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Two Pianos
Selected programmes repertoire performed during the first 40 years
Piano Duet
Selected programmes repertoire performed during the first 40 years
with orchestrA
Concert repertoire performed during the first 40 years
with choir
Choral repertoire performed during the first 40 years
Scroll down to the appropriate section for details of Nettle & Markham's extensive repertoire and innovative programme planning. NB: They are able to transport their own Steinway 9ft Concert Grand Piano or their amazing Pleyel Double Piano to concert venues, both in the UK and abroad. Click here for more information.
Orchestral
Two-Piano Concertos:
BACH: Concerto in C minor BWV 1060
MOZART: Concerto in F K242
MOZART: Concerto in E flat K365
MENDELSSOHN: Concerto in E
BRUCH: Concerto in A flat Op.88a
SAINT-SAENS: Carnival of the Animals
POULENC: Concerto in D Minor
BARTOK: Concerto for two pianos and percussion
BRITTEN: Scottish Ballad Op.26
ARNOLD: Concerto Op.104
HOFMEYR: Concerto (2004) - READ MORE....
Concertos for 1 piano/4 hands:
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ARNOLD: Concerto for Piano Duet and Strings
Two Pianos
PAST Two-Piano PROGRAMMEs
HUMMEL
Introduction & Rondo in E flat
SCHUMANN
Andante & Variations in B flat
SAINT-SAËNS
Scherzo
Polonaise
– Interval –
SHOSTAKOVICH
Concertino
RAVEL
Introduction & Allegro
RAVEL arr. N&M
Boléro
SCHUMANN arr. N&M
Canonic Studies
BRAHMS
Sonata in F Minor
– Interval –
SAINT-SAENS
Danse Macabre
POULENC
Capriccio (Le Bal Masqué), Elégie; L'Embarquement pour Cythère
RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole
BRUCH
Fantasy in D minor
MENDELSSOHN
Allegro brillant
LISZT
Concerto pathétique
– Interval –
RACHMANINOFF
Suite No.2
BERNSTEIN arr. N&M
Scenes from West Side Story
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Two-Pianos & Actor/Narrator
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PROKOFIEV*
Peter & the Wolf
POULENC*
Babar, the little elephant
– Interval –
WALTON*
Excerpts from 'Facade'
SAINT-SAENS*
Carnival of the Animals
* arr. N&M
HOLST
The Planets
– Interval –
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr. N&M
Fantasia on Greensleeves
ARNOLD arr. N&M
4 Cornish Dances
GRAINGER
Lincolnshire Posy
Handel in the Strand
Landmarks of the 20th Century
MILHAUD
Scaramouche
DEBUSSY
En blanc et noir
BARTOK
Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
– Interval –
LEIGHTON
Prelude, Hymn & Toccata
BRITTEN
Mazurka elegiaca
ADDINSELL arr. N&M
Warsaw Concerto
Two Pianos
40 Years of two-Piano repertoire
ADDINSELL/N&M: Warsaw Concerto
ALBENIZ/N&M: Tango
ARENSKY: Waltz (Suite No.1)
ARNOLD/N&M: 4 Cornish Dances
BARCELLINI/N&M: Souvenirs de Mon Oncle
BART/N&M: Scenes from Oliver!
BAX: Red Autumn
BEETHOVEN/N&M: March in D
BENJAMIN: Jamaican Rumba, Mattie Rag, Caribbean Dance
BENNETT: Four Piece Suite
BERKELEY: Polka
BERNSTEIN/N&M: Scenes from West Side Story
BLAKE: Dances (excerpts)
BRAHMS: 5 Waltzes, Variations on the St Antoni Chorale, Sonata in F minor
BRIDGE/N&M: Two Old English Songs
BRITTEN: Introduction & Rondo alla Burlesca, Mazurka Elegiaca
BRITTEN/N&M: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
BRUCH: Fantasie
CANTELOUBE/N&M: 4 Songs of the Auvergne
CHABRIER: España
CHAMINADE: Le Matin
CHOPIN: Rondo in C
CHOPIN/Saint-Saëns: Sonata in B flat minor
CHURCHILL/N&M: Dwarfs’ Marching Song & Heigh-ho (Snow White)
COATES/N&M: By the Sleepy Lagoon
COPLAND: Suite: Billy the Kid
DEBUSSY: En blanc et noir, Lindaraja
DRING: 3 Fantastic Variations on Lillibulero
FALLA/N&M: Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo)
FRANCAIX: Danses Exotiques
GAY/N&M: The Lambeth Walk
GRAINGER: Country Gardens, Blithe Bells, Fantasy on George Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, Children’s March, Handel in the Strand, English Waltz, Lincolnshire Posy, Molly on the Shore, Spoon River, Suite: In a Nutshell
HAHN: Pour bercer un convalescent
HERMAN/N&M: I am what I am (La Cage aux Folles)
HOLST: The Planets
HUMMEL: Introduction & Rondo
IBERT/N&M: 5 Histoires
INFANTE: 3 Danzas Andaluzas
INGHELBRECHT/N&M: Sur le pont d’Avignon
KHACHATURIAN/N&M: Sabre Dance
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LECUONA/N&M: Malagueña
LEIGHTON: Prelude, Hymn & Toccata (N&M commission, world premiere)
LISZT: Concerto pathétique, Reminiscences de Don Juan
LOEWE/N&M: 4 Songs from My Fair Lady
McPHEE: Balinese Ceremonial Music
MENDELSSOHN/N&M: Allegro brilliant
MILHAUD: Scaramouche
MOSCHELES: Grand Duo: Hommage à Händel
MOZART: Larghetto & Allegro in E flat, Sonata in D
MOZART/BUSONI: Ein Orgel-Stück für eine Uhr
NICHOLAS/N&M: Quiet Peace No.1
POULENC: Capriccio, L’Embarquement pour Cythère, Elégie
PROKOFIEV/N&M: Montagues & Capulets (Romeo & Juliet)
PUCCINI/N&M: Scenes from Turandot
RACHMANINOFF: Suite (Fantasy) No.1, Suite No.2, Symphonic Dances
RAVEL: Introduction & Allegro, Rapsodie Espagnole
RAVEL/N&M: Boléro
ROPARTZ: Pièce en si mineur
ROSSINI/N&M: Overture: William Tell (with optional harmonium)
SAINT-SAENS: Caprice Arabe, Caprice Héroïque, Danse Macabre, Polonaise, Scherzo, Variations on a theme by Beethoven
SAINT-SAENS/N&M: Carnival of the Animals
SATIE: Gymnopédie No.1
SCHUBERT/N&M: Sonata in B flat
SCHUMANN: Andante & Variations
SCHUMANN/N&M: 6 Canonic Studies
SCOTT: Lotus Land
SHOSTAKOVICH: Concertino
SULLIVAN/N&M: The Major-General (The Pirates of Penzance)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves
VORISEK: Grande Ouverture in C minor
WALKER: Passacaglia (N&M commission, world premiere)
WALTON: Façade
past Two Piano programme TITLes
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From Brahms to Bernstein
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Diaghilev and His Circle
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Two Pianos in the 19th century
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Two Pianos By Arrangement
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The Planets & other composers' own transcriptions
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The Two-Piano Music of Saint-Saens (NB: centenary of death in 2021)
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Two Pianos at the Opera and the Musical
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The Tour de France on two pianos
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British Music for Two Pianos
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19th Century Virtuosos at Two Pianos
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The Extraordinary Percy Grainger
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The Piano Duo in the 20th century
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PAST Piano duet PROGRAMMEs
Piano duet (1 piano/4 hands)
Piano duet ( 1 piano / 4 hands)
The Romantic
Piano Duet
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CHOPIN
Variations in D
SCHUBERT
Fantasy in F minor
BRAHMS
Hungarian Dances
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– Interval –
SCHUMANN
Pictures from the East
RACHMANINOFF
6 Pieces, Op.11
HUMMEL
Sonate ou Divertissement in E flat
GOETZ
Sonata in G minor
DVORAK
Slavonic Dances
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– Interval –
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FAURE
Dolly
BARBER
Souvenirs
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DEBUSSY
Marche Ecossaise
BIZET
Jeux d'enfants
RAVEL
Mother Goose
– Interval –
SAINT-SAENS
Duettino; Berceuse;
Sur les bords du Nil
POULENC
Sonata
SATIE
La Belle Excentrique
SCHUBERT
3 Marches Militaires; Rondo in D;
Duo in A minor
GRIEG
Norwegian Dances
– Interval –
STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring
Schumann recording
David and Richard are currently
recording the complete piano
duet works of Schumann.
David (right) and Richard (left) with
recording engineer Colin Beer
40 YEARS OF Piano Duet repertoire
ALFORD/ARNOLD/GRAINGER/N&M: March: Colonel Bogey
ALKAN: Variations-Fantaisie sur des motifs de Don Juan de Mozart
BARBER: Souvenirs
BEETHOVEN: Sonata in D
BERKELEY: Sonatina
BERNSTEIN/N&M: Overture: Candide; Scenes from West Side Story
BERNERS: 3 Morceaux
BIZET: Jeux d’enfants
BOWEN: Suite No.2
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances; Liebeslieder; Waltzes
BRIDGE: Two Old English Songs
CARMICHAEL: Bahama Rumba; Puppet Overture
CASELLA: Pupazzetti
CHABRIER: Bourree Fantasque; Cortège Burlesque; Joyeuse Marche
CHOPIN: Variations in D
CLEMENTI: Sonata in E flat
COATES/N&M: The Dambusters’ March
DAMASE: Drominiana (UK premiere)
DEBUSSY: 6 Epigraphes Antiques; Marche écossaise; Petite Suite, Prélude, Cortège et Air de Danse (L’Enfant Prodigue)
DVORAK: Slavonic Dances
FAURÉ: Dolly
GERMAN: 3 Dances from Henry VIII
GERSHWIN/GRAINGER/N&M: Embraceable You
GOETZ: Sonata in G minor
GOTTSCHALK: Orfa: Polka
GRAINGER: Country Gardens; Harvest Hymn; Let’s dance gay in green meadow; Walking Tune
GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2; Norwegian Bridal Procession; Norwegian Dances; Symphonic Dance in A major; Waltz-Caprices
HAHN: Pièce en forme d’Aria et Bergerie
HINDEMITH: Sonata
HUMMEL: Sonate ou Divertissement; Grande Sonate; Nocturne, Theme & Variations
IBERT: Histoires
JOPLIN/AGAY: The Entertainer
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LAMBERT: 3 Pièces Nègres
LEIGHTON: Sonata (N&M commission, world premiere)
LISZT: Rakoczy March
MENDELSSOHN: Allegro brilliant; Nocturne & Wedding March (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), 4 Songs without Words
MOSCHELES: Grande Sonate Symphonique in B minor
MOSZKOWSKI: Spanish Dances
MOZART: Sonatas in B flat major, G, D, F & C
ONSLOW: Sonata in F minor
POULENC: Sonata
PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets (Romeo & Juliet)
RACHMANINOFF: 6 Pieces; Romance in A major (orig. 6 hands)
RAVEL: Ma Mère l’Oye
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Neapolitan Song
RUBINSTEIN: 6 Characteristic Pieces
SAINT-SAËNS: Berceuse; Duettino; Feuillet d’Album; König Harald Harfager; Marche dédiée aux etudiants d’Alger; Pas redoublé
SAINT-SAËNS: Sur les bords du Nil
SATIE: La Belle Excentrique, 3 Morceaux en forme de poire, Aperçus désagréables, En habit de cheval
SCHMITT: Une semaine du petit Elfe Ferme-l’oeil
SCHUBERT: Duo in A minor; Fantasy in F minor; Marche Carateristique in C; Rondo in D; Rondo in A; 3 Marches Militaires
SCHUBERT/GARDNER: Marche Militaire No.1
SCHUMANN: 8 Polonaises; Bilder aus Osten; 12 Pieces; Ball-Scenen; Kinderball
SCHUMANN/N&M: Canonic Studies
SINDING/N&M: Rustle of Spring
STRAVINSKY: 3 Easy Pieces, 5 Easy Pieces, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring
WALTON/N&M: Façade: Suites 1 & 2
WARLOCK: Capriol
WEBER: 8 Pieces
YOUMANS/N&M: The Carioca
YOUMANS/SHOSTAKOVICH/N&M: Tahiti Trot
past duet programme titles
* Beethoven to Bernstein
* Diaghilev and His Circle
* Four Hands at the Ballet
* The Virtuoso Piano Duet
* Diaghilev in Paris
* The Complete Duet music of Stravinsky
* Schumann around the Fireside
* Trans-Atlantic Hand Crossing
* From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
* An Evening with Schubert
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Works with Choir
Although appearing as concerto soloists and recitalists forms the basis of David and Richard’s performing activities, they also relish opportunities to join forces with singers and choirs in masterpieces of the choral repertoire. Orff’s Carmina Burana and Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle have been firm favourites for many seasons and following their involvement, in 2004, in the recreation of the 1st London performance of Brahms’ A German Requiem they have subsequently been invited to perform this momentous work in its fascinating four-hand version on many occasions.
"Choral Fantasy" programme for Chorus (no soloists) and 1 Piano / 4 Hands:
BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy (piano fantasy & choral finale only)
SCHUBERT Fantasy in F minor, for piano duet
BRAHMS Liebeslieder Waltzes (SATB selection)
British second half chosen from:
LAMBERT The Rio Grande
BENNETT Nonsense
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music
GRAINGER Selected songs
ELGAR From the Bavarian Highlands
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Soloists, Chorus, Two Pianos and Harmonium:
ROSSINI Petite Messe Solennelle, perhaps preceded by:
ROSSINI Overture: William Tell (arr. N&M for two pianos & harmonium)
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Soloists, Chorus, Two Pianos and Percussion:
ORFF Carmina Burana
LAMBERT The Rio Grande
DYSON The Blacksmiths
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Soloists, Chorus and 1 Piano / 4 Hands:
BRAHMS A German Requiem
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Soloists/Chorus and 1 Piano / 4 Hands:
BRAHMS Liebeslieder Waltzes
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Chorus, 1 Piano / 4 Hands and Organ:
CROSSE The Covenant of the Rainbow
BRAHMS - German Requiem​
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Throughout his life Brahms was encouraged by his publishers
to transcribe his major works for home consumption
(ie for piano duet) and he usually complied, although
he was often reticent about owning up to the fact of
having done so that he insisted they be published under
various pseudonyms.
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The recent publication of his duet arrangement of the Requiem has resulted in a number of performances with singers of this version which have not always been successful due to misconceptions regarding the transcription. Brahms’ one piano/four-hand transcription of the Requiem is a self-contained reduction of the complete score (solo, choral and instrumental parts) and, as such, was obviously never intended to be used as a substitute for the orchestra in choral performances (despite its possible use as substitute for the orchestra in the first private chamber performance in London in 1871).
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So as to be able to present the work in a satisfactory form in performances with choir and soloists, for their unique version Nettle & Markham have painstakingly recreated the orchestral parts (from both Brahms’ piano transcription and the original score) and perform a one piano/four-hands version of the orchestral score which faithfully represents the letter and spirit of this great work, presenting it in a new light but with all the immediacy and intensity the composer intended.
This more immediate and intimate version of a much loved choral work has received a very warm, enthusiastic appreciation from audiences, singers and conductors alike:
"I can't thank you enough for your marathon contribution to the evening on Sunday. It is clearly a massive undertaking, and you handled it so magnificently... The whole idea of performing the Requiem in that way is clearly such a good one, and I was thrilled by the way it turned out. Your presence and the sheer quality of your playing provided the ultimate inspiration". [Brian Kay, 2006]
Capacity audiences in both Lincoln and Louth enjoyed a great West End Programme thanks to the Louth Choral Society. The Choir brought its 140th Birthday Season to a close with a theatrical performance of the 1970's West End hit Side by Side by Sondheim at the Engine Shed.
Originally cast as a revue for three soloists, narrator and two pianos, the show was given a new twist by the Louth group with eleven of the songs performed by the choir alone - and it was wonderful to see the choir singing without music.
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As the opening number promised - we were presented with songs familiar, peculiar, dramatic, erratic, informal and entertaining. The choir were joined by rising West End musical theatre performers Vanessa Havell, Andrew Keelan and Sarah-Jane Bourne.
Left to right: Richard Markham, Vanessa Havell, Andrew Keelan, Sarah-Jane Bourne and David Nettle
side by side
by stephen sondheim
