. The Maple
VII. Hare-Bell
VIII. The Giant Oak
IX. Aspens
X. Finale
Almost Quintet Trio Kansas Tour 2025 II
MY GARDEN by Elizabeth Haskins
There is a budding morrow in midnight
Spring Quiet
Another Spring
SONNETS ON LOVE, ROSEBUDS, AND DEATH by Dorothy Rudd Moore
I Had No Thought of Violets of Late
Song for a Dark Girl
Idolatry
Invocation
IN SLEEP THE WORLD IS YOURS by Lori Laitman
No. 3. Tragedy
HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW
HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND OF THE DULCIMER SWEET arr. by Jennifer Rhodes
TO ONE BEYOND SEAS by Ingrid Stözel
I. Know By The Thread Of Music
II. The Overture
III. The Firs
IV. Mosses
V. The Vine
VI. The Maple
VII. Hare-Bell
VIII. The Giant Oak
IX. Aspens
X. Finale
Almost Quintet Trio Kansas Tour 2025 I
MY GARDEN by Elizabeth Haskins
There is a budding morrow in midnight
Spring Quiet
Another Spring
SONNETS ON LOVE, ROSEBUDS, AND DEATH by Dorothy Rudd Moore
I Had No Thought of Violets of Late
Song for a Dark Girl
Idolatry
Invocation
IN SLEEP THE WORLD IS YOURS by Lori Laitman
No. 3. Tragedy
HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW
HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND OF THE DULCIMER SWEET arr. by Jennifer Rhodes
TO ONE BEYOND SEAS by Ingrid Stözel
I. Know By The Thread Of Music
II. The Overture
III. The Firs
IV. Mosses
V. The Vine
VI. The Maple
VII. Hare-Bell
VIII. The Giant Oak
IX. Aspens
X. Finale
Nuvia Piano Duo Boston II
Petite Suite Claude Debussy
1. En Bateau
2. Cortège
3. Menuet
4. Ballet
Slavonic Dances Antonín Dvořák
Op. 72 No. 2 in E minor
Dance Macabre, Op. 40 Camille Saint-Saëns
Fantasie in F Minor, D. 940 Franz Schubert
Por Una Cabeza Carlos Gardel / Alfredo Le Pera
(arr. Tal Zilber)
Nuvia Piano Duo Boston I
Petite Suite Claude Debussy
1. En Bateau
2. Cortège
3. Menuet
4. Ballet
Slavonic Dances Antonín Dvořák
Op. 72 No. 2 in E minor
Dance Macabre, Op. 40 Camille Saint-Saëns
Fantasie in F Minor, D. 940 Franz Schubert
Por Una Cabeza Carlos Gardel / Alfredo Le Pera
(arr. Tal Zilber)
OCCACC Scholarship Award Concert
E Susanna non vien! from Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Elaine Huang vocal
Peiyao Yu piano
Apex International Competition Winners Concert #2
Chère nuit by Alfred Bachelet
“Almost Quartet“ Trio, United States
Elaine Huang (Vocal), Xiaohui Yan (Violin), Peiyao Yu (Piano)
Apex International Music Competition Winners Concert #1
I Had No Thought of Violets of Late by Dorothy Rudd Moore
Chère nuit by Alfred Bachelet
“Almost Quartet“ Trio, United States
Elaine Huang (Vocal), Xiaohui Yan (Violin), Peiyao Yu (Piano)
Concert Star International Competition Concert
I Had No Thought of Violets of Late by Dorothy Rudd Moore
“Almost Quartet“ Trio, United States
Elaine Huang (Vocal), Xiaohui Yan (Violin), Peiyao Yu (Piano)
Organ Dedication Recital
Overture from The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948), arranged by Peiyao Yu
Partita “Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig (Hail to you, kind Jesus)” by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Le Carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), arranged by Shin-Young Lee
No. 1 Introduction et marche royale du lion (Introduction and the Lion’s Royal March)
No. 5 L'éléphant (The Elephant)
No. 7 Aquarium
No. 9 Le coucou au fond des bois (The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Forest)
No. 13 Le Cygne (The Swan)
Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité (Meditation on the Mystery of the Holy Trinity) by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Méditation II La Sainteté de Jésus-Christ" (The Holiness of Jesus Christ)
Dieu est Saint (God is Holy) - Theme of Christ - Wrens - Theme of Christ - Common blackbird - Chaffinch - Garden wabler - Blackcap - God is Holy - Yellowhammer
Brief intermission
Prélude et fugue sur le nom d’Alain op. 7 by Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Star Wars Medley by John Williams (b. 1932)
Main Theme
The Imperial March
May the Force Be With You
No Time for Caution from Interstellar by Hans Zimmer (b. 1957), arranged by Anna Lapwood
Final from Sonata No. 1 by Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Stan's Music Parlor
Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber (1910-1981), arranged by William Strickland (1914-1991)
Herzlich tut mich verlangen by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Herzlich tut mich verlangen by S. Andrew Lloyd (b. 1979)
Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 548 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prélude et fugue sur le nom d’Alain op. 7 by Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Toccata from the Fifth Organ Symphony by Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Organ Concert at FCC
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685_1750)
Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948)
Overture
Think of Me
The Music of the Night
How to Train Your Dragon by John Powell (b. 1963), arragned by Anna Lapwood
Star Wars by John Williams (b. 1932)
Main Theme
May the Force Be With You
The Imperial March
Cantina Band
Interstellar by Hans Zimmer (b. 1957), arranged by Anna Lapwood
No Time for Caution
Stay
Cornfield Chase
Toccata from the Fifth Organ Symphony by Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
A Christmas Recital
In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sicilienne from the Flute Sonata BWV 1031 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arranged by Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
X Noël by Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)
Prelude on “Greensleeves” by Richard Purvis (1913-1994)
Offertoire sur deux Noëls op. 19 Nr. 2 by Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Toccata (from Dix Pièces pour Orgue) by Eugène Gigout (1844-1925)
Waltz from Swan Lake Op.20 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1983), arranged by Jonathan Scott
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1983), arranged by Jean Guillou (1930-2019)
Variations sur un Noël, Op.20 by Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
A Christmas Recital
In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sicilienne from the Flute Sonata BWV 1031 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arranged by Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
X Noël by Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)
Prelude on “Greensleeves” by Richard Purvis (1913-1994)
Offertoire sur deux Noëls op. 19 Nr. 2 by Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Waltz from Swan Lake Op.20 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1983), arranged by Jonathan Scott
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1983), arranged by Jean Guillou (1930-2019)
Variations sur un Noël, Op.20 by Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Pipes at Noon 2024
Sortie in E flat by Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély
Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber, arr. William Strickland
Le cygne by Camille Saint-Saens, arr. Alex. Guilmant
Merry-Go-Round of Life from Howl's Moving Castle by Joe Hisaishi, arr. Peiyao Yu
Toccata by Eugène Gigout
Peiyao Yu in Recital
Piano Solo
Valse Triste by Franz von Vécsey, transcribed by György Cziffra
Légende No. 2 "St. Francois de Paule marchant sur le flots by Franz Liszt
Organ Duet with Zaheer Popo
Organ Sonata for Four Hands Op. 30, No. 1 in D minor by Gustav Adolf Merkel
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegro con fuco - Fuga
Organ Solo
Prélude et Fugue sur le Nom Alain by Maurice Duruflé
Toccata Op.9 by Jean Guillou