Sample Recital Programs

Below you will find examples of recent piano recital programs performed by Robert Carney. You may contact Robert Carney if you would like a more detailed solo and/or collaborative repertoire list.

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Solo Piano Recital

Fantasy in C Major, Hob. XVII:4..............................................................Franz Joseph Haydn

Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1.........................................................Johannes Brahms
I. Allegro
II. Andante (nach einem altdeutschen Minneliede)
III. Allegro molto e con fuoco -- Più mosso
IV. Allegro con fuoco -- Presto non troppo ed agitato

brief intermission

Préludes.....................................................................................Olivier Messiaen
La colombe (The Dove)
Les sons impalpables du rêve (The Impalpable Sounds of a Dream)
Un reflect dans le vent (A Reflection in the Wind)

Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83...................................................Sergei Prokofiev
I. Allegro inquieto
II. Andante caloroso
III. Precipitato

Solo Piano Recital - All-Liszt Program

Vallée d'Obermann (Valley of Obermann).........................Franz Liszt

Ballade No. 2 in B Minor....................................................Franz Liszt

intermission

Sonata in B Minor..............................................................Franz Liszt

Solo Piano Recital

Preludes,..........................................................Olivier Messiaen
No. 1 La colombe
No. 3 Le nombre léger
No. 5 Les sons impalpables du rêve
No. 8 Un reflet dans le vent

Four Etudes,.............................................Sergey Rachmaninoff
from Etudes-tableaux, Op. 33 (1911), Op. Op. 39
E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 6
C-sharp Minor, Op. 33, No. 8
D Minor, Op. 33, No. 4
D Major, Op. 39, No. 9

intermission

Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 330........Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante cantabile
III. Allegretto

Rhapsodie Espagnole,...............................................Franz Liszt
Folies d’Espagne et jota aragonesa

Solo Piano Recital

Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI: 24 ................. Franz Joseph Haydn
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Finale: Presto

Etude Fantasy .................................................... John Corigliano
Etude No. 1: For the Left Hand Alone
Etude No. 2: Legato
Etude No. 3: Fifths to Thirds
Etude No. 4: Ornaments
Etude No. 5: Melody

intermission

Kyllikki, Three lyrical pieces, Op. 41 ..................... Jean Sibelius
I. Largamente
II. Andantino
III. Commodo

Gargoyles, Op. 29 .......................................... Lowell Liebermann
I. Presto
II. Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato
III. Allegro moderato
IV. Presto feroce

Solo Piano Recital

Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 911 ............................. J.S. Bach
I. Sinfonia
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Rondeau
VI. Capriccio

Piano Sonata No. 26, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”........Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Das Lebewohl (Les Adieux). Adagio – Allegro
II. Abwesenheit (L’Absence). Andante espressivo
III. Das Wiedersehen (Le Retour). Vivacissimamente

intermission

Fantasias, Op. 116 ....................................... Johannes Brahms
I. Capriccio in D minor
II. Intermezzo in A minor
III. Capriccio in G minor
IV. Intermezzo in E Major
V. Intermezzo in E minor
VI. Intermezzo in E Major
VII. Capriccio in D minor

Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 ...................................... Sergei Prokofiev
I. Allegro inquieto; Andantino
II. Andante caloroso
III. Precipitato

Solo Piano Recital

Prelude and Fugue in G Major .................................... J.S. Bach
from the Well-Tempered Klavier, Bk. I

Piano Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32............Franz Joseph Haydn
I. Allegro moderato
II. Menuet
III. Finale. Presto

Preludes, Book I ............................................ Claude Debussy
Minstrels
Voiles
Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest

intermission

Songs Without Words .................................. Felix Mendelssohn
Op. 19, No. 3 in A Major (Hunting Song)
Op. 19, No. 4 in A Major (Confidence)
Op. 53, No. 3 in G Minor
Op. 30, No. 1 in E-flat Major

Three Rondos on Folk Tunes .................................. Bela Bartok
I. Andante
II. Vivacissimo
III. Allegro molto

Grandes Etudes de Paganini ................................... Franz Liszt
II. Andante – Andantino capriccioso
VI. Quasi Presto – Variations I-XI

Music for Two Pianos

Duettino concertante ..................................... Ferruccio Busoni
(after Mozart for Two Pianos)

Valses ........................................................ Sergey Prokofiev
(after Schubert)

Rondo for Two Pianos, Op. 73 .......................... Frederic Chopin

intermission

Danza de Jalisco for Two Pianos ........................ Aaron Copland

Aria and Toccata for Two Pianos ....................... Norman Dello Joio
I. Aria
II. Toccata

Scaramouche, Suite pour Deux Pianos ................ Darius Milhaud
I. Vif
II. Modéré
III. Brazileira