Special Event: Christopher Shih, pianist

PROGRAM:

PROGRAM:

Bach-Hess: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring;  Bach-Petri: Sheep May Safely Graze;  Bach-Kempff: Prelude to the Ratswahl Cantata;  Debussy-Durand: En bateau from Petite Suite;  Rachmaninov-Tchaikovsky: Lullaby;  Wagner-Liszt: Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde;  Horowitz-Bizet: Variations on a Theme from Carmen; Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel.                                                    

Physician and pianist Christopher Shih has been hailed by the Washington Post as "flawless" and "compelling," with "an easy command of the instrument and an uncanny ability to project material."  He has performed in major venues in France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Taiwan, Canada, and countless cities in the United States.