On Thursday, November 18, pianist Ned Kirk will perform in the Noontime Concert Series at 12:15 PM in Fulton Recital Hall. His program includes Beethoven’s 13 variations for piano on the aria “Es war einmal ein alter Mann” from Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf’s opera Das rote Käppchen, Max Reger’s Five Humoresques, Op. 20, and Beethoven’s Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, Sonata Quasi una Fantasia.

Then at 4:00 PM in Fulton Recital Hall, Dr. Kirk will lead a masterclass with Piano Program students: Nathan Harris performs Debussy’s Etudes, Book 2: no 11, Pour les arpèges composées; David Guo performs Chopin’s Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58, Allegro Maestoso; Dan Wang performs Beethoven’s Sonata in A-flat Majo2, Opus 110, Moderato cantabile molto espressivo; Daniel Cheng performs J. S. Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in D minor, WTC II.

Both events are free and open to the public.