Sparkill Concert Series 2022-2023 Season Opening with a Two Piano Festival

Pianists Oxana Mikhailoff, Natalia Lavrova and Vassily Primakov will perform works by J.S.Bach, W. A. Mozart, F. Liszt, J. Brahms, R. Schumann,C. Saint- Saens, G. Gershwin, W. Lutoslawski, P. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninoff A. Scriabin, A. Arensky, D. Shostakovich, W. Bolcom, F. Mercury, along with some surprises.

SPECIAL PRICE FOR ALL THREE CONCERTS – $100 ($40 for a Single Concert)

It will be a celebration of some of the most important and beloved works written for two pianos, as well as rarely heard masterpieces and even a NY premiere of a masterful arrangements of some beloved tangos by Carlos Gardel and Anibal Troilo (Pichuco)

October 16th: Oxana Mikhailoff/ Vassily Primakov

Program I

J. S. Bach. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (arranged for two pianos by M. Hess)

Camille Saint- Saens. Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, Op. 35

Witold Lutoslawski. Variations on a Theme by Paganini (1941)

Franz Liszt. Reminiscences De L’Opera Norma. Grande Fantasie

– Intermission –

George Gershwin. Cuban Overture (Transcribed by Gregory Stone)

Dmitri Shostakovich. Suite for Two Pianos, Opus 6

William Bolcom. The Garden of Eden. Three Rags for Two Pianos

October 30th: Natalia Lavrova/ Vassily Primakov

Program II

Aleksandr Scriabin. Fantasy in A Minor, Op. Posth.

Robert Schumann. Andante and Variations, Op. 46

W. Amadeus Mozart. Sonata in D Major, K. 448

– Intermission –

Johannes Brahms. Sonata in F minor, Op. 34 bis

Johan Ullen. Two Classic Argentinian Tangos

**Melodia de Arrabal ( Melody by Carlos Gardel)

**Tango Triste (Melody by Anibal Troilo)

** NY Premiere

Freddie Mercury. Bohemian Rhapsody (Arranged by Valerie Stern)

November 13th: Oxana Mikhailoff/ Vassily Primakov/ Natalia Lavrova

Program III

Peter Tchaikovsky. Eugene Onegin Concert Paraphrase (arranged by P. Pabst)

Sergei Rachmaninoff. Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

– Intermission –

Anton Arensky. Suite No. 2 “Silhouettes” Op.23

Suite No. 3 ” Variations” Op.33