SUNDAY'S PROGRAM FROM ANDREW ARMSTRONG
March 22, 2026
Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Hob XVI:32 (circa 1774) Joseph Haydn
I. Allegro moderato (1732-1809)
II. Minuet
III. Finale. Presto
Prelude in D-flat Major, Opus 57, No. 1 (1905?) Anatoly Lyadov
(1855-1914)
Etude in D-sharp minor, Opus 8, No. 12 (1894) Aleksandr Scriabin
(1872-1915)
Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Modest Mussorgsky
Promenade (1839-1881)
Gnomus (gnome)
Promenade
Il Vecchio Castello (the old castle)
Promenade
Tuileries: Dispute D’enfants après Jeux (children’s quarrel after games)
Bydło – the Ox-cart
Promenade
Ballett der unausgeschlüpften Küken (ballet of the unhatched chicks)
Samuel Goldenburg und Schmuÿle – Rich and Poor
Promenade
Limoges. Le marché. (the marketplace at Limoges)
Catacombae, Sepulcrum Romanum (catacombs, Roman tombs)
Con mortuis in lingua mortua (promenade)
Baba-Yaga – the Hut on Fowl’s Legs
The Great Gate at Kyiv
Praised by critics for his passionate expression and dazzling technique, pianist Andrew Armstrong has delighted audiences across Asia, Europe, Latin America, Australia Canada, and the United States, including performances at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and Warsaw’s National Philharmonic.
Andrew’s orchestral engagements across the globe have encompassed a vast repertoire of more than 60 concertos with orchestra as well as solo recitals and in chamber music concerts at festivals around the globe.
This 2025-26 season, Andrew will perform Grazyna Bacewicz’s Piano Concerto and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto both with the South Carolina Philharmonic. This October 2025, Andrew launches the first presentation of his Tuscan Music Festival, October 11- 19. Throughout calendar year 2026, Andrew joins longtime friend and duo partner, Two Time Grammy Winning violinist James Ehnes in a cross-country tour across Canada, playing in each capital, province, and territory. Back in the States, year-round, Andrew directs and hosts six thriving chamber music series. Three of them are in South Carolina – in Beaufort (USCB Chamber Music), in Columbia (SC Philharmonic’s Andy & Friends), and in Greenville (Sigal Music Museum presents Andy & Friends, a combination of evening chamber music concerts and daytime workshops with students at the remarkable public arts high school, the Fine Arts Center). He also directs New Canaan Chamber Music in Connecticut, Fabbri Chamber Concerts in NYC at Fabbri Mansion’s 1609 Italian Renaissance Library, a rare, intimate jewel with only 80 seats, and A Little Night Music at Tuckerman Hall in Worcester, MA, the vibrant city where Andrew lives happily with his wife Esty, their three children Jack (19), Elise (14), and Gabriel (8), and their dog Dooker.