There is an appointed time for everything; what are we, the Church, called to in this moment?

How should we sing and worship in the Mass?

"Khristenko’s gentle, loving approach to the keyboard — and his palette of touches — yielded a startling array of emotions.” --Washington Post   “Mr. Khristenko plays with thoughtful lucidity and restraint.  While his technique is more than solid, he has barely an ounce of flamboyance about him.” --New York Times  DETAILED PROGRAM: Robert Schumann. Arabeske in C major, Op. 18 Franz Liszt. Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata Frederic Chopin. Four Ballades: No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47 No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52  Described as a “poet of piano” by Le Soir (Belgium), Ukrainian-born American pianist and conductor Stanislav Khristenko has performed as a pianist in some of the world’s major concert halls and recently launched his second career as a conductor. He has been praised for “emotional intensity”, “charismatic expression”, “pallette of touches”, “solid” and “precise technique” by The New York Times, The Washington Post and Miami Herald (USA); The Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine (UK) and El Pais (Spain).   Stanislav Khristenko has appeared as a piano soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Phoenix, Puerto Rico and Richmond Symphonies, National Orchestra of Belgium, Bilbao, Madrid and Tenerife Symphony Orchestras, Liege Royal Philharmonic, and Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. His performance highlights include solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus, Palais de Beaux-Arts in Brussels, as well as performances with orchestras in The Berlin Philharmonie, Seoul Arts Center, Prague Rudolfinum, Moscow Conservatory Great Hall, among others. His recordings were released on Steinway & Sons label (“Fantasies” and “Romeo and Juliet”), Naxos (“Soler Sonatas”), Oehms and Toccata Classics (“Ernst Krenek Piano Works”).   Stanislav Khristenko is a prizewinner of over 30 international piano competitions including First Prize at Cleveland Piano Competition, First Prize at Maria Canals Music Competition in Barcelona and Fourth Prize at Queen Elizabeth Music Competition in Brussels. He recently initiated an educational project for young pianists “Rethink Piano” focusing on incorporating modern technology into the process of learning music. In his hometown in Ukraine, Mr. Khristenko initiated a music festival KharkivMusicFest that in just 4 years of existence presented performances of world’s top musicians as well as unique projects including outreach concerts, painted pianos on streets, festival orchestra, classical music forum, children’s orchestra, among others. As a Music Director, he founded Nova Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra that performed works of over 40 composers in its first three seasons.  Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Stanislav Khristenko studied with Vera Gornostaeva in the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and with Sergei Babayan in the Cleveland Institute of Music. He also studied orchestral conducting at the Warsaw Chopin University with Tomasz Bugaj.   Stanislav Khristenko is a Steinway Artist.

How do we love God?

PROGRAM:

Schubert - Sonata in G major D.894

- Molto moderato e cantabile

- Andante

- Menuetto, Allegro moderato - Trio

- Allegretto

Schubert/Liszt - “Der Muller und Der Bach” from Die Schone Mullerin

Schubert/Liszt - “Der Doppelganger” from Schwanengesang

Liszt - Funerailles from Harmonies poetiques et religieuses S.173

Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.15 “Rakoczi March” (after Vladimir Horowitz)

Do you want to see?

What's the point of suffering?

How do we make our ambitions holy? Two filters: sacrifice and love.

Is it easy to be saved?