Piano Duet Day
The Piano Duet Day “Fun for 2” creates a collaborative opportunity for teachers and students (high school and college) coming from the Northeast Wisconsin Piano Teachers Forum in Green Bay, Oshkosh Music Teachers Association and UW Oshkosh piano students. Piano students from each group prepared repertoire for 4 hands piano or 2 pianos to be rehearsed and performed with a different partner than their usual. Duo partners meet on the day of the event and rehearse assisted/coached by a UW Oshkosh piano student, perform in a Master Class taught by Dr. Eli Kalman, have an informal lunch at Reeve Union, rehearse again and finally perform in a public concert at 3:00 on our Music Hall stage at UW Oshkosh. Somewhere in the middle of this event a brief presentation of works by Kurtag and Ligeti will be offered through performance in order to enhance the overall experience.
Fun For 2 Schedule of the Day
10:00 “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” Chorale from Cantata No. 147 Johann Sebastian Bach
Vanessa Nelson & Jonathan Arnoldussen, pianos
Opening Remarks/Introduction/Distribution of Practice Rooms
Sonata for 4 hands Francis Poulenc
Noah Bossert & Elijah Kuhaupt
10:15 – 11:00 1st Rehearsal with Partners – Dr. Kalman and UWO students will assist/coach the rehearsal.
11:00 – 12:15 Master Class with Dr. Eli Kalman on stage –All students Perform/Coaching
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch at Reeve Union (not provided)
1:30 – 2:00 Presentation of Repertoire: The New Inspiration Source: Integration of Folklore and
Arrangements in György Ligeti and György Kurtag works for 4 hands piano
“Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit” BWV 106 (Actus Tragicus) György Kurtag
“Alle Menschen müssen sterben” BWV 643
“Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr” BWV 711
Grace Hennig & Rebecca Ottman
Sonatina and Allegro from “Five Pieces” György Ligeti
Noah Bossert & Elijah Kuhaupt
2:15 – 3:00 2nd Rehearsal with Partners in Practice Rooms
3:00 – 4:15 Public Concert in the Music Hall
Concert Program
Waltzes from “Die Fledermaus” and “The Gypsy Baron” Johann Strauss
Emma Hilgendorf & Elijah Kuhaupt
Le Bal from “Children’s Games” George Bizet
HiuChin Yan & Emily Albrecht
Norwegian Dance Edward Grieg
Ingrid Hansen & Elijah Kuhaupt
Berceuse from “Dolly” Suite Gabriel Faure
Nicole Stripling & Alexandra Gleason
Hungarian Dance No. 5 Johannes Brahms
Greta Hilgendorf & Elijah Kuhaupt
Hopak Modest Mussorgsky
Rebecca Hoffman & Noah Bossert
Fugue on a Russian Theme Anton Arensky
Annika Hansen & Sierra Ehlert
En Bateau from Petite Suite Claude Debussy
Mei Fredden & Hannah DCamp
Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas from “Mother Goose” Maurice Ravel
HuiYau Yan & Ellie Thomas
Rialto Ripples Gershwin-Lyke
Liam Edgar & Vanessa Nelson
Big River Barn Dance Carrie Craft
Katia Branker & Noah Bossert
Spanish Dance No. 1 Moritz Moskowski
Evan Weaver & Jon Arnoldussen
Spanish Dance No. 2 Moritz Moskowski
Victor TecDuc & Jason Kutz
Sonatina György Ligeti
Noah Bossert & Elijah Kuhaupt
Hungarian Dances No. 1 & 4 Johannes Brahms
Rebecca Ottman & Eli Kalman
Vif from Suite “Scaramouche” Darius Milhaud
Grace Hennig & Tanya Paulson
Paganini Variations Witold Lutoslawski
Jason Kutz & Eli Kalman
