A program of piano works that are inspired by other musical compositions. George Crumb’s chimeric celebration of Thelonious Monk’s ‘Round Midnight and Leo Smith’s take on dances from Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story will be featured.

Program

Dance Card by Leo Smith (1921-1999)
i. Tango Bolshoi
ii. Diabelli Polka
iii. Valse Tristan
iv. Prater Rag

Four Movements from “West Side Story” by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), arr. Leo Smith
i. Jets
ii. Jump
iii. Cha-Cha
iv. Cool

Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music) for Amplified Piano by George Crumb (1929-2022)

i. Nocturnal Theme
ii. Charade
iii. Premonition
iv. Cobweb and Peaseblossom (Scherzo)
v. Incantation
vi. Golliwog Revisited
vii. Blues in the Night
viii. Cadenza with Tolling Bells
ix. Midnight Transformation