BETWEEN THE KEYS: Show logs
Theme song: Excerpt from Jed Distler’s Calypso for Piano (1989), performed by the composer
Between the Keys #1
(Pilot) March 20, 2015
J.S. Bach at 330: An Inauthentic Birthday Bash read more
Between the Keys # 2
(official launch of show) April 7, 2015
Mentors read more
Between the Keys #3 April 14, 2015
Sviatoslav Richter at 100 read more
Between the Keys #4 April 21, 2015
To the Harpsichord read more
Between the Keys #5 April 28, 2015
Separated at Birth? read more
Between the Keys #6 May 5, 2015
An Historic Return Revisited read more
Between the Keys #7 May 12, 2015
Do I Hear A Waltz? read more
Between the Keys #8 May 19, 2015
Double Trouble read more
Between the Keys #9 May 26, 2015
Let’s Get Minimal read more
Between the Keys #10 June 2, 2015
In Good (Ac)Company read more
Between the Keys #11 June 9, 2015
Ballades and Ballads read more
Between the Keys #12 June 16, 2015
Varied Variations read more
Between the Keys #13 June 23, 2015
80 Years Young: Happy Birthday, Terry Riley! read more
Between the Keys #14 June 30, 2015
New Order read more
Between the Keys #15 July 7, 2015
Miniature
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Between the Keys #16 July 14, 2015
A Richard Wagner Piano Party
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Between the Keys #1 (Pilot)
March 20, 2015
J.S. Bach at 330: An Inauthentic Birthday Bash
Transcriptions and arrangements of Bach works:
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29 Wendy Carlos (synthesizer) East Side Digital;
Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E major BWV 1006: Prelude, Gavotte & Gigue (arr. by Rachmaninov) Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Brilliant Classics;
Sonata for Solo Violin BWV 1005: Allegro assai (arr. by Lewis) Daniel Martyn Lewis Live Recording;
After Bach I Jed Distler (piano) Musical Concepts;
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 (arr. by Montero) Gabriela Montero (piano) EMI;
The Art of Fuguing: Contrapunctus II and Contrapunctus IX BWV 1080 (arr. by William Malloch) Lukas Foss/The Sheffield Ensemble Sheffield Lab;
Two-Part Invention in D Minor BWV 775 Glenn Gould (piano) Sony;
Two-Part Invention in D Minor BWV 775 (arr. by Montero) Gabriela Montero (piano) EMI;
Flute Sonata No. 2 BWV 1031: Siciliano (arr. by Kempff) Wilhelm Kempff (piano) Deutsche Grammophon;
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I: Prelude No. 14 in F-sharp Minor (arr. by Lewis) John Lewis (piano) Philips;
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major BWV 1048 (arr. by Max Reger) Anderson & Roe Piano Duo Steinway & Sons;
Outro - The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus 9 BWV 1080 The Swingle Singers (Philips)
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Between the Keys # 2
(official launch of show)
April 7, 2015
Mentors
Robert Helps Hommage to Fauré Richard Goode (piano) Live Recording;
Alex North Love Theme from Spartacus Bill Evans (piano) Verve;
Jed Distler A Brief History of Money, from “The Gold Standard” (text by Ed Schmidt) Jed Distler (piano) Live Recording;
Duke Ellington: The Clothed Woman Dick Hyman (piano) Arbors Records;
James P. Johnson You’ve Got to Be Modernistic Dick Hyman (piano) Arbors Record;s
Interview with Frederic Rzewski;
Frederic Rzewski Four North American Ballads: No. 2 “Which Side Are You On” Frederic Rzewski (piano) Vanguard;
Leopold Godowsky Studies on Chopin’s Etudes: No. 45 in E Major (after Trois Nouvelles Etudes No. 2 in A-flat Major) Robert Helps (piano) CRI;
Outro - James P. Johnson Caprice Rag Dick Hyman (piano) Sony
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Between the Keys #3
April 14, 2015
Sviatoslav Richter at 100
Recordings by pianist Sviatoslav Richter;
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor Op. 57 (“Appassionata”): excerpt RCA;
Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in C Minor D. 958:IV. Allegro BMC Records;
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Major Op. 82: IV. Vivace Philip;s
Robert Schumann Waldszenen Op. 82: No. 7 Vogel als Prophet Deutsche Grammophon;
Maurice Ravel Miroirs: Noctuelles, Oiseaux Tristes, & Alborada del grazioso Prag;a
Frederic Chopin Mazurka in A Minor ("À Émile Gaillard") Music and Arts;
Dimitri Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: No. 7 in A Major Supraphon;
Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 5 Op. 53 Deutsche Grammophon;
Franz Liszt Gnomenreigen BMC
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Between the Keys #4
April 21, 2015
To the Harpsichord
Excerpt from “Said the Harpsichord to the Piano” David Allen (narrator) Sylvia Marlowe (harpsichord) Young Peoples Records;
Gyorgy Ligeti Hungarian Rock Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord) Sony Classical;
Mel Powell Recitative and Toccata Percossa; Henry Cowell: Ostinato; Ned Rorem: Spiders Jory Vinikour (harpsichord) Sono Luminus;
Asako Hirabayashi Street Music Gina DiBello (violin) Asako Hirabayashi (harpsichord) Albany;
Jed Distler Sonata #71 Jed Distler (processed harpsichords);
Mark Hagerty Clavierbook No. 3: Prelude No. 1 and Saltarello Tracy Richardson (harpsichord) Meyer Media;
Pop Medley with excerpts from recordings by Richard Harris, The Beatles, Van Morrison, Rosemary Clooney and Chrysalis edited by Jed Distler;
Stephen Dodgson Suite No. 1: Tambourin Elaine Funaro (harpsichord) Centaur;
Virgil Thomson Sonata No. 4 (Portrait of Peggy Guggenheim) Paul Jacobs (harpsichord) Nonesuch;
Harold Meltzer: Five Toccatas: Nos. 6 & 2 Jory Vinikour (harpsichord) Sono Luminus
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention: Theme from Uncle Meat Zappa Records;
Outro Boogie Woogie Sylvia Marlowe (harpsichord)
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Between the Keys #5
April 28, 2015
Separated at Birth?
Heitor Villa-Lobos Alegria na horta Arthur Rubinstein (piano) RCA;
Manuel de Falla Ritual Fire Dance Arthur Rubinstein (piano) RCA;
Conrad Tao Upon Ripping Perforated Pages Conrad Tao (piano) EMI;
Gyorgy Ligeti Desodre Pierre-Laurent AImard (piano) Sony;
Franz Schubert Erlkönig (arr. Liszt) Murray Perahia (piano) Sony;
Matthew Durrant Persistence Karolina Rojahn (piano) Navona;
J.S. Bach Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimmen (arr. Busoni) Jill Crossland (piano) Divine Ar;t
Dimitri Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in F Major Keith Jarrett (piano) ECM;
Maurice Ravel Sonatine: Menuet Angela Hewitt (piano) Hyperion;
Benjamin Lees Toccata Philip Amalong (piano) Alban;y
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Op. 83: 1. Allegro inquieto Maurizio Pollini (piano) Deustche Grammophon;
Igor Stravinsky Piano Sonata in F-sharp Minor: 2. Scherzo Victor Sangiorgio (piano) Naxos;
Ernesto Nazareth Odeon Arnaldo Cohen (piano) BIS;
Chester Biscardi Incitation to Desire Yvar Mikhashoff (piano) Mode;
Michel Legrand Noelle’s Theme Bill Evans (piano) Blue Note
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Between the Keys #6
May 5, 2015
An Historic Return Revisited
Recordings by pianist Vladimir Horowitz Sony/BMG;
J. S. Bach/Ferruccio Busoni Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C BWV 564 (excerpts);
Frédéric Chopin Nouvelle Etude in A-flat;
Claude Debussy: Etude No. 11;
Frédéric Chopin Mazurka in C-sharp Minor Op. 30 No. 4;
Frédéric Chopin Etude in F Major Op. 10 No. 8;
Robert Schumann Fantasy in C Major Op. 17 (excerpts;)
Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 9 Op. 68;
Alexander Scriabin Etude in C-sharp Minor Op. 2 No. 1;
Moritz Moszkowski Etude in A-flat Op. 72 No. 11;
Robert Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15: No. 7 Träumerei;
Dimitri Kabalevsky Preludes Op. 38 Nos. 1, 10 17, 3, 16, 8, 22 & 14
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Between the Keys #7
May 12, 2015
Do I Hear A Waltz?
Frédéric Chopin Preludes Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major Maurizio Pollini (piano) Deutsche Grammophon;
Federico Mompous Valse-Evocation Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Harmonia Muni;
Ralph Blaine/Hugh Martin The Girl Next Door Denny Zeitlin (piano);
Alexander Scriabin Waltz in A-flat Op. 38 Xian Wang (piano) Naxos;
Bill Evans Waltz for Debby Bill Evans (piano) The Jazz Alliance;
Chick Corea Song of the Wind Chick Corea (piano) ECM;
Frédéric Chopin/Leopold Godowsky Waltz in D-flat Op. 64 No. 1 Jorge Bolet (piano) Decca;
Arnold Schoenberg Five Pieces for Piano Op. 23: Waltz Maurizio Pollini (piano) Deutsche Grammophon;
Robert Helps Valse Mirage Naomi Niskala (piano) Albany;
Vladimir Horowitz Waltz in F Minor Valery Kuleshov (piano) BIS;
Edward C. Redding The End of a Love Affair (arranged by Jed DIstler) Lara Downes (piano) Steinway & Sons;
Thomas “Fats” Waller Jitterbug Waltz Jed Distler (piano) Live Performance;
Maurice Ravel La Valse (arr. Muraro) Roger Muraro (piano) Acoord;
Chet Atkins Waltz for the Lonely (transcribed by Robert Henry) Robert Henry (piano) Muuz
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Between the Keys #8
May 19, 2015
Double Trouble
Paul Bowles Concerto for Two Pianos Alan Feinberg & Leslie Stifelman (pianos) Jonathan Sheffer/Eos Orchestra Catalyst;
Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn Tonk (transcribed and arranged by Jed DIstler) Double Edge: Nurit Tilles & Edmund Niemann (pianos) CRI;
Meredith Monk Ellis Island Double Edge: Nurit Tilles & Edmund Niemann (pianos) CRI;
W.A. Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat K. 365 (cadenzas by Leopold Godowsky) Carlo Grante & Barbara Panzarella (pianos) Bernhard Sieberer/ Orchestra dell Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma Music & Arts;
Anton Arensky Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos Op. 15: Waltz Ossip Gabrilowitsch & Harold Bauer (pianos) VAI
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Between the Keys #9
May 26, 2015
Let’s Get Minimal
David Friedman An Offering Jed Distler (piano) Live Performance;
Philip Glass: Orfee and the Princess Nicolas Horvath (piano) Grand Piano;
Meredith Monk Double Fiesta Anthony de Mare (piano) Koch;
Jandek Song of Morgan (excerpt) Corwood;
David Borden Esty Point Summer 1978 Red Records
Patrick Grant Genome: Cures Patrick Grant, Jed Distler & Kathleen Supové (keyboards) Peppergreen Media;
Stephen Scott Vikings of the Sunrise (excerpts) Stephen Scott Bowed Piano Ensemble New Albion;
Simeon ten Holt Eadem Sed Aliter (final section) Jeroen Van Veen (piano) Brilliant Classics
W.A. Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat K. 365 (cadenzas by Leopold Godowsky) Carlo Grante & Barbara Panzarella (pianos) Bernhard Sieberer/ Orchestra dell Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma Music & Arts;Anton Arensky Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos Op. 15: Waltz Ossip Gabrilowitsch & Harold Bauer (pianos) VAI
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Between the Keys #10
June 2, 2015
In Good (Ac)Company
Franz Schubert An Die Musick Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Edwin Fischer (piano) EMI;
Franz Schubert Winterreise: Frühlingstraum Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) Decca;
Franz Schubert Gruppe Aus Dem Tartarus Therese Behr Schnabel (mezzo-soprano), Artur Schnabel (piano) EMI;
Franz Schubert Das Wandern (demonstration) Gerald Moore (voice and piano) Testament;
Francis Poulenc Metamorphoses (cycle of three songs) Pierre Bernac (baritone), Francis Poulenc (piano);
Tony Hatch Don’t Sleep in the Subway Richard Rodney Bennett (voice and piano) Chandos;
George Gershwin My One and Only Ella Fitzgerald (voice), Ellis Larkins (piano) MCA;
Claude Debussy Three Chansons de Bilitis Maggie Teyte (soprano) Alfred Cortot (piano) EMI;
Robert Louis Carleton Ja-Da Jeanne Lee (voice), Ran Blake (piano Fresh Sound;
Percy Faith Maybe September Tony Bennett (voice), Bill Evans (piano) Concord;
Arnold Schoenberg Galathea Darynn Zimmer (soprano), Susan Amalsi (piano) Private Studio Recording
Randy Newman I Think it’s Going to Rain Today Nina Simone (voice and piano) RCA
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Between the Keys #11
June 9, 2015
Ballades and Ballads
Franz Liszt Ballade No. 1 in D-flat Major Leslie Howard (piano) Hyperion;
Samuel Barber Ballade Op. 46 John Browning (piano) Nimbus;
Edvard Grieg Ballade in G Minor Op. 24 Antonion Pompa-Baldi (piano) Centau;r
Vincent Youmans More Than You Know André Previn (piano) EM;I
David Del Tredici Ballad in Yellow Anthony de Mare (piano) Koch;
George Gershwin Love Walked In Don Shirley (piano ) Cadence;
Afshin Jaberi Ballade No. 1 (The Herold) Afshin Jaberi (piano) Grand Piano
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Between the Keys #12
June 16, 2015
Varied Variations
Ludwig van Beethoven Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major Op. 35 (“Eroica” Variations) Cyprien Katsaris Teldec;
Franz Schubert Andantino Variée Artur and Karl Ulrich Schnabel (piano) EMI;
Frédéric Chopin Variations Brilliantes Op. 12 Arthur Loesser (piano) Marston;
Anton Webern Variations Op. 27 Glenn Gould (piano) Melodiya;
Nikolai Kapustin Variations Op. 41 Nikolai Kapustin (piano) Boheme
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Between the Keys #13
June 23, 2015
80 Years Young: Happy Birthday, Terry Riley!
Terry Riley In C (excerpt) Bang on a Can All-Stars Cantaloupe;
Terry Riley Be Kind to One Another Sarah Cahill (piano) Other Minds;
Terry Riley Last Camel in Paris (excerpt) Terry Riley (Yamaha Organ;)
Terry Riley Cinco de Mayo Zofo (piano duo) Sono Luminus;
Terry Riley Simone’s Lullabye Gloria Cheng (piano) Telarc;
Terry Riley The Harp of New Albion: Premonition Rag Terry Riley (piano) Celestial Harmonies;
Terry Riley Jaztine Zofo (piano duo) Sono Luminus;
Jed Distler 80 Years Young: Happy Birthday in the style of “In C” Jed Distler (keyboards) Pernalonga Music
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Between the Keys #14
June 30, 2015
New Order
W.A. Mozart Excerpts from Sonatas K. 309, 330 & 545 Maria João Pires (piano) Denon;
J.S. Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I: Prelude in A, Fugue in C Minor Peter Hill (piano) Mirare;
J. S. Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I: Prelude in D Sviatoslav Richter (piano) JVC;
Dimitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Fugue in D Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) Naxos;
Frédéric Chopin Preludes Op. 28 (ordered in ascending chromatic sequence in the manner of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier) Ivan Moravec (piano) VAI;
William Schimmel: Prelude for Accordion (after Chopin Op. 28 No. 1 Outro: William Schimmel (accordion) Newport Classics
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Between the Keys #15
JuLY 7, 2015
Miniature
Frederic Rzewski Ludes Book I Frederic Rzewski (piano) Music & Arts;
Jed Distler Loose Changes Quattro Mani (piano duo) Bridge;
Ludwig van Beethoven Bagatelles Op. 119 Rudolf Serkin (piano) Sony Classical;
Arnold Schoenberg Six Little Pieces Op. 19 Paul Jacobs (piano) Vega;
Robert Schumann Carnaval Op. 9 (excerpts) Sergei Rachmaninov (piano) RCA
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Between the Keys #16
JuLY 14, 2015
A Richard Wagner Piano Party
Milt Franklyn Excerpts from What’s Opera, Doc (played throughout the episode) George Daugherty/Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra (Warner Bros.);
Wagner/Carl Tausig The Ride of the Valkyries Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethuysen (piano suo) Sony Classical
Wagner/Louis Brassin Magic Fire Music Josef Hofmann (piano) VAI;
At Home with Glenn Gould (interview excerpt) CBC;
Wagner/Glenn Gould Prelude to Die Meistersinger Glenn Gould (piano) Sony Classical;
Jed Distler After Wagner Jed Distler (piano) Musical Concepts;
Donald Lambert Pilgrim’s Chorus Donald Lambert, piano (RCA);
David Matthews The Shorter Ring William Howard (piano) Nimbus;
Jed Distler Minute Ring (with apologies to R. Wagner) Margaret Leng Tan (toy piano) Live performance October 2011;
David Del Tredici Opposites Attract Anthony de Mare (piano) Koch;
Wagner/Franz Liszt Isolde’s Liebestod Jean-Eflam Bavouzet (piano) MDG
Outro What's Opera, Doc
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