Guest artists visiting from the University of Mississippi will present a program of chamber music for flute, oboe and piano.

As part of the 10th Memphis International Piano Festival and Competition, Dr. Jonathan Tsay performs a piano recital of the music of Franz Liszt, including operatic transcriptions as well as his monumental Piano Sonata in B minor.

The program includes Liszt’s celebrated operatic transcriptions alongside his monumental Piano Sonata in B Minor, one of the most significant works in the piano repertoire. Audiences will experience the virtuosic brilliance, expressive depth and lasting influence of one of the Romantic era’s greatest composers through the artistry of an internationally acclaimed pianist.

As part of the 10th Memphis International Piano Festival and Competition, guest artist and juror Dr. Alex McDonald presents Water Music, a solo piano recital featuring works inspired by rivers, lakes, fountains and the sea.

The program explores water’s power to inspire composers through a collection of masterworks by Franz Schubert and Franz Liszt. Highlights include Schubert’s Impromptu in A-flat Major, D. 899, No. 4, the Schubert/Liszt transcription of The Miller and the Brook, Liszt’s In the Rhein, the Beautiful River and Ballade No. 2.

Following intermission, the recital continues with selections from Liszt’s Years of Pilgrimage, including By the Lake of Wallenstadt, Beside a Spring, Gondoliera and The Fountains at the Villa d’Este. The program concludes with The Funeral Gondola II and St. Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves, showcasing Liszt’s unmatched ability to evoke the beauty, motion and mystery of water through music.

The University of Memphis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Brier, presents Restless Oceans by Anna Clyne, followed by the Piano Concerto by John Joubert with faculty soloist Artina McCain. The program concludes with Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2 by Sergei Prokofiev.