Piano Four Hands
Two Pianos

2010 - Mexico project

On occasion of the centenary of the Mexican Revolution and the bicentenary of the Independence this project consists of original Mexican music of the 20th century for pianoduo

“The magic of Mexican sounds and rhythms”

     - skulls, dances and tropical sea -

The 20th century in Mexican music for two pianos

	Program:
Carlos Chavez: (1899-1978)	H.P. Horse Power (Caballos de Vapor) (1927) Transcription for two pianos by the composer (Manuscript) 1- Danza del hombre (Dance of the man) 2- Barco hacia el trópico (Ship to the tropics) 3- El trópico (The tropics)
C. Jiménez Mabarak : (1916-1994)	Variaciones sobre la alegría (1954) (Variations on joy) for two pianos
Alfredo Carrasco: (1875-1945)	Scherzo for piano four hands (1895) (Edition Arlequín)
Manuel M. Ponce: (1882-1943)	Idilio Mexicano (Mexican idyll) (1939) for two pianos (Edition Clema M. de Ponce)
C. Sánchez Gutierrez: (*1964)	Calacas y palomas (skulls and doves) (1991) for two pianos (Ediciones Mexicanas)
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Gerhart Muench (*1907 Dresden +1983 Mexico)	Evoluta II und III for two pianos (1962) (private edition by T. Medina)
Federico Ibarra: (*1946)	Two pieces for piano four hands (Edición UNAM) 1- Three monochromatic preludes (1964) 2 -Toccata (1992)
Manuel Enríquez: (1926-1994)	Módulos for two pianos (1965) (Ediciones Mexicanas)
Mario Lavista: (*1943)	Piece for two pianists and one piano (1975) (Manuscript)
Aaron Copland: (1900-1990)	Danza de Jalisco (Dance from Jalisco) (1959) (1900-1990) Transcription for two pianos by the composer (1963) (Boosey & Hawkes)
	El salón México (1936, first performance: 1937 by Chávez) "A Popular Type Dance Hall in Mexico City" Transcription for two pianos by Leonard Bernstein (Boosey & Hawkes)

For further information on the project and a detailed description of the works please contact us.