Repertoire

Selected Repertoire

Addinsell, Richard : Warsaw Concerto
Anderson, Leroy : Syncopated Clock; Fiddle-Faddle
Bach, J.S. : Concerto for 4 Keyboards; Concerto for Three Keyboards
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Egmont Overture; Moonlight Sonata
Berlin, Irving : Sunshine, arr. B. Kaper; White Christmas
Bernstein, Leonard : Overture to Candide
Bizet, Georges : Carmen Fantasy; Farandole
Brown, Herb Nacio : Pagan Love Song / Singin' in the Rain
Busby, Gerald : Four: A Statement for Four Pianos
Carmichael, Hoagy : Star Dust
Chopin, Frederic : Etudes; Fantasie Impromptu; Polonaise in A-flat Major
Confrey, Zez : Dizzy Fingers
De Falla, Manuel : Ritual Fire Dance
Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune; Golliwog's Cake Dance
Duning, George : Picnic/Moonglow; Yosemite
Finno, Tony : Amazing Grace; Overture to the Millennium
Foster, Stephen : Medley
Gershwin, George : Porgy & Bess; I Got Rhythm; Rhapsody in Blue
Gottschalk, L.M. : Night in the Tropics; The Banjo
Gould, Morton : Inventions, with or without orchestra
Jolson, Al : Sonny Boy, arr. B. Kaper
Joplin, Scott : Numerous rags
Liszt, Franz : Liebestraum; Mephisto Waltz
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Overture to Don Giovanni, Magic Flute, etc.
Paganini, Nicolai : Variations on a Theme
Rimsky-Korsakoff, Nicolai : Flight of the Bumble Bee
Rodgers & Hammerstein : The Sound of Music
Sousa...Strauss...Stravinsky...Tchaikovsky

Themed Programs

Love Songs and Songs You Love

American in Paris   G. Gershwin
Claire de Lune      C. Debussy
Fantasy on Themes from Carmen   

       G. Bizet              
Liebestraum          F. Liszt
Moonlight Sonata   L. V. Beethoven

Nocturne in E-flat Major   F. Chopin
On the Beautiful Blue Danube  J. Strauss
Overture to Candide   L. Bernstein
Picnic and Moonglow Themes  G. Dunin

Somebody Loves Me   G. Gershwin

Sonata Innamorata    P. D. Q. Bach
Strike up the Band  G. Gershwin
The Banjo    L.M. Gottschalk   
The Man I Love     G. Gershwin
Variations on a Theme by Paganini   First Piano Quartet 


Piano4 Celebrates the Holidays               

Christmas Vision  First Piano Quartet
Concerto for Four Keyboards, Mvts. 2 and 3     J. S. Bach

Fantasy on Parade of the Wooden Soldiers      L. Jessel

Hannukah Medley   A. Nechushtan

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring  J. S. Bach    

Overture of the Bells  arr. K. Cessna
Sheep May Safely Graze   J. S. Bach

Skater’s Waltz  E. Waldteufel

Winter Scene  (Nutcracker)  P. Tchaikowsky

The Nutcracker Suite, Opus 71a.  P. Tchaikovsky                                            Miniature Overture
March
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Trepak   
Arabian Dance
Chinese Dance
Dance of the Reed Pipes
Waltz of the Flowers


A Tribute to George Gershwin

Curtain Raiser  G. Gershwin

Strike up the Band from Strike Up the Band
The Man I Love & Somebody Loves Me       

A Gershwin Portrait
Opening
Gershwin at the Opera                
A Gershwin Swing Set
Fascinating Rhythm

Gershwin in Love
Sing a Gershwin Showstopper
American in Paris: A Medley              
Rhapsody in Blue 

  
The Art of the TranscriptionThis program focuses on original four-piano compositions and transcriptions for four pianos made either by the original, or another, composer.

 Cat Fugue   Scarlatti

 Concerto for Four Keyboards   J.S. Bach

 Four: A Statement for 4 Pianos    Gerald Busby

Fugue Fantasy    Leonardo Dugan

Gran Fantasia Militaire   A. Fumagalli

Inventions     Morton Gould

Overture to the Millennium    Tony Finno
Paris Suite   Milhaud
Trout Variations    Schubert
Valse from Faust   Gounod

Variations on a theme by Paganini      Paganini    

Works w/ Orchestra

Bach, J.S.Concerto for Four Keyboards & Orchestra
Concerto for Three Keyboards & Orchestra
Concerto for Two Keyboards & Orchestra
Concerti for One Keyboard & Orchestra Busby, Gerald Concerto for 4 Pianos and Orchestra (premiere season) Casadesus, RobertConcerto for Three Pianos (strings only) Gershwin, GeorgeRhapsody in Blue for 4 Pianos & Orchestra Gottschalk, L.M. L'Union; Tarantella; Night in the Tropics Gould, Morton Inventions for Four Pianos & Orchestra Mozart, W.A. 
Concerto for Three Pianos, K. 242a Milhaud, Darius Concerto for Two Pianos, or any other 2-Piano Concerto Saint-Saens, C.
The Carnival of the Animals, 4 pianos & Orchestra  Feel free to suggest repertoire & please ask about the Piano4 commissioning project.