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 |