Programs

Proliferation of Preludes
1 Prelude each of:

George Antheil, Boris Blacher, Paul Bowles, Carlos Chavez, Ruth Crawford-Seeger, Claude Debussy, Henri Dutilleux, Gabriel Fauré, Ivar Frounberg, George Gershwin, Henryk Gorecki, Charles Griffes, Lou Harrison, Arthur Honegger, André Jolivet, Frank Martin, Yoritsune Matsudaira, Olivier Messiaen, Frederic Mompou, Nicolas Obouhov, Maurice Ohana, Leo Ornstein, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Giacinto Scelsi, Alexander Scriabin, Galina, Ustvolskaja, Christian Wolff

International Etudes

Claude Debussy, Charles Ives, Stefan Wolpe, John Cage, William Bolcom, André Boucourechliev, Betsy Jolas, Karen Tanaka, Alain Louvier, Per Norgard, György Ligeti, Colin Matthews

Intermission

Ivan Fedele, Pascal Dusapin, Magnus Lindberg *, Luis de Pablo *, Karol Beffa, Gilbert Amy *, Denis Levaillant, Eric Tanguy, Maurice Ohana *, Poul Ruders *

* Written for and dedicated to Jay Gottlieb

Works Written for Jay Gottlieb

Four Etudes (1981-85); Maurice Ohana
Etude (2001); Magnus Lindberg
Bisbiglio in Chiave di Violini (2001); Luis de Pablo
Etude-Variation (2001); Gilbert Amy
Event Horizon (2001); Poul Ruders

Intermission

3 Techno Etudes (2000); Karen Tanaka
Piècesjaypieces 1 & 2 (2001); Betsy Jolas
Etudes de Latinité (2002); Oscar Strasnoy
INDENT-Cha-cha-cha
INDENT-Tango
INDENT-Tarantella
Jazz Connotation (1998); Bruno Mantovani

Futurist Music

Three-Page Sonata (1905); Charles Ives
The Anti-Abolitionist Riots (1908-9); Charles Ives
Verset laïque et somptueux (1900); Erik Satie
Heures séculaires et instantanées (1914); Erik Satie
Airplane Sonata (1922); George Antheil
Suicide in an Airplane (1913); Leo Ornstein
Sarcasmes, Op. 17 (1912); Sergei Prokofieff
Le Temple est mesuré, l’esprit est incarné (1923); Nicolas Obouhov
Etude, Op. 18, no. 2 (1918); Bela Bartok
Allegro Barbaro (1911); Bela Bartok

Intermission

Sonatina (1916); Alfredo Casella
Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 (1911); Arnold Schoenberg
Formes en l’air (1915); Arthur Lourié
Advertisement (1914); Henry Cowell
The Tides of Manaunaun (1912); Henry Cowell
Aeolian Harp (1923); Henry Cowell
Tiger (1928); Henry Cowell
Stehende Musik (1925); Stefan Wolpe

“Entartete Musik” (“Decadent Music”)

Suite 1922; Paul Hindemith
Sonata No. 2 (1924); Hanns Eisler
5 Etudes de Jazz (1926); Erwin Schulhoff
or
3 Etudes de Jazz (1926); Erwin Schulhoff
Hot Music (1928) (excerpts); Erwin Schulhoff

Intermission

Four Studies on Basic Rows (1935-36); Stefan Wolpe
Stehende Musik (1925); Stefan Wolpe

Pianissimo

La Lugubre Gondola (1882); Franz Liszt
Four Dirges (1910); Bela Bartok
“Kleiner Klavierstuck, Op.19, no.6 (1911)”; Arnold Schoenberg
Ondine (1912); Claude Debussy
Avant-Dernières Pensées (1915); Erik Satie
INDENT-Idylle
INDENT-Aubade
INDENT-Méditation
Le Chant du Chevrier (1916); Charles Koechlin
Prelude No. 2 (1926); George Gershwin
Dream (1948); John Cage
Pas-de-Deux (excerpt from ORPHEUS) (1948); Igor Stravinsky
Suite No. 9 “Ttai” (1953) (excerpts); Giacinto Scelsi

Intermission

Two Pianos (1957); Morton Feldman
Agnus Dei (1972); George Crumb
D’Ombre et de silence (1973); Henri Dutilleux
A Vague Chimera That Engulfs the Breath (1976); Barbara Kolb
China Gates (1978); John Adams
Two Etudes (1982); Maurice Ohana
INDENT-Agrégats sonores
INDENT-Fifths
Luftklavier (1985); Luciano Berio
Françoise-Variationen (1983-89) (excerpts); Franco Donatoni

Sacred Music Recital

Prelude for Meditation; John Cage
Crucifixus; George Crumb
The Visitation; George Crumb
Lullaby for the Infant Jesus; George Crumb
Agnus Dei; George Crumb
Litany; Toru Takemitsu
Air du Grand Prieur; Erik Satie
Messe des Pauvres; Erik Satie
INDENT-Dixit domine
INDENT-Chant Ecclésiastique
INDENT-Prière pour les voyageurs et les marins en danger de mort
INDENT-Prière pour le salut de mon âme
“Le Temple est mesuré, l’esprit est incarné”; Nicolas Obouhow
Pater Noster; Franz Liszt
Ave Maria; Franz Liszt
Miserere (d’après Palestrina); Franz Liszt
D’Ombre et de silence; Henri Dutilleux
In Memoriam; Leonard Bernstein
Illustration of Krishna; Giacinto Scelsi
Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus; Olivier Messiaen
INDENT-Regard du Père
INDENT-Regard du Temps
INDENT-La Parole Toute-Puissante

Three Centuries

“Nocturne No.10, Op.99 (1909)”; Gabriel Fauré 
“Nocturne No.13, Op.119 (1921)”; Gabriel Fauré 
3 Sonatas; Domenico Scarlatti
3 Etudes (1982-85); Maurice Ohana
INDENT-Fifths
INDENT-Free Counterpoints *
INDENT-Third Pedal

Intermission

Sonetto 104 del Petrarca; Franz Liszt 
Transcendental Etude: “Chasse-Neige”; Franz Liszt 
La Lugubre Gondola; Franz Liszt 
Vallée d’Obermann; Franz Liszt 
Suite from “Porgy and Bess” (1934-35) (Arrangement by Jay Gottlieb); George Gershwin

* Written for and dedicated to Jay Gottlieb

Singing and Dancing Forms
(Duration: 1’10”)

Suite from “Porgy and Bess” (Arrangement by Jay Gottlieb); George Gershwin
Gymnopédie n° 1; Erik Satie
Rag-Time Parade; Erik Satie
Ragtime; Paul Hindemith
Ondine; Claude Debussy
Improvisation n° 13; Francis Poulenc
Prelude; Serguei Rachmaninov
Tango; Igor Stravinsky
Meditango; Astor Piazzolla
Danse Sacrale (from “Le Sacre du Printemps”); Igor Stravinsky

Magic and Hot

Ritual; Tania Leon
5 Incantations; Giacinto Scelsi
6 Pieces; Nicolas Obouhow
INDENT-Prière 3
INDENT-Création de l’or
INDENT-Les astrales parlent
INDENT-Néant
INDENT-Inspiration sublime
INDENT-Invocation II

Intermission

Gershwin Arrangements; George Gershwin / Michael Finnissy
INDENT-Embraceable You
INDENT-Love is Here to Stay
INDENT-How Long Has This Been Going On?
INDENT-But Not For Me
INDENT-Shall We Dance?
Hot Music & Etudes de Jazz (excerpts); Erwin Schulhoff

Popular Forms

Le Tango (1914); Erik Satie
Tango (1940); Igor Stravinsky
Tango (1927); Stefan Wolpe
So Tango (1992); Maurice Ohana
Tango Si (1984); Betsy Jolas
Tangoblique (1984); Brian Fennelly
Waltz-Rondo (1911); Charles Ives
A Wedding Waltz (1977); Gerard Busby
Waltz (1977); Seymour Shifrin
Red Garnet Waltz (1977); Joan Tower
Self-Similar Waltz (1977); Charles Wuorinen
Titles Waltz: after Max Steiner (1977); Joseph Fennimore

Intermission

Four Piano Blues (1926-48); Aaron Copland
Prelude No. 2 (1926); George Gershwin
Blues (1963); Conlon Nancarrow
Blues; Morton Gould
Turn Out the Stars (1966); Bill Evans
My Blues (1982); Lorenzo Ferrero
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (1979); Frederic Rzewski
Rag-Time Parade (1919); Erik Satie
Piano-Rag-Music (1919); Igor Stravinsky
Ragtime (1922); Paul Hindemith
Rialto Ripples (Rag) (1917); George Gershwin
Rag-Caprice (1927); Stefan Wolpe
My Rag (1982); Lorenzo Ferrero
Three Original Rags (1985); William Albright
Pour un Rag-Time englouti (1982); Armando Gentilucci
Piano Rags (1972-76); William Bolcom

Film Music (International)

Suite of Mythic Themes:
-20th Century Fox Theme – Alfred NEWMAN
-Gone With the Wind – Max STEINER
-As Time Goes By (Casablanca) – Herman HUPFELD
-Singin in the Rain – Nacio Herb BROWN
-Laura – David RAKSIN
-Manha de Carnaval (Orfeo Negro) – Luiz BONFA
-Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany’s) – Henry MANCINI
-The Rose – Amanda McBROOM
-My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) – James HORNER
-Calling You (Bagdad Café) – Bob TELSON
-New York, New York – John KANDER

Bernard HERRMANN and HITCHCOCK:
-Prelude (Vertigo)
-Love Scene (Vertigo)
-Prelude (Psycho)

Ennio MORRICONE:
-Love Theme (Cinema Paradiso)
-Cinema Paradiso
-The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Nino ROTA and FELLINI and COPPOLA:
-Amarcord
-La Strada
-La Dolce Vita
-The Clowns
-Rocco and His Brothers
-8-1/2
-Casanova
-The Godfather

John WILLIAMS and Steven SPIELBERG:
-Star Wars
-Schindler’s List
-The Raiders of the Lost Arc

Film Music (American)

Suite of Mythic Themes:
-20th Century Fox Theme – Alfred NEWMAN
-Gone With the Wind – Max STEINER
-As Time Goes By (Casablanca) – Herman HUPFELD
-Singin in the Rain – Nacio Herb BROWN
-Laura – David RAKSIN
-Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany’s) – Henry MANCINI
-The Rose – Amanda McBROOM
-My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) – James HORNER
-Calling You (Bagdad Café) – Bob TELSON
-New York, New York – John KANDER

Bernard HERRMANN and HITCHCOCK:
-Prelude (Vertigo)
-Love Scene (Vertigo)
-Prelude (Psycho)

Leonard BERNSTEIN and Elia KAZAN:
On the Waterfront

John WILLIAMS and Steven SPIELBERG:
-Star Wars (Across the Stars; Main Theme)
-Schindler’s List
-The Raiders of the Lost Arc

Suite ’60s,’70s, ’80s, ’90s
-The Way We Were – Marvin HAMLISCH
-Pavane (A Time to Kill) – Elliot GOLDENTHAL
-The Heart is a Lonely Hunter – Dave GRUSIN
-Batman – Danny ELFMAN
-Mombasa (Inception) – Hans ZIMMER
-American Beauty – Thomas NEWMAN
-For Your Eyes Only – Bill CONTI
-Cavatina (The Deer Hunter) – Stanley MYERS
-Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves – Michael KAMEN
-Fame – Michael GORE

Jay and Gordon Gottlieb, Piano and Percussion Repertoire

William BLAND: Untitled Composition for Amplified Piano and Percussion (1978); 12’28”
Sylvano BUSSOTTI: Gemelli (1988); 10′
John CAGE: Etudes Boreales Nos. 2 and 4 (1981)
Edmund CAMPION: Domus aurea (2000)
David CHAITKIN: Scattering Dark and Bright (1978-79); 12′
Michel DECOUST: 1 + 1 = 4 (1987-88); 13’05”
Ahmed ESSYAD: Nadim (1995); 10′
Philippe FENELON: Les Combats nocturnes (1986-87); 13′
Luc FERRARI: Cellule 75 (1975); 32′
Jay & Gordon GOTTLIEB: Improvisations; ~
Adriana HOLSZKY: Une wieder Dunkel II (1986); 24′
Nicolaus HUBER: Traummechanik (1967); 13′
Yoshiro IRINO: Klänge (1976); 11′
Betsy JOLAS: Music for Joan (1988); 4’15”
Max LIFCHITZ: Rhythmic Soundscape (1978); 10′
Maurice OHANA: Deux Etudes (1983); 19′
Younghi PAGH-PAAN: Pyon-Kyong (1982); 8’30”
Hermeto PASCOAL: Bacurau; 8′
Brian SCHOBER: Nocturnals (1980); 13’40”
Kazimierz SEROCKI: Fantasmagoria (1971); 12′
Ralph SHAPEY: Gottlieb Duo (1984); 11′
Christian WOLFF: Rosas (1990); 12′
Charles WUORINEN: Duo (1979); 14′

Jazz, Sources and Derivations

Original Rags (1899); Scott Joplin
Prelude, Op. 103, no. 7 (1910); Gabriel Fauré
Ondine (1912); Claude Debussy
Prelude (1913); Maurice Ravel
Le Chant du Chevrier (1916); Charles Koechlin
Piano-Rag-Music (1919); Igor Stravinsky
Rag-Caprice No. 3 (1923); Darius Milhaud
Rag-Time Parade (1919); Erik Satie
3 Jazz Etudes (1926) ; Erwin Schulhoff
INDENT-Blues
INDENT-Chanson
INDENT-Tango
4 Piano Blues (1926-48); Aaron Copland
Suite (1922); Paul Hindemith
INDENT-Shimmy
INDENT-Ragtime

Intermission

Françoise-Variationen (1983-95) (excerpts); Franco Donatoni
Improvisation No. 13 (1958); Francis Poulenc
Etude No. 5 (“Arc-en-ciel”) (1985); György Ligeti
China Gates (1977); John Adams
Preludes Nos. 9, 4, 8, 24 (1972-73); Maurice Ohana
Etude No. 9 “Free Counterpoints” (1985)*; Maurice Ohana
3 Techno Etudes (2000); Karen Tanaka
Jazz Connotation (1998)*; Bruno Mantovani

* Written for and dedicated to Jay Gottlieb

Jazz Connotation

Jazz Sonata (1922); George Antheil
2 Jazz Etudes (1926); Erwin Schulhoff
INDENT-Blues
INDENT-Chanson
2 Tangos
INDENT-Tango (1926); Erwin Schulhoff
INDENT-Tango Si (1984); Betsy Jolas 
Françoise-Variationen (1983-95) (excerpts); Franco Donatoni
Phrygian Gates (finale) (1978); John Adams

Intermission

Four Piano Blues (1926-48); Aaron Copland
Preludes Nos. 9, 4, 8, 24 (1972-73); Maurice Ohana
Etude No. 9 “Free Counterpoints” (1985)*; Maurice Ohana
3 Techno Etudes (2000); Karen Tanaka
Improvisation No. 13 (1958); Francis Poulenc
Jazz Connotation (1998)*; Bruno Mantovani

* Written for and dedicated to Jay Gottlieb

Music from Australia

Choices of works by:
Anne Boyd, Gerard Brophy, Ross Edwards, Percy Grainger, David Lumsdaine, Peter Sculthorpe, Michael Smetanin, Carl Vine, Julian Yu

Music from Austria

Choices of works by:
Hans-Eric Apostel, Alban Berg, Friedrich Cerha, Friedrich Gulda, Josef Matthias Hauer, Hanns Jelinek, Arnold Schoenberg, Johannes Maria Staud, Anton von Webern

Music from Argentina

Choices of works by:
Carlos Roqué Alsina, Alberto Ginastera, Mauricio Kagel, Astor
Piazzolla, Oscar Strasnoy, Alberto Williams

Music from Belgium

Choices of works by:
Philippe Boesmans, Jacqueline Fontyn, Henri Pousseur

Music from Brazil

Choices of works by:
Marlos Nobre, José Almeida Prado, Heitor Villa-Lobos

Music from Canada

Choices of works by:
Jean Papineau-Couture, Serge Provost, Gilles Tremblay, Claude Vivier

Music from Cuba

Choices of works by:
Ygnacio Cervantes, Tania Leon, Joaquin Nin-Culmell, Amadeo Roldan

Music from Denmark

Choices of works by:
Hans Abrahamsen, Gunnar Berg, Ivar Frounberg, Karsten Fundal, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Erik Jorgensen, Rued Langgaard, Bent Lorentzen, Svend Nielsen, Per Norgard, Ib Norholm, Karl Aage Rasmussen, Sunleif Rasmussen, Matthias Ronnefeldt, Poul Ruders, Rolf Wallin

French music

Cloches d’adieu, et un sourire… (1992); Tristan Murail
or
Epilogue (1980); Philippe Fenelon
Catalogue d’oiseaux (1956-58); Olivier Messiaen
     -L’Alouette Lulu
     -Le Chocard des Alpes
4 Etudes (1982-85); Maurice Ohana
     -Free Cadences
     -Fifths
     -Free Counterpoints *
     -Third Pedal

Intermission

Etude-Variation (2001) *; Gilbert Amy
or
Obliques (1986-87); Gilbert Amy
Piècesjaypieces 1 et 2 (2001) *; Betsy Jolas
or
3 Etudes Campanaires (1980); Betsy Jolas
Arcane (1981); Allain Gaussin

* Written for and dedicated to Jay Gottlieb

German Music (Program 1)

7 Stücke für klavier (1947); Artur Schnabel
INDENT-Largo
INDENT-Allegretto
INDENT-Andantino
INDENT-Agitato, vivace
INDENT-Lento
INDENT-Vivace
INDENT-Con moto
4 Klavierstücke, Op. 3 (1922); Paul A. Pisk
INDENT-Sehr ruhig
INDENT-Ziemlich rasch, leicht
INDENT-Sehr langsam und dumpf
INDENT-Energisch (Passacaglia)
Sonata No. 2 für Klavier, Op. 6 (Thema mit 14 Variationen) (1924); Hanns Eisler
Stehende Musik (1925); Stefan Wolpe

Intermission

4 Studies on Basic Rows (1935-36); Stefan Wolpe
INDENT-Study on Tritones
INDENT-Study on Thirds
INDENT-Presto furioso: Study on a Set of Expanding and Contracting Intervals
INDENT-Passacaglia: Study on an All-Interval Row in Conjunction with Eleven Rows

German Music (Program 2)

Choices of works by:
Boris Blacher, Hanns Eisler, Wolfgang Fortner, Bernd Franke, Barbara Heller, Hans Werner Henze, Paul Hindemith, York Höller, Nicolaus A. Huber, Erich Itor Kahn, Helmut Lachenmann, Elmar Lampson, Ulrich Leyendecker, Detlev Müller-Siemens, Michael Obst, Hans Otte, Matthias Pintscher, Paul A. Pisk, Robert HP Platz, Aribert Reimann, Wolfgang Rihm, Artur Schnabel, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Hans von der Wense, Hans Zender, Bernd Alois Zimmermann

Music from Greece

Choices of works by:
Theodor Antoniou, Georges Aperghis, Stephanos Gazouleas, Jannis Joannidis, Giorgos Koumendakis, Arghyris Kounadis, Yannis A. Papaioannou, Nikos Skalkottas, Georges S. Tsouyopoulos, Iannis Xenakis

Choices of works by:
Bela Bartok, Zsolt Durko, David Hellewell, Pal Kadosa, Zoltan Kocsis, Zoltan Kodaly, György Kurtag, György Ligeti, Csaba Szabo

Italian Music (Program 1)

Sonatine (1916); Alfredo Casella
or
A Notte Alta (1917); Alfredo Casella
Quattro Illustrazioni (1953); Giacinto Scelsi
Sonata (1996) * ; Alessandro Solbiati

Intermission

Rounds (1967); Luciano Berio
Wasserklavier (1965); Luciano Berio
Erdenklavier (1969); Luciano Berio
Luftklavier (1985); Luciano Berio
Feuerklavier (1989); Luciano Berio
Miniature estrose (1990-93); Marco Stroppa
Foglio d’album (1970); Sylvano Bussotti
Olof Palme (1987) ; Sylvano Bussotti
Novelletta (1973); Sylvano Bussotti
Françoise-Variationen (1983-95); Franco Donatoni
or
Rima (1983); Franco Donatoni

* Written for and dedicated to Jay Gottlieb

Italian Music (Program 2)

Sonatine (1916) ; Alfredo Casella
or
A Notte Alta (1917); Alfredo Casella
Quattro Illustrazioni (1953); Giacinto Scelsi
Sonata (1996) *; Alessandro Solbiati

Intermission

Sonata (2001); Luciano Berio
Françoise-Variationen (1983-95); Franco Donatoni
or
Rima (1983); Franco Donatoni

* Written for and dedicated to Jay Gottlieb

Music from Japan

Choices of works by:
Toshi Ichiyanagi, Maki Ishii, Yoshiro Irino, Jo Kondo, Yoritsune Matsudaira, Yoshihisa Taïra, Toru Takemitsu, Yuji Takahashi, Karen Tanaka, Joji Yuasa

Music from the United Kingdom

Choices of works by:
Thomas Adès, Julian Anderson, Richard Barrett, Gerald Barry, David Bedford, George Benjamin, Michael Berkeley, Harrison Birtwistle, Christopher Bochmann, Benjamin Britten, Martin Butler, Philip Chalian, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy, Alexander Goehr, Jonathan Harvey, Robin Holloway, Simon Holt, David Horne, Robert Sherlaw Johnson, Oliver Knussen, James MacMillan, Stuart MacRae, Steve Martland, Colin Matthews, David Matthews, Anthony Powell, Edwin Roxburgh, Howard Skempton, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Judith Weir, John Woolrich

United States: Three American Pioneers

Study No. 20 (1908); Charles Ives
Advertisement (1914); Henry Cowell
The Tides of Manaunaun (1912); Henry Cowell
Aeolian Harp (1923); Henry Cowell
Tiger (1928); Henry Cowell
Varied Air and Variations (1914); Charles Ives
The Anti-Abolitionist Riots (1908-09); Charles Ives
Largo (1937); Carl Ruggles
Adagio sostenuto (1940); Carl Ruggles
Three-Page Sonata (1905); Charles Ives

Intermission

Sonata No. 2 (“Concord”) (1909-15); Charles Ives
INDENT-Emerson
INDENT-Hawthorne
INDENT-The Alcotts
INDENT-Thoreau

United States: American Music (Program 1)

4 Pieces; Henry Cowell
INDENT-The Tides of Manaunaun (1912)
INDENT-Advertisement (1914)
INDENT-Aeolian Harp (1923)
INDENT-Tiger (1928)
China Gates (1977); John Adams
“Airplane” Sonata (1922); George Antheil
Stehende Musik (1925); Stefan Wolpe
2 Preludes (1920-24); Ruth Crawford-Seeger
Ophelia (1946); John Cage
Makrokosmos (1972-73); George Crumb
INDENT-Crucifixux
INDENT-Proteus
INDENT-Morning Music
INDENT-Dream Images
INDENT-Rain-Death Variations
INDENT-Agnus Dei
INDENT-Tora! Tora! Tora!

Intermission

Sonata No. 2 (“Concord”) (1909-15); Charles Ives
INDENT-Emerson
INDENT-Hawthorne
INDENT-The Alcotts
INDENT-Thoreau

United States: American Music (Program 2)

4 Pieces; Henry Cowell
INDENT-The Tides of Manaunaun (1912)
INDENT-Advertisement (1914)
INDENT-Aeolian Harp (1923)
INDENT-Tiger (1928)

China Gates (1977); John Adams
“Airplane” Sonata (1922); George Antheil
Stehende Musik (1925); Stefan Wolpe
2 Preludes (1920-24); Ruth Crawford-Seeger
Ophelia (1946); John Cage
Makrokosmos (1972-73); George Crumb
INDENT-Crucifixux
INDENT-Proteus
INDENT-Morning Music
INDENT-Dream Images
INDENT-Rain-Death Variations
INDENT-Agnus Dei
INDENT-Tora! Tora! Tora!

Intermission

Sonata No. 2 (“Concord”) (1909-15); Charles Ives
INDENT-Emerson
INDENT-Hawthorne
INDENT-The Alcotts
INDENT-Thoreau

United States: American Music (Program 3)

Passacaglia (1921); Aaron Copland
or
Four Piano Blues (1926-48); Aaron Copland
3 Pieces; Henry Cowell
INDENT-Advertisement (1914)
INDENT-The Tides of Manaunaun (1912)
INDENT-Tiger (1928)
3 Anniversaries (1944) ; Leonard Bernstein
Suite from “Porgy and Bess” (Arrangement by Jay Gottlieb)(1934-35); George Gershwin

Intermission

Sonata No. 2 (“Concord”) (1909-15); Charles Ives
INDENT-Emerson
INDENT-Hawthorne
INDENT-The Alcotts
INDENT-Thoreau

United States: American Music (Program 4)

Fantasy Pieces (1959-60); David Del Tredici
Etudes Australes IX and X (1974-75); John Cage
In a Landscape (1948); John Cage
Ophelia (1946); John Cage
Makrokosmos (1972-73) (excerpts from Vol. I and II); George Crumb

Intermission

Passcaglia (1921); Aaron Copland
Passacaglia (1936, rev. 1971); Stefan Wolpe
Sonata No. 2 (“Concord”) (1909-15); Charles Ives
INDENT-The Alcotts
INDENT-Thoreau
Songbook (1932); George Gershwin
INDENT-Oh, Lady Be Good
INDENT-Do It Again
INDENT-Fascinating Rhythm
INDENT-The Man I Love
INDENT-I Got Rhythm

United States: American Music (Program 5)

Three-Page Sonata (1905); Charles Ives
“Airplane” Sonata (1922); George Antheil
Piano (1977); Morton Feldman
Passacaglia (1921); Aaron Copland

Intermission

Appello (1976); Barbara Kolb
4 Pieces; Paul Bowles
INDENT-Huapango No. 1 (1936)
INDENT-La Cuelga (1943)
INDENT-El Bejuco (1943)
INDENT-Huapango No. 2 (1937)
The Farewell (1976); William Albright
Suite from “Porgy and Bess” (Arrangement by Jay Gottlieb)(1934-35); George Gershwin

United States: American Music (Program 6)

The Machine Age (1988); William Albright
Appello (1976); Barbara Kolb
China Gates (1977); John Adams
5 New Etudes (1977-86); William Bolcom

Intermission

Ophelia (1946); John Cage
Palais de Mari (1986); Morton Feldman
Ritual (1987); Tania Leon
90+ (1994); Elliott Carter
Makrokosmos (1972-73) (excerpts from Vol. I & II); George Crumb

United States: American Music (Program 7)

Ophelia (1946); John Cage
In a Landscape (1948); John Cage
Water Music (1952); John Cage
Piano (1977); Morton Feldman
5 New Etudes (1977-86); William Bolcom

Intermission

Appello (1976); Barbara Kolb
The Farewell (1976); William Albright
China Gates (1977); John Adams
Makrokosmos (1972-73) (excerpts from Vol. I & II); George Crumb

United States: American Music (Program 8)

Choices of works by:

John Adams, William Albright, George Antheil, Leonard Bernstein, Chester Biscardi, Easley Blackwood, William Bland, William Bolcom, Paul Bowles, Earle Brown, Gerald Busby, John Cage, Edmund Campion, Elliott Carter, Laura Clayton, Aaron Copland, Chick Corea, John Corigliano, Philip Corner, Henry Cowell, Ruth Crawford-Seeger, George Crumb, Michael Daugherty, David Del Tredici, William Duckworth, Tan Dun, Bill Evans, Morton Feldman, Brian Fennelly, Joseph Fennimore, Joshua Fineberg, Lukas Foss, George Gershwin, Philip Glass, Louis M. Gottschalk, Charles Griffes, John Harbison, Lou Harrison, Robert Helps, Lejaren Hiller, Alan Hovhaness, Charles Ives, Keith Jarrett, Tom Johnson, Scott Joplin, Aaron Jay Kernis, Earl Kim, Barbara Kolb, Eugene Kurtz, David Lang, Tania Leon, Peter Lieberson, Donald Martino, Conlon Nancarrow, Leo Ornstein, George Perle, Walter Piston, Mel Powell, Roger Reynolds, Dane Rudhyar, Carl Ruggles, Frederic Rzewski, Brian Schober, Roger Sessions, Ralph Shapey, Bright Sheng, Seymour Shifrin, Stephen Sondheim, Morton Subotnick, Louise Talma, Joan Tower, Ben Weber, Augusta Read Thomas, Virgil Thomson, Christian Wolff, Stefan Wolpe, Charles Wuorinen.

United States: American Group “Fluxus” (1 hour)

Waiting (1952); John Cage
Quest (1935); John Cage
Dream (1948); John Cage
6 Preludes (1981); Christian Wolff
December 1952); Earle Brown
Last Pieces (1959); Morton Feldman
Water Music (1952); John Cage
Ophelia (1946); John Cage

United States: American Minimalism: Sources and Transcenders

Metamorphosis (1988); Philip Glass
Mad Rush (1988); Philip Glass
Knee Play No. 4 ; Philip Glass (from “Einstein on the Beach”) (1976);
Dream (1948); John Cage
Ophelia (1946); John Cage
The Heaven Ladder (1994); Terry Riley

Intermission

China Gates (1977); John Adams
Phrygian Gates (1978); John Adams

United States: American Music of 1941 to 1991

Illusions (1950); Morton Feldman
Sonatina (1941); Conlon Nancarrow
21 Variations (1978); Ralph Shapey

Intermission

Fantasies and Impromptus (1991); Donald Martino
Fantasy Pieces (1989) ; Peter Lieberson
12 New Etudes (1977-86); William Bolcom

United States: American Music: 1948 to 1988

Three Essays on Thomas Wolfe (1948-49); Ralph Shapey
Bread and Roses (1976); Christian Wolff
Piano Rags (1967-76); William Bolcom

Intermission

Fantasia on an Ostinato (1985); John Corigliano
Prelude (1988); Mel Powell
Intermezzo (1984); Mel Powell
The Machine Age (1988); William Albright

United States: American Music Visionaries

Ophelia (1946); John Cage
Etudes Australes IX and X (1974-75); John Cage
Piano (1977); Morton Feldman
Hawthorne (1910) (from “Concord” Sonata); Charles Ives

Intermission

4 Preludes (1920-24); Ruth Crawford-Seeger
A Little Suite for Christmas (1980); George Crumb
or
Excerpts from “Makrokosmos” (1972-73); George Crumb
3 Pieces; Henry Cowell
     -Advertisement (1914)
     -The Tides of Manaunaun (1912)
     -Tiger (1928)
Passacaglia (1936, rev. 1971); Stefan Wolpe

United States: American Popular Tradition

Anniversaries (1944-88) (excerpts); Leonard Bernstein
Four Piano Blues (1926-48); Aaron Copland
Suite from “Porgy and Bess” (1934-35) (Arrangement by Jay Gottlieb); George Gershwin

Intermission

Köln Concert (1975); Keith Jarrett

Music from Poland

Choices of works by:
Karol Beffa, Henryk Gorecki, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Zygmunt Krauze, Witold Lutoslawski, Pawel Mykietyn, Andrzej Panufnik

Russia: Russian Music (Program 1)

Sonata No. 5 (1925); Alexander Mossolov
INDENT-Lento grave
INDENT-Elegia
INDENT-Scherzo marziale/Presto con fuoco
INDENT-Adagio languente e patetico
Formes en l’air (1915) (to Pablo Picasso); Arthur Lourié
La Création de l’or I et II; Nicolas Obouhov
Les Astrales parlent; Nicolas Obouhov
Reflets sinistres (1916); Nicolas Obouhov
La Paix pour les réconciliés; Nicolas Obouhov
Le Temple est mesuré, l’esprit est incarné; Nicolas Obouhov
Sonata No. 6, Op. 62 (1911); Alexander Scriabin

Intermission

Three Etudes (1914); Nikolai Roslavets
INDENT-Affettamente
INDENT-Pianissimo
INDENT-Burlando
Piano Sonata (1965); Sofia Gubaidulina

Russia: Russian Music (Program 2)

Choices of works by:
D. Capyrin, V. Chout, Edison Denisov, Elena Firsova, Vitoly Godziatski, Sofia Gubaidulina, Alemdar Karamanov, Arthur Lourié, Alexander Mossolow, Nicolas Obouhow, Serge Prokofieff, Serge Protopopoff, Serge Rachmaninoff, A. Raskatov, Nikolai Roslavets, Alfred Schnittke, Alexander Scriabin, Dmitri Shostakovich, Valentin Silvestrov, Galina Ustwolskaja, Ivan Wyschnegradsky, A. Zograbian

Figure (1976); Michèle Reverdy
4 Preludes (1924-28); Ruth Crawford-Seeger
Radar (1980); Tona Scherchen

Intermission

Piècesjaypieces 1 and 2 (2001) *; Betsy Jolas
Appello (1976); Barbara Kolb
Piano Sonata (1965); Sofia Gubaidulina

* Written for and dedicated to Jay Gottlieb

John Cage: Non-Prepared Piano

Waiting (1952)
Suite for Toy Piano (1948)
Etudes Australes IX and X (1974-75)
Quest (1935)
7 Haiku (1952)
Ophelia (1946)

Intermission

Water Music (1952)
In a Landscape (1948)
Metamorphosis (1938)

John Cage: Prepared Piano

The Perilous Night (1944)
Mysterious Adventure (1945)
Sonatas and Interludes (1946-48) (excerpts)
Daughters of the Lonesome Isle (1945)

Intermission

Prelude for Meditation (1944)
A Valentine Out of Season (1944)
Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947)
Bacchanale (1940)
Tossed as it is Untroubled (1943)
Spontaneous Earth (1944)
The Unavailable Memory Of (1944)
In the Name of the Holocaust (1942)

George Gershwin

3 Preludes (1926)
Complete Songbook (1932)
Impromptu in Two Keys
2 Waltzes in G

Intermission

4 Preludes:
-Sleepless Night
-Novelette in Fourths (1919)
-Rubato (1919)
-Fragment (1925)

Merry Andrew
Three-Quarter Blues
Promenade
Suite from “Porgy and Bess” (1934-35) (Arrangement by Jay Gottlieb)

Charles Ives

Study No. 20 (1908)
Study No. 22 (1912)
Scene Episode (1906)
Varied Air and Variations (1916)
The Anti-Abolitionist Riots (1908-9)
Rough and Ready et al (1906)
Three-Page Sonata (1905)

Intermission

Sonata No. 2 (“Concord”) (1909-15)
-Emerson
-Hawthorne
-The Alcotts
-Thoreau

Keith Jarrett

The Köln Concert (1975)
-Part I
-Part IIa
-Part IIb
-Part IIc

Nicolas Obouhov

Any works from the complete output for solo piano

Maurice Ohana

PRELUDES or ETUDES: complete or excerpts

Erik Satie

Any works from the complete output for solo piano
(5 hours of music from which to choose)

Giacinto Scelsi

Any works from the Suites, Sonates, Preludes, Quattro Illustrazioni, Cinque Incantesimi