Seasons of Music at Unity Church - Spring! Mussorgsky Goes to Paris

Sunday, April 6, 2025 4:00 pm

Seasons of Music at Unity Church

Celebrating 150 Years

A series of chamber music concerts celebrating the four seasons.

Spring!

Mussorgsky Goes to Paris

featuring pianist Asiya Korepanova

Program

Claude Debussy

Suite Bergamasque

I. Prelude

II. Menuet

III. Claire de Lune

IV. Passepied 

Cesar Franck

Prelude, Choral, and Fugue

Modest Mussorgsky 

Pictures at an Exhibition

     Promenade: (intermezzo)

I. Gnomus. (small Promenade)

II. The Old Castle. (small Promenade)

III. Tuileries

IV. Bydlo. (small Promenade)

V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle

      Promenade (intermezzo)

VII. The Market Place of Limoges

VIII. Catacombs. With the dead on dead language ( a promenade). 

IX. The Hut on Chicken's Legs (Baba Yaga)

X. The Great Gate of Kiev

• ”Tremendously gifted”  - South Florida Classical Review

• “More than I could have ever imagined” - Boston Musical Intelligencer  

• “A force of nature” - David Dubal

Based in Easton, pianist Asiya Korepanova is praised for her emotionally charged and colorfully nuanced performances. She has toured over 20 countries, won many awards throughout her career, is also highly recognized as a composer, organist, visual artist, and poet.

Born to a musical family in Russia, Asiya made her orchestral debut at the age of nine with Mozart’s Concerto No. 8, playing her own cadenza. Since immigrating to the U.S. in 2012, she has garnered national attention with appearances at Carnegie Hall, Phillips Collection, Newport Classical Festival, Miami International Piano Festival, and many other prestigious venues. She appeared on CNN, NPR stations, WFMT, and WETA.