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Piano Blues & Other Colours
Composers from the early 20th century inspired by jazz and light music including Madeleine Dring, Gershwin, Copland, Mayerl, Hengeveld and Frederick Mullen
Variations Down the Line
Bach’s legendary Goldberg Variations complete and interspersed with new variations composed by Samuel Becker, Julian Broughton, Nicola LeFanu, Michael Finnissy and Alison Kay.
Bach: Goldberg Variations
Bach’s legendary Goldberg Variations in their entirety. Rachel offers a short introductory talk with musical examples which can be tailored to suit the audience.
Piano Favourites:
Beethoven – Für Elise
Debussy – Clair de Lune, Golliwog’s Cake Walk, L’isle Joyeuse
Chopin – Nocturne in E flat, Fantasie-Impromptu
Gershwin – Three Preludes
Moonlight:
Debussy – Clair de Lune
Scriabin – Nocturne for Left Hand
Chopin – Nocturnes
Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata
French:
Couperin – Selected Keyboard Works
Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Satie – Gymnopedies & Gnossiennes
Debussy – Preludes
Messiaen – Preludes
Scenes from Childhood:
Schumann – Kinderscenen
Gubaidulina – A selection from Musical Toys
Debussy – Children’s Corner
Light in the Dark:
A selection of Bach’s Preludes and Fugues interspersed with contemporary British works including
Causton: Non mi comporto male and Becker: Light in the Dark, which was composed for Rachel.
From Eastern Europe
Suk – O matince (About Mother) op.28
Rachmaninov – Preludes
Scriabin – Sonata No. 10
Godowsky – Study on Chopin’s Etude op.25 no.1
Saint-Saëns /Godowsky – The Swan
Chopin – Barcarolle or Ballade in A flat
Masquerade
Schumann – Carnaval
Debussy – Suite Bergamasque
Thorogood – Harlequinade
Paul Lewis – Music Hall Moments
The above programmes are given as examples; programme content is decided in discussion with concert promoters.
Piano Solo Repertoire
J S Bach Goldberg Variations
Partitas, Suites, Prelude and Fugues
Bartok Suite op.14
Becker Light in the Dark
Beethoven Sonatas including ‘Moonlight’, ‘Pastorale’, op.109 in E major
32 Variations in C minor
Berg Sonata
Brahms Sonata op.5 no. 3
Rhapsodies op.76
Op.116, 117, 118
Causton Non mi comporto male
Chopin Nocturnes, Etudes,
Preludes, Waltzes (various)
Ballad no.3, Scherzo no.2,
Barcarolle
Copland Four Preludes
Debussy Preludes Book 1 & 2 (various)
Suite Bergamasque (including Clair de Lune)
Children’s Corner
Pour le Piano, L’isle Joyeuse
Gershwin Three Preludes
Godowsky – Study on Chopin’s Etude op.25 no.1
Godowsky / Saint-Saëns The Swan
Granados The Maiden and the Nightingale
Haydn Sonatas (various)
Messiaen Vingt Regards and Preludes (various)
Mozart Sonatas and Fantasias (various)
Rachmaninov Preludes (various)
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte
Jeux d’eau
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. Glazunov)
Scarlatti Sonatas
Schubert Moments Musicaux
Schumann Abegg Variations, Carnaval, Kinderscenen, Arabesque
Scriabin Sonata no.10, Prelude and Nocturne for Left Hand
Suk O matince (About Mother) op.28
Concerto Repertoire
J S Bach Concerto in D minor no.1
Beethoven Concerto no. 1 in C
Concerto no. 4 in G
Finzi Eclogue for Solo Piano and String orchestra
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Greig Piano Concerto
Mozart Concerti no.17 in G major
No.18 in B flat major
No. 21 in C major (Elvira Madigan)
No.23 in A major
Schumann Piano concerto in A minor
Shostakovich Concerto no.2
Chamber Music and Vocal Accompaniment
Rachel has a vast chamber music and song repertoire. She has played most instrumental duo works in the repertoire including Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Franck, Janacek, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and Ravel. Rachel has played many piano trios, quartets and quintets by Brahms, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Schubert. Rachel works regularly with singers and performs a wide range of vocal repertoire including opera, oratorio, musical theatre and song. She has excellent sight-reading skills so if you have any specific requests, just contact Rachel to ask.