This thesis presents extended program notes for a sixty-minute piano graduate recital consisting of the following repertoire for solo piano:
Georg Philipp Telemann's Fantasia No. 9 in B Minor and No. 10 in D Major; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Fantasia II in C Major, H. 284 (Wotq. 59/6); Joseph Haydn's Andante con Variazioni in F Minor, Hob. XVII: 6; Ludwig van Beethoven's Sonata in F- sharp Major Op. 78; Clara Wieck Schumann's Notturno Op.6, No. 2 and Le Ballet des Revenants Op. 5, No. 4; Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn's Das Jahr: Juni and November. The content of this thesis features detailed information on these works through historical study, musical analysis, and research in performance practice.
