Friday, May 24, 2019 at 8:30pm
Warner Concert Hall
77 West College Street, Oberlin, OH 44074
Watch the webcast – streamed live at concert time.
How many pianos can we get on stage? This not-to-be missed annual event featuring Conservatory of Music piano students and faculty members is a great way to begin the weekend. Proceeds benefit piano department projects.
Program:
Alexander Scriabin: Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (for the left hand)
George Gershwin: Preludes No. 1 and No. 2
Gershwin: I Got Rhythm (for two hands)
Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, No. 2 in E Minor
Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, No. 8 in G Minor (for one piano, four hands)
Hermann Wollenhaupt: Grand galop brillant, Op. 71 (for one piano, six hands)
Leonard Bernstein, arr. Takács: “Mambo” from West Side Story (for eight pianos, 16 hands)
Peter Takács, conductor
- Intermission -
Sergei Rachmaninoff, arr. Rebner: Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5 (for two pianos, eight hands)
Scott Joplin, arr. Takács: Bethena, a concert waltz
Joplin, arr. Hamelin: Maple Leaf Rag (for six pianos)
Frédéric Chopin, arr. Norris: Étude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12, “Revolutionary” (for six revolving pianists)
Gioachino Rossini, arr. Czerny: Overture to Semiramide (for eight pianos, 32 hands)
Raphael Jiménez, conductor
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Tickets are available through the Oberlin alumni office at 440-775-8692.
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