Dennis Russell Davies & Maki Namekawa: Music for 2 Pianos

Dennis Russell Davies & Maki Namekawa Music for Two Pianos
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco

PROGRAM

Philip Glass (1937— )
Six Scenes from Les Enfants Terribles (arr. Namekawa & Davies)
Overture
The Bedroom
Paul Sleepwalking
Snow Falling in the Playground
Elizabeth Chooses a Career
Death of the Twins/Finale

Balduin Sulzer (1932— )
Dialogue for Two Pianos (2007)

Adam Fong (1980— )
“Sunlight” from Elementary Studies (2004)
West Coast Premiere

S. Bach (1685–1750), arr. György Kurtág (1926— )
From Bach-Transkriptionen:
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, Sonatina from Actus tragicus (BWV 106)
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 687), in memoriam Joannis Pilinszky
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig (BWV Deest)

Chen Yi (1953— )
China West Suite for two pianos (2007) US Premiere
I Introduction
II Meng Songs
III Zang Songs
IV Miao Dances
US Premiere