Programs
Representative Current Programs
Lectures
- George Gershwin solo piano output
- Keith Emerson's piano transcriptions
- Nino Rota's Le Moliere Imaginaire
- Italian Pianist Luciano Sangiorgi
1 - (concert-lecture)
George Gershwin’s original output for piano solo. An interesting
concert program option
2 - (concert-lecture)
Keith Emerson is well known as rock star member of the group
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Yet, his fame as rock musician has
overshadowed his ability as composer. Giuseppe Lupis’ piano solo
transcriptions of Keith Emerson’s Tarkus Suite (1971) and other
works, aim at bringing light on Emerson as composer and expanding
the solo piano repertoire
3 - (concert-lecture) A look into Nino
Rota’s (1911-1979) piano solo version of his ballet-comedy Le
Moliere Imaginaire (1976.) Two years before his death Nino Rota
mailed a manuscript of his piano version of Le Moliere Imaginaire
(1976) to Pino Tagliatori, a friend and music collector. Rota’s
hope was for pianist Luciano Sangiorgi (1921-1992) to perform his
music in public concerts. It never happened. Instead, two years ago
Mr. Tagliatori donated the manuscript to Giuseppe Lupis. The
centennial of Nino Rota’s birth is quickly approaching and there is
no better time to present such original treasure;
4 - (concert-lecture) Italian pianist
Luciano Sangiorgi (1921-1992) was gifted. Immediately attracted
by jazz and American music, forbidden by the Italian regime during
his youth , his surprising fame peaked in the 1950’s: he was
certainly the most popular pianist in Italy. Yet, in spite of two
hundred well received records, regular appearances on radios and
TV’s (including a brief performance as himself in a popular movie)
and countless concerts in major venues, Sangiorgi managed to quickly
disappear. The rise and fall of popular music pianist Luciano
Sangiorgi;
Nino Rota (1911-1979)
Le Moliére Imaginaire for solo piano
First Part:
n. 2 – Scaramouche
n. 3 – Armande
n. 4 – Pont Neuf
n. 5 – Madeleine
n. 7 – Moliére
n. 8 – La Natura
n. 9 – Agnés
n. 10 – Le Roi
n. 12 – Sortie du Roi
Second Part:
Ouverture II Acte
n. 1 – Danse des Comédiens
n. 2 – Danse du Roi
n. 3 – Tartufe
n. 4 – Le dévots
n. 5 – Cieliméne I, II, and III
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
15 Waltzes
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Grand Waltz Brilliant in E flat major Op. 18
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Waltz Brilliant in A flat major Op. 34 n. 1
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Waltz in A minor Op. 34 n. 2
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Waltz Brilliant in F major Op. 34 n. 3
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Grand Waltz in A flat major Op. 42
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Waltz in D flat major Op. 64 n. 1
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Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64 n. 2
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Waltz in A flat major Op. 64 n. 3
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Waltz in A flat major Op. 69 n. 1
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Waltz in B minor Op. 69 n. 2
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Waltz in G flat major Op. 70 n. 1
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Waltz in F minor Op. 70 n. 2
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Waltz in D flat major Op. 70 n. 3
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Waltz posthumous in E minor
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Waltz posthumous in E major
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
18 Songs
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The Man I Love
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Swanee
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Nobody But You
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I’ll Build a Stairway To Paradise
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Do It Again
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Fascinating Rhythm
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Oh, Lady Be Good
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Somebody Loves Me
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Sweet And Low Down
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Clap Yo’ Hands
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Do Do Do
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My One And Only
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‘S Wonderful – Strike Up The Band
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I Got Rhythm – Who Cares?
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That Certain Feeling
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Liza
7 Preludes
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Prelude I: Allegro ben Ritmato e Deciso
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Prelude II: Blue Lullaby
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Prelude III: Spanish Prelude
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“Prelude”: Fragment
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Prelude: Melody no. 17
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Prelude: Novellette in Fourths
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Prelude: Rubato
Lullaby
Porgy and Bess
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Summertime
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My Man’s Gone Now
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A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
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I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin
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It Ain’t Necessarily So
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Bess You Is My Woman
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There’s A Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon For New York
Rhapsody in Blue
Keith Emerson (1944)
Tarkus Suite
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Eruption
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The Stones of Years
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Iconoclast
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Mass
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Manticore
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The Battleheld
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Aquatarkus
The Sheriff
Jeremy Bender
Benny the Bouncer
Trilogy
Honky Tonk Train Blues (Keith Emerson/Meade "Lux"
Lewis)
Salt Cay
Batrelhouse Shake Dorvn
Maple Leaf Rag (Keith Emerson/Scott
Domenico Cimarosa
(1749-1801)
Four Sonatas (ca. 1787)
- n.
- n.
- n.
- n.
Keith Emerson (b.
1944) and Greg
Lake
Tarkus
Eruption
The Stones of Years
Iconoclast
Mass
Manticore
The Battlefield
Aquatarkus
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)
Piedigrotta 1924 (Neapolitan Rhapsody)
II.
Notte ‘e Luna
III.
Calasciunate
IV.
Voce Luntana (Fenesta che lucive...)
V.
Lariulà
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)
Piedigrotta 1924 (Neapolitan Rhapsody)
II.
Notte ‘e Luna
III.
Calasciunate
IV.
Voce Luntana (Fenesta che lucive...)
V. Lariulà
Franz Liszt
(1811-1886)
Rigoletto Paraphrase (1860)
Mephisto Waltz n. 1 (ca. 1859)
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
The Man I Love (1924)
Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)
Piedigrotta 1924 (Neapolitan Rhapsody)
II.
Notte ‘e Luna
III.
Calasciunate
IV.
Voce Luntana (Fenesta che lucive...)
V. Lariulà
Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Italian
Concerto BVW 971
(1735)
[...]
Andante
Presto
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
The Man I Love (1924)
Oh, Lady Be Good
Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)
Four Sonatas (ca. 1787)
- n.
- n.
- n.
- n.
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Rigoletto Paraphrase (1860)
Venezia e
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
(1895-1968)
Piedigrotta 1924 (Neapolitan Rhapsody)
I. Tarantella Scura
II. Notte ‘e Luna
III. Calasciunate
IV. Voce Luntana (Fenesta che lucive...)
V. Lariulà