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Programme Suggestions for 2007/8

Piano recitals

I

Bach - Italian Concerto
Chopin - Sonata in B Minor
interval
Dvorak - 3 Poetic Tone Pictures
Ravel - Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
Liszt - Spanish Rhapsody

II

Grieg - Holberg Suite
Mozart - Sonata in D K. 576
interval
Schumann - Abegg Variations op. 1
Ireland - Ballade
Debussy - Suite Bergamasque

Themed recitals

Virtuoso Transcriptions

Paraphrase on "The Barber of Seville" - Rossini/Ginzburg
Barcarole from "The Tales of Hoffman" - Offenbach/Moszkowski
Enigma Variations (original version by Elgar)
interval
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - JS Bach/Cortot
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un Faune - Debussy/Borwick
Paraphrase on the waltz -"Wine, Women and Song" (Strauss/Godowsky)

Piano Music and all that Jazz

Classical works inspired by the jazz idiom and some by jazz musicians paying homage to classical masters. Sitting comfortably in the middle is George Gershwin.

C. Debussy - Golliwog's Cakewalk
Duke Ellington - A Single Petal of a Rose
A. Tansman - Sonatine Transantlantique
Foxtrot - Blues and Spiritual - Charleston
Scott Joplin - Three rags
Maple Leaf Rag
Solace (a Mexican Serenade)
Wall Street Rag
Gershwin - Blue Monday (Suite for Piano)
interval
Gershwin - 3 Preludes
Chick Corea - Children's Songs (selection)
Samuel Barber - 4 Excursions
Art Tatum - Carnegie Hall Bounce
And finishing with works by Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller

Recitals with film

John's fascination with the relationship between film and music has led him to work with silent films in concert for more than twenty years. He has also worked with many of today's foremost film composers including John Williams, Michael Nyman, Elmer Bernstein and Howard Shore.

Film Fantasia

When listening to music many people respond to what they hear by relating it to other sensations - imagining colours and shapes or creating storylines. Throughout the twentieth century leading filmmakers created work inspired this way - their own responses to music. In this programme John Lenehan has collected together a wide variety of piano music all with film accompaniments. They range from cartoons (including one of the very first) to abstract representations (similar to Walt Disney's "Fantasia") to straightforward story telling as in the charming films based on "Carmen" and "The Magic Flute". Great entertainment and something for everyone to enjoy!

Mozart arr. Lenehan - The magic Flute
Accompanied by the film "Papageno" (1935)
Schumann - In der Nacht
Accompanied by the film "In der Nacht" (1931)
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Accompanied by the film "Life and Death of 9413 - a Hollywood Extra" (1928)
interval
Nicolai - Overture to "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Brahms - Hungarian Dance no.5
Foxtrot - I've never seen a smile like yours
Accompanied by the films of Oscar Fischinger (1931-5)
Mozart - Sonata K. 545 (1st Mvt)
Accompanied by the film "Drama among the Puppets" (1908)
Debussy - 5 Preludes
Accompanied by the film "The Conquest of the Pole" (1912)
Bizet arr. Lenehan - Carmen
Accompanied by the film "Carmen" (1935)

From Gershwin to Glass

An entertainment combining early silent film with jazz piano accompaniments and piano music written by Nyman and Glass for more recent films.

Gershwin - Promenade (from "Shall we Dance" - 1937 Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers film)
FILM - "Entr'acte" (original music by Satie who also appears in the film)
Glass - Music from "The Hours"
FILM "One A.M." (Chaplin with music by Fats Waller)
interval
FILM "Ghosts before Breakfast" (music by Hindemith who also appears in the film)
Nyman - Music from "The Piano"
FILM "The Count" Chaplin with music by Scott Joplin