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The following programmes are suitable for a full-length evening recital, consisting of a first-half of 45 to 50 minutes and a second-half of slightly shorter duration. All the following programmes have been enjoyed by audiences at sometime but are offered here as samples so do feel free to pick and mix items. Tom is always happy to provide programme notes but in the case of some of the lesser-known composers composers he prefers to talk informally to the audience about the various items - it is more entertaining and gets better audience participation.

Henri Herz Variations on “Non Piu Mesta” from Rossini's "La Cenerentola"
Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini
(1792 – 1868)
Beethoven/Alkan Concerto No 3 in C minor (Transcription of First Movement and Cadenza)
Alkan Three Pieces from Les Mois (1st Suite) op.74:
1 Nuite d'Hiver
  2 Carnaval
  3 La Retraite
Prokofieff Sonata No 7 in B flat major

Ravel Sonatine
Liszt Liebestraum
HEXAMERON: Variations on the March from Bellini's “I Puritani” by Thalberg, Liszt, Pixis, Herz, Czerny and Chopin, with Introduction, Interludes and Finale by Liszt
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PintoGeorge Frederick Pinto
(1785-1806)

Liszt Polonaise No 2 in E major
G.F. Pinto Sonata in E flat minor,
op.3 No 1
Schubert/Liszt Liebesbotschaft
Mendelssohn/Liszt Wedding March from 'Midsummer Night's Dream'
 
Alkan Three Pieces:
Bourree d'Auverne
  Andante Romantique op 13 no 2
  Marche Triomphale op 27

Chopin Two Waltzes:
Valse in C sharp minor op 64 no 2
 Grande Valse in A flat major op 42
Rachmaninoff Three Preludes:
Prelude in C sharp minor op 2 no 3
  Prelude in E flat major op 23 no 6
  Prelude in B flat major op23 no 2

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Bach English Suite No 6 in D minor
BrahmsJohannes Brahms
(1833-1897)
Brahms Selection from Klavierstucke op. 76:
No 1 in F# minor Capriccio
  No 2 in B minor Capriccio
  No 4 in B flat major Intermezzo
  No 5 in C# minor Capriccio
Liszt Two Pieces:
Romance in E minor
  La Campanella

Thomas Wakefield Variations on the Theme “Happy Birthday to You”
Chopin/Balakireff Romance from Piano Concerto No 1 in E major
Mozart/Liszt/Busoni Fantasy on two motives from Mozart's “Marriage of Figaro

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Johann Strauss Johann Strauss
(1866-1924)

Suppe/Wakefield
Overture : Light Cavalry

Beethoven
Sonata in C major op53 ("The Waldstein")
Gershwin Three Preludes
Scott Joplin Two Ragtimes
Arr. Chas Daniels Original Rags
   The Easy Winners
Jelly Roll Morton Two Pieces:
Trancription of ''Miserare" from Verdi's  Il Travatore
   Black Bottom Stomp

Verdi/Gottschalk Miserare from "Il travatore"
Strauss/Schultz-Evler
Concert Arabesques on 'The Beautiful Blue Danube
'

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Bach55Johann Sebastian Bach
1685-1750
Bach/Busoni
Chaconne in D minor
G.F.Pinto Sonata in A major

Schubert
Fantasy in C major
"Der Wanderer"

Gottschalk Three Caprices: 
i) Suis moi!
ii) O ma charmante, Epargnez moi!
iii)Ojos crillos (les yeux creoles), Danse Cubaine

The Red SeaThe Parting
of the Waters
of the Red Sea
Alkan Comme le vent op. 39 No.1


  Thalberg
  Fantasy on Rossini's “Moses in Egypt

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HenseltAdolf Henselt
(1814-1889)
Raff Three Pieces:
i) Cachoucha Caprice
i) La Fileuse
i) Moto Perpetuo


John Field Nocturne in A major
Henselt Selection from 12 Grand Characteristic Studies op 2 and 12 Etudes de Salon op 5:
i) 'Orage, tu ne saurais m'abattre...
  ii) 'Si oiseau j'etais,A toi je volreais'
  iii) Verlorne Heimath
  iv) Allegro con leggierezza
  v) Hexentanz
Moszkowski Capriccio Espagniol
 
Lyapunov Selection from 12 Etudes d'Execution Transcendante op 11
i) Chant Epique
  ii) Berceuse
  iii) Lesghinka
Tausig Fantasie on Themes from Moniuszka's “Halka”
 

Lunchtime Programmes

The following programmes are of shorter duration and suitable for more informal lunchtime concerts:

Bartok Six Rumanian Folk Dances
I. Bot (Stick Dance)
  II. Brâul (Sash Dance)   III. Topogó (In One Spot)
  IV. Bucsumí tánc (Dance from Bucsum)
  V. Román polka (Romanian Polka)
  VI. Aprózó (Fast Dance)
  VII. Aprózó / Mărunțel (Fast Dance)
Beethoven Sonata in E minor op 90
Chopin Ballade No 1 in G minor
Alkan Two Pieces
Andante Romantique in C# major
  Saltarelle
Liszt Consolation No in D flat major
Auber/Liszt Grand Tarantelle di Bravura
 
Meyerbeer/Alkan Overture: Le Prophet
George Frederick Pinto Sonata in C major
John Field Nocturne in A major
Henselt Selection from 12 Grand Characteristic Studies
    op 2 and 12 Etudes de Salon op 5
:
 i) 'Orage, tu ne saurais m'abattre...
   ii) 'Si oiseau j'etais,A toi je volreais'
  iii) Verlorne Heimath
  iv) Allegro con leggierezza
  v) Hexentanz
Lyapunov Selection from 12 Etudes d'Execution Transcendante op 11:
i) Chant Epique
 ii) Berceuse
 iii) Lesghinka
Bach/Liszt Fantasy and Fugue in G minor for Organ
Liszt Two Pieces:
Nuages Gris
  Marche Eroique dans le genre hongrois
Liszt Two Transcriptions:
Liebestraum
  La Campanella
Mozart/Liszt/Busoni Fantasy on two Motives from Mozart's “Marriage of Figaro
 
Suppe/Wakefield Overture: “The Light Cavalry
Chopin Two Waltzes:
Valse in C sharp minor op 64 no 2
  Grande Valse in A flat major op 42
Rachmaninoff Two Preludes:
Prelude in D major
  Prelude in G minor
Strauss/Schultz-Evler
           Concert Arabesques on “The Beautiful Blue Danube
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