Combinations, Permutations

Playing around with different mixes of pieces in my repertoire for my return to the seniors centre...

• Mozart: Fantasia in c minor, K.475 (15 minutes)
• Haydn: Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob.XVI, no.49 (25 minutes)
• Chopin: Nocturnes Nos.1 in B-flat major and No. 2 in E-flat major (10 minutes)

A varied mix of Mozart's dramatic c minor fantasia, Haydn's splendid late-period E-flat major sonata, and two of Chopin's most famous nocturnes.

• Mozart: Piano Sonata No.12 in F major, K.332 (20 minutes)
• Mozart: Piano Sonata No.11 in A major "Alla turca", K.331 (25 minutes)
• Gershwin: Rialto Ripples Rag (2 minutes)

Two lovely Mozart sonatas meet some jazzy Gerswhin.

• Mozart: 12 Variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", K.256 (12 minutes)
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.8 in c minor "Pathétique", opus 13 (20 minutes)
• Beethoven: 12 Variations on a theme from “Judas Maccabeus” in G major for cello and piano, WoO 45, minus the cello

One of Beethoven's most popular and angsty sonatas sandwiched between two sets of fun variations. 

• Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825 (15 minutes)
• Debussy: Estampes ("Pagodes" and "La soirée dans Granade") (10 minutes)
• Chopin: Nocturnes Nos. 14, 17, 19, 7, 5 (35 minutes)

The highly angular world of Bach meets the watery and atmospheric realms of  Debussy and Chopin.

• Mozart: Fantasia in d minor, K.397 (6 minutes)
• Haydn: Piano Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI, no.9 (10 minutes)
• Chopin: Nocturnes No. 4 (F major) and No. 15 (f minor) (10 minutes)
• Bach: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 (25 minutes)

A mix of dramatic Mozart, schizophrenic Haydn, happy and sad Chopin, ending with Bach's exquisite but crazy Italian Concerto.

• Scarlatti: Sonatas K.380, K.455, K.466, K.481 (15 minutes)
• Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D.935 (35 minutes)

Alternately vivacious and pensive Scarlatti sonatas are paired with Schubert's sonata-like second set of imaginative impromptus.

• Bach: French Suite No.2 in c minor, BWV 813 (15 minutes)
• Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Preludes and Fugues (No. 1 in C major, No.2 in c minor, No.5 in D major, No.16 in g minor, BWV 861) (12 minutes)
• Bach: Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992 (15 minutes)
• Bach: Sinfonia in g minor, BWV 791 (3 minutes)

Bach, Bach, Bach...who ever knew that Bach was so varied?

• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.19 in g minor, opus 49, no.1 (10 minutes)
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.20 in G major, opus 49, no.2 (10 minutes)
• Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D.935 (35 minutes)
  

Schubert finally gets to meet his idol, Mr. Beethoven...in an ironic pairing of undramatic Beethoven and theatrically angsty Schubert.