Jazzinfluences in 20th-Century Piano Music

Works by Scott Joplin, Igor Stravinsky, Alexandre Tansman, George Gershwin, Claude Debussy, Aaron Copland,Erwin Schulhoff,  Bill Evans and Errol Garner

The links for the two livestreamconcerts are the following:

for the 11:00 a.m. concert: https://youtu.be/ReHaaVxlcC8

for the 8:15 p.m. concert: https://youtu.be/Tp3Nb0vCd7c

You can also watch and listen to the concerts afterwards

PROGRAM

1.Scott Joplin (1868-1917)

Rose Leaf Rag (1907)   

2.Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971)

Ragtime (1918) 

3.Alexandre Tansman (1896- 1987)

Sonatine transatlantique (1930)

-Fox-Trot

-Spiritual and Blues

-Charleston

4.George Gershwin (1898-1937)                

3 Preludes        

Prelude 1: Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (1926)

Prelude 2: Andante con moto (1926)

Prelude 3: Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (1926)      

from the George Gershwin Songbook  

-Fascinating Rhythm              

-The man I love

-I got Rhythm

5a.Claude Debussy

‘Pièce’ pour l’oeuvre du ‘Vêtement du blessé (1915)

b.Bill Evans (1929-1980)

Waltz for Debby (1961)

6.Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990)

Four Piano Blues 8’

-Freely poetic (1926)

-Soft and languid (1926)

-Muted and sensuous (1947)

-With bounce (1948)

7.Erwin Schulhoff (1894 – 1942)

Suite Dansante en Jazz (1931)

-Stomp

-Strait

-Waltz

-Tango

-Slow

-Fox-Trot

8.Claude Debussy

From ‘Suite Bergamasque’

Clair de Lune (1905) 

8a.Erroll Garner (1921-1977)

Impressions    6’

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