A Few Words Before Acknowledgements A Brief Biography Master Classes and Lessons Interlude I. Master Classes 1. Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 2. Samuel Barber Sonata, Op. 26 Interlude II. Page Turners 3. Ludwig van Beethoven Thirty-Two Variations in C Minor , WoO 80 Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op.
26 Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3 Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, Waldstein Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110 4. Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini , Op. 35, Bk. 1 Klavierstücke , Op.
76 Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2 Interlude III. Poor Pianos 5. Frédéric Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 Deux Nocturnes , Op. 27 Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op.
39 Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 Berceuse , Op. 57 Barcarolle , Op. 60 Interlude IV. Hotel Stories 6. Claude Debussy Reflets dans l'eau , from Images, Book 1 Poisson d'or, from Images, Book II 7. George Frideric Handel Chaconne in G Major, HWV 442 Interlude V.
Missed Concerts 8. Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, HOB. XVI:52, Mvt. 1 9. Franz Liszt Grandes Études de Paganini , S. 141 Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178 Interlude VI. Funny Stories 10.
Felix Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso , Op. 14 11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 281 Piano Concerto in C Minor, K. 491 Piano Sonata in D Major, K. 576 Interlude VII. Stories about Pianists 12. Serge Prokofiev Piano Sonata No.
4 in C Minor, Op. 29 13. Sergei Rachmaninoff Étude-Tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6 Interlude VIII. Honorary Citizenship in Magdeburg, Germany 14. Maurice Ravel Sonatine Miroirs Interlude IX. Through Hell and Back 15.
Franz Schubert Sonata in A minor, D. 784, Op. 143 Sonata in A minor, D. 845, Op. 42 Impromptus , D. 899, Op. 90 Interlude X. A New Love 16.
Robert Schumann Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 11, Grosse Sonate Faschingschwank aus Wien , Op. 26 Appendix A. Menahem Pressler's Musical Ancestry Appendix B. Tributes from Former Students and Other Musicians Bibliography Index of Compositions Index of Names and Concepts.