Quattro Mani Programs and Repertoire


Sample Programs:

French Piano Four Hands program:
Debussy: Six Epigraphes Antiques
Satie: Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear
Poulenc: Sonata for Piano Four Hands
(Intermission)
Bizet: Jeux d'Enfants

Mixed traditional and new repertoire program (March 25, 2016, Bargemusic):
Poulenc: Sonata for Piano Four Hands
Schumann: Bilder aus Osten, op. 66 
Brahms: Hungarian Dances nos. 1 and 3 
(intermission)
Crumb: Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV) (1979) 
Corigliano: Gazebo Dances (1972) 


Sample Repertoire:

For Two Pianos and Orchestra
J.S. Bach Concerto for Two Pianos in C minor, BWV 1060
Bela Bartok Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra
Graham Fitkin Circuit
Paul Lansky Shapeshifters
W.A. Mozart Concerto in E-flat Major, K. 365
Francis Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor
Camille Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals
 For Two Pianos
John Adams Hallelujah Junction
Samuel Adler Duo Sonata for Two Pianos
Anton Arensky Suite No. 1, Op. 15
J.S. Bach Sheep May Safely Graze
J.S. Bach Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Bela Bartok Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos
Amy Beach Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60
William Bolcom The Garden of Eden
William Bolcom Recuerdos
Paul Bowles Night Waltz
Paul Bowles Sonata for Two Pianos
William Bland Kindred Spirits
Johannes Brahms Sonata, Op. 34b
Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b
Frederic Chopin Rondo, Op. 73
Muzio Clementi Sonata in Bb Major
Aaron Copland Danza de Jalisco
John Corigliano Kaleidoscope
John Corigliano Gazebo Dances
Paul Creston Ruba-Tarantella
David Crumb The Whisperer
George Crumb Celestial Mechanics
George Crumb Otherworldly Resonances
George Crumb Zeitgeist
Claude Debussy En Blanc et Noir
Norman Dello Joio Aria and Toccata
Jed Distler Loose Changes
Paul Dukas Sorcerer's Apprentice
Keith Fitkin Le Tango Maudit
Carlton Gamer Quattro Voci
George Gershwin I Got Rhythm Variations
George Gershwin Three Preludes
Louis Gottschalk The Banjo
Louis Gottschalk Le Bananier (Chanson Negre)
Alan Hovhaness Mihr, Op. 60, No. 1
Lance Hulme Manic Music for Two Maniacal Pianists
Ricardo Iznaola La Locura Espanola
Stephen Jaffe Double Sonata
Stephen Jaffe Cut-Time Shout
Jan Jirasek Introduction and Etude for Two Pianos
Charles Ives Three Quarter-Tone Piano Pieces
Fred Kaufman Yin and Yang: A Dialogue for Two Grand Pianos
Gee-Bum Kim Imulnori II
David Lang Orpheus Over and Under
Paul Lansky It All Adds Up: Six Preludes for Two Pianos
Tania Leon Satine
Lowell Liebermann Variations on a Theme by Mozart
Gyorgi Ligeti Drei Stucke fur zwei Klaviere
Franz Liszt Don Juan Reminiscences
Normand Lockwood Sonata for Two Pianos
Witold Lutoslawski Minatura
Witold Lutoslawski Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Colin McPhee Balinese Ceremonial Music
W.A. Mozart Sonata in D Major, K. 448
John Novacek Three Rags for Two Pianos
Robert Patterson New World Landscapes
Astor Piazzolla Tangos
Francis Poulenc Sonata (1953)
Sergei Rachmaninoff Suite No. 2, Op. 17
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
Bernard Rands Espressione IV
Maurice Ravel Ma Mere L'Oye
Frederic Rzewski Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Frederic Rzewski Night Crossing with Fisherman
Camille Saint-Saens Danse Macabre (arr. Saint-Saens)
Stephen Scott Departures
Dmitri Shostakovich Concertino, Op. 94
Arlene Sierra of Risk and Memory
Haskell Small A Game of Go
Josep Soler Coronacion de espinas
Igor Stravinsky Concerto for Two Pianos
Joan Tower Stepping Stones
Stefan Wolpe Dance Suite for Two Pianos
Frank Zappa Ruth is Sleeping
For Two Pianos and Percussion
Bela Bartok Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
David Crumb Harmonia Mundi
George Crumb Music for a Summer Evening
Pierre Jalbert Klang
Darius Milhaud Concerto No. 2 for Pianos and Percussion
Robert Patterson Refracted Blues
Martin Redel Rsonanzen (Resonances), Op. 66
Poul Ruders De Profundis
For Two Pianos and Misc. Instrumentation
Johannes Brahms German Requiem (with chorus)
Ursula Mamlok Concerto for Oboe (arr. for Oboe, Two Pianos and Percussion)
Robert Schumann Andante and Variations, Op. 46 with horn and two celli
Stefan Wolpe Lazy Andy Ant with Narrator and Singers

 

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