PROGRAMMES
By Morgane Henninot
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Works in turquoise are linked to video recordings
By Povilas Jarmala
MERCHANT'S TALES: WINTER IN VENICE // 2021
Atmospheric fantasia, inspired by the Murano glass, Songs of the Canals, and legends of the floating city. Music by Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Galuppi, Scarlatti, Marcello, Bach, Chopin, Debussy, and Galiamova.
Due to copyright restrictions, the complete programme will be published in February 2021
By Povilas Jarmala
VITAMIN C // 2020
A musical relief in C Major, wishing everyone good health and mood in the time of COVID-19.
Mozart - Sonata in C Major, K. 330
Bach / Godowsky - Andante, BWV 1003
Haydn - Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI/50
Gershwin / Wild - Embraceable You
Rachmaninoff - Etude-Tableau, Op. 33/3
DAILY WINDOW RECITALS IN THE YORCKSTRASSE // 2020
Stranded at home during the Covid-19 outbreak, Januševičius established a tradition of daily window concerts for his community in Hanover's Yorckstraße. Every concert consisted of 15 minutes of unique programme, dedicated to a different episode of music history. The series received high acclaim and attention in Hanover and abroad. After 55 programmes amounting to over 13 hours of music, the series ended on May 10. Januševičius promised to make occasional window concerts throughout the year 2020.
Here you can see all 55 programmes, performed during the series
By Edward Moran
THE NEW COLOSSUS // 2019
Inspired by Emma Lazarus' poem "The New Colossus", this programme is based on inspiring immigration stories from 1870-1925.
Trad. / Gintaras Januševičius - Aislean an Oigfear
Claude Debussy - L‘isle Joyeuse
Charles B. Lawlor / Gintaras Januševičius - Sidewalks of New York
Abram Chasins - Two Chinese Pieces
Edward MacDowell - To a Wild Rose
Pjotr Tchaikovsky - September: The Hunt
Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Gintaras Januševičius - Tanzlied des Pierrot
John Philip Sousa / Vladimir Horowitz - Stars and Stripes Forever
Philip Martin - New York Nights
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Prelude in F
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Polka W.R.
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39/5
John Stafford Smith / Sergei Rachmaninof - The Star-Spangled Banner
Sergei Rachmaninoff / Gintaras Januševičius - Vocalise
Vytautas Bacevičius - Evocations, Op. 57
George Gershwin / Gintaras Januševičius / Original cadenza by Ashley Hribar - Rhapsody in Blue
By Povilas Jarmala
INVICTUS // 2018
Inspired by William Ernest Henley's poem "Invictus", this programme is based on triumphant stories of composers and their works.
Bach / Brahms - Chaconne in D Minor
Beethoven - Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein"
Rzewski - Rubinstein in Berlin
Liszt - Vallée d'Obermann
Rachmaninoff - Piano Sonata No. 2 in B♭ Minor, Op. 36
By Florian Spieker
ADVENT CALENDAR: 24 ENCORES // 2016
One brilliant and cheerful encore for every day of the Advent.
Liszt - Grand Galop Chromatique, S. 219
Beethoven - Rondo alla ingharese quasi un capriccio, Op. 129
Tchaikovsky / Pletnev - Gavotte from "Sleeping Beauty"
Chopin - Waltz in D♭ Major, Op. 64/1
Vivaldi / Bach - Larghetto from Violin Concerto in D Major
Scriabin - Poeme in F♯ Major, Op. 32/1
Rachmaninoff - Moment Musicaux in E Minor, Op. 16/4
Shostakovich - Polka from "The Golden Age"
Kabalevsky - Prelude in B♭ Minor, Op. 38/16
Brahms - Intermezzo in B♭ Minor, Op. 117/2
Sousa / Horowitz - Stars and Stripes Forever
Woods / Januševičius - ... To the Fallen
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Morkūnas-Budrys - Extraordinary Nightly Walk of an Aubergine with Bolognese Sauce in the Stomach
Galiamova - A Tale of a White Ox
Ornstein - Suicide in an Airplane
Chasins - Flirtation in a Chinese Garden
Gershwin / Wild - Embraceable You
Dvarionas / Januševičius - Little Star
Tatum - The Tiger Rag
Coots / Evans - Santa Claus is Coming to Town
By Christopher Day
COMPLETE WALTZES BY CHOPIN // 2015
The story of Frédéric Chopin, told with the help of 19 waltzes.
Grand Valse Brillante in E♭ Major, Op. 18
Waltz in A♭ Major, Op. 34/1
Waltz in F Major, Op. 34/3
Waltz in A♭ Major, Op. 69/1
Waltz in B Minor, Op. 69/2
Waltz in G♭ Major, Op. 70/1
Waltz in F Minor, Op. 70/2
Waltz in E Minor, Op. Posth.
Waltz in A♭ Major, Op. 64/3
Grand Valse in A♭ Major, Op.42
Waltz in A Minor, Op. Posth.
Waltz in E♭ Major, Op. Posth.
By Morgane Henninot
THE DREAMCATCHER // 2014
A continues fantasy, based on nightly pieces, nightmares, and horror stories, showcasing the fragile side of an artist, as he faces his fears.
Woods - The Dreamcatcher
Beethoven - Piano Sonata in C♯ Minor, Op. 27/2, "Moonlight"
Chopin - Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
Scriabin - Prelude in B♭ Major, Op. 11/21
Ligeti - Musica Ricercata II
Rachmaninoff - Etude-Tableau in C Minor, Op. 39/7
Debussy - Clair de Lune
By Aleksey Stepashkin
RACHMANINOFF 1913 // 2013
Reimagination of Rachmaninoff's own recital programme, featuring the original order as well as original editions of the pieces, as performed by Rachmaninoff on his 30 recital concert tour in 1913.
Elegie, Op. 3/1
Polichinelle, Op. 3/4
Moment Musicaux in E Minor, Op. 16/4
Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23/5
Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B♭ Minor, Op. 36
By Nicolas Kröger
RUSSIAN TREASURE BOX // 2012
Pictures of Russia by native and foreign composers.
Beethoven - 12 Variations on a Russian Dance, WoO 71
Liszt - Russian Gallop, S. 478
Kapustin - Variations, Op. 41
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
By KKS
WORKS FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA
Anderson - Concerto in C
Bacevičius - Concerto No. 4, Op. 67
Bach - Concerto for 3 keyboards in C Major, BWV 1064
Beethoven - Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
Beethoven - Concerto No. 5 in E♭ Major, Op. 73
Dvarionas - Concerto No. 2
Finzi - Eclogue
Gershwin - Concerto in F
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Liszt - Concerto No. 1 in E♭ Major, S. 124
Lutoslawski - Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Martinu - Concerto for 2 pianos
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Capriccio brillante, Op. 22
Mozart - Concerto in F Major, K. 242
Mozart - Concerto in B♭ Major, K. 450
Mozart - Concerto in C Major, K. 467
Mozart - Concerto in A Major, K. 488
Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 1 in F♯ Minor, Op. 1
Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Ravel - Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major
Saint-Saëns - Le carnaval des animaux
Scriabin - Concerto in F♯ Minor
Shostakovich - Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 35
Tchaikovsky - Concerto No. 1 in B♭ Minor, Op. 23