Piano Recitals

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Specimen full-length programmes

Specimen shorter programmes

Solo Repertoire

Four Hands with James Gibb

Specimen four-hand programmes
 

   
Specimen full-length programmes:
 

1.

Scarlatti

Sonatas in F sharp major (Kk318 & 319)
and C sharp minor (Kk246 and 247)
 

Mozart

Rondo in D major (K485)
Adagio in B minor (K540)
 

Beethoven

Sonata in A flat major, Op. 26
 

— Interval —
 

Chopin

Three Mazurkas, Op. 50
Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat, Op. 61
Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54

 

2.

Bach

French Suite No. 3 in B minor
 

Mozart

Rondo in D major (K485)
Allemande from Suite in the style of Handel (K399)
Allegro in G minor (K312)
Gigue in G major (K574)
 

— Interval —
 

Schubert

Hungarian Melody (D.817)
 

Chopin

Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3
 

Smetana

Four Polkas
 

Scarlatti

Two Sonatas in F sharp major (Kk318 & 319)
 

Ravel

Sonatine

   
Specimen shorter programmes (50'-55'):
 

1.

Haydn

Sonata in B flat major (H. XVI. 41)
Andante and Variations in F minor

Beethoven

Sonata in F major, Op. 54

Stravinsky

Sonata

 

2.

Mozart

Sonata in F major (K533 & 494)

Schubert

Impromptu in F minor (D935 No. 4)
Klavierstück in C major (D946 No. 3)

 

3.

Haydn

Sonata in D major (H. XVI. 42)

Mozart

Rondo in A minor (K511)
Allegro in G minor (K312)

Beethoven

Sonata in E flat major, Op. 7

 

4.

Schumann

Allegro in B minor, Op. 8
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
 

   
Solo Repertoire
 

Scarlatti

many sonatas
 

Bach

many Preludes & Fugues from the ‘48’
French Suites No. 3 in B minor & No. 4 in E flat
Partita No. 3 in A minor
Three-part Ricercar from The Musical Offering|
 

Haydn

Andante and Variations in F minor (Hob. XVII.6)
Sonatas in G major, B flat major & D major
(Hob. XVI. 40, 41 & 42)
 

Mozart

Rondo in D major (K485)
Rondo in A minor (K511)
Allegro in G minor (K312)
Adagio in B minor (K540)
Sonata in D major (K284)
Sonata in F major (K533/494)
Variations in G major on a theme of Gluck (K455)
Minuet in D (K355) & Gigue in G (K.574)
 

Beethoven

Sonata in E flat major, Op. 7
Sonatas in E major & G major, Op. 14 Nos. 1&2
Sonata in A flat major, Op. 26
Sonata in F major, Op. 54
Sonata in C minor, Op. 111
Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
early sets of variations
Bagatelles from Op. 33, Op. 119 & Op. 126
Polonaise in C major, Op. 89
 

Schumann

Toccata, Op. 7
Allegro in B minor , Op. 8
Humoreske, Op. 20
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
Novelletten from the collection Op. 21
Three Romances, Op. 28
 

Chopin

Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61
Mazurkas, especially the set of three, Op. 50
Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2
 

Brahms

Variations on a theme of Schumann, Op. 9
Ballades, Op. 10
pieces from the collections Op. 76, 116 & 117
 

Smetana

Four Polkas
selection of Czech Dances
 

Fauré

Nocturnes Nos. 1, 6, 7 & 13; Impromptu No. 2
 

Debussy

Preludes from Book 2; three Études
 

Ravel

Sonatine; selection from Miroirs
 

Albeniz

Evocación; El albaicín; Rondeña
 

Stravinsky

Sonata
 

Bartók

Six Dances in Bulgarian rhythm
 

Berg

Sonata, Op. 1
 

   
Four Hands with James Gibb
 

Stephen Plaistow and James Gibb formed a duet partnership - four hands at one keyboard - in 1992, having played together informally for a long time. Their first public concerts were promoted by Cambridge University in association with a course of lectures they gave there on the keyboard music of the classical period. They have since played at other universities in the UK and for music clubs and in London at Bishopsgate Hall for the City Music Society. In 1994 they toured Australia, playing in all the major cities and broadcasting for the ABC in Sydney. Their programmes concentrate on the repertory from Mozart through Schubert to Brahms and Dvorak, where the musical riches are abundant. Many of the works of Mozart and Schubert for duet are among their most ambitious music for the piano and at the same time among their greatest works of chamber music: chamber music for four hands.
   

Specimen four-hand programmes (50'-60'):
 

1.

Schubert

Allegro in A minor (Lebensstürme) (D947)
Rondo in A major (D951)

Dvorák

Three Legends (Op. 59)

 

2.

Schubert

Grand Duo in C major (D812)

 

3.

Beethoven

Variations on a theme of Count Waldstein

Mozart

Sonata in F major (K497)

 

4.

Schubert

Sonata in B flat major (D617)
March in G minor (D819 N0. 2)
Andantino varié in B minor (D823 No. 2)
Allegro in A minor (Lebensstürme) (D947)

 

5.

Variations in A flat major (D813)
Fantasy in F minor (D940)

 

6.

Schubert

Fugue in E minor (D.952)
Rondo in A major (D.951)

Mozart

Fugue in G minor (K.401)
Variations in G major (K.501)
Sonata in C major (K.521)

 

7.

Brahms

Variations on a theme of Schumann, Op. 23

Schumann

Bilder aus Osten

Dvorák

Three Legends (Op. 59)
Slavonic Dance No. 16 in A flat

Brahms

Waltzes, Op. 39