Sherman Throws Gravity Waves and Curveballs

Gravity abhors straight lines Russell Sherman’s eagerly awaited annual faculty recital on April 3rd at Jordan Hall will feature works long connected with him: Schoenberg’s Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 11, Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”, Debussy’s Préludes, Book 2, and Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139, no 2 in A Minor: Molto vivace, no 9 in A-flat Major “Ricordanza”, no 10 in F Minor: Allegro agitato molto. He tells us he plays them differently [...]