Dances for Freedom
Venue
3801 West Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA
91768
About
Nadia Shpachenko, piano
Iris Shiotsuki, piano
Pat Posey, tubax (a modified contrabass saxophone developed in 1999 by Benedikt Eppelsheim)
Performing works by J. S. Bach, Paul Bonneau, Cécile Chaminade, Ignaz Friedman, Philip Glass, Scott Joplin, Lewis Spratlan, Evgeni Orkin, Astor Piazzolla, Myroslav Skoryk, Dana Kaufman, and Shelley Washington
Dances for Freedom
Cécile Chaminade Autrefois, Op. 87 No. 4
Ignaz Friedman Tabatière à musique, Op. 33 No. 3
Iris Shiotsuki, piano
Myroslav Skoryk Melody for solo piano (1982)
Scott Joplin Two Rags for solo piano (1899-1901)
Lewis Spratlan Selections from Six Rags for solo piano (2018)
Evgeni Orkin Selections from Mosaics for piano solo (2002), preview before World Premiere
Nadia Shpachenko, piano
Intermission
Philip Glass No. 12 from Melodies for Saxophone (1995)
Johann Sebastian Bach Courante from Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 (1717-23)
Paul Bonneau Caprice en forme de valse (1950)
Shelley Washington Finale from Mo'ingus (2016)
Pat Posey, tubax
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Niklas Sivelöv, Øystein Baadsvik, and Pat Posey)
Three Tangos (1959-1970)
Pat Posey, tubax and Nadia Shpachenko, piano
Dana Kaufman Honeyball for speaking pianist and soccer cleats (2021/2023)
Nadia Shpachenko, piano, voice, cleats