How many pianos can we get on stage? This not-to-be-missed Oberlin tradition features performances by faculty, staff, and graduating seniors to raise funds for the piano department.
Program:
Dean William Quillen, Master of Ceremonies
Alexander Scriabin Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (for the left hand)
George Gershwin Two Preludes and I Got Rhythm
Peter Takács
Nikolai Kapustin Sinfonietta, Op. 49: Overture: Allegro (for one piano, four hands)
Haewon Song & Robert Shannon ’72
Hermann Wollenhaupt Grand galop brillant, Op. 71 (for one piano, six hands)
Suji Park, Kyra Lombard, Grace Tubbs
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Op. 36: Finale: Allegro con fuoco (for eight pianos)
Rui Zhang, Aaron Zheng, Qi Qi,
Immanuel Mykyta-Chomsky, Shuyu Shan, Ishan Loomba,
Rae Pung, Sam Saomek Srithongkum
Raphael Jiménez, conductor
Intermission
Leonard Bernstein/ arr. Takács “Mambo” from West Side Story (for eight pianos, 16 hands)
Javier González, Angela Cheng,
Haewon Song, Alvin Chow,
Evan Hines, James Howsmon,
Thomas Bandy, Robert Shannon ’72
Peter Takács, conductor
Sergei Rachmaninoff/ arr. Rebner Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5 (for two pianos, eight hands)
Piano I: JJ Bui, April Lee
Piano II: Allison To, Kelvin Tang
Scott Joplin/ arr. Takács Bethena, a concert waltz
Scott Joplin/ arr. Hamelin Maple Leaf Rag
(for six pianos, 12 hands)
Javier Gonzalez, Peter Takács,
Robert Shannon ’72, Haewon Song,
Thomas Bandy, James Howsmon
Gioachino Rossini/ arr. Czerny Overture to Semiramide (for eight pianos, 160 fingers)
Haewon Song/ Zunlu Di
Angela Cheng/ Michelle Jia Yun Xu
Alvin Chow/ Jiongli Wang
Javier González/ Kyra Lombard
James Howsmon/ Yuhki Ueda
Thomas Bandy/ Yihang Chen
Robert Shannon ’72/ Yi An Su
Peter Takács/ Soyoung Jeong
Raphael Jiménez, conductor
Percussion in Tchaikovsky and Bernstein:
Will Dahle
Jonathan Lucke
Aidan Marckel
Nathaniel Valsania
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