Performing Repertoire of Matthew Bengtson

See my piano solo, concerto and chamber music repertoire below, arranged by style. An asterisk (*) denotes a "signature piece."

Baroque Period
Classical Period
Romantic Period
French Music
Russian Music
Other Twentieth-Century Music

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Baroque Period

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

French Suite no. 2 in C minor
Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Air - Minuet - Gigue

French Suite no. 5 in G major
Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Gavotte - Bourée - Loure - Gigue

Concerto for harpsichord and strings in D minor, BWV 1052 (perf. '99)
Allegro - Adagio - Allegro

English Suite no. 5 in E minor (perf. '96)
Prelude - Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Passepied I+II en Rondeau - Gigue

Partita no. 5 in G major (perf. '02)
Praeambulum - Allemande - Corrente - Sarabande - Tempo di Minuetta - Passepied - Gigue

Overture in the French Manner, in B minor (from Klavier Übung book 2)
Overture - Courante - Gavotte I+II en rondeau - Passepied I+II en Rondeau - Sarabande - Bourée I+II en Rondeau - Gigue - Echo

Goldberg Variations (Klavier Übung book 4)

Preludes and Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
no. 1 in C major (perf. '96)
no. 2 in C minor (perf. '96)
no. 3 in C# major (perf. '96)
*no. 4 in C# minor (perf. '94, '96)
no. 5 in D major (perf. '96)
no. 6 in D minor (perf. '96)
*no. 7 in E-flat (perf. '91, '96)
no. 8 in E-flat minor (perf. '96)
no. 9 in E Major (perf. '97)
no. 18 in G# minor (perf. '97)
no. 19 in A major (perf. '96)
*no. 20 in A minor (perf. '97)
no. 21 in B-flat major
no. 22 in B-flat minor
no. 23 in B major
no. 24 in B minor

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin, Suite in A minor (selections)
Allemande (perf. '98)
Courante (perf. '98)
*Gavotte avec Doubles (perf. '98, '99)

L'Entretien des Muses
La Livri

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Sonata L. 214 in A minor (perf. '93)
Sonata L. 345 in A major (perf. '93)

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Classical Period

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Sonata for Piano and Cello in G minor, op. 5 no. 2
I. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo - Allegro molto piu tosto presto II. Rondo: Allegro

Sonata op. 10 no. 3 in D major (perf. '99)
I. Presto II. Largo e mesto III. Menuetto: Allegro IV. Rondo: Allegro

Sonata for Piano and Violin in D major, op. 12 no. 2 (perf. '02)
I. Allegro con brio II. Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto III. Rondo: Allegro

Sonata for Piano and Violin in E-flat, op. 12 no. 3 (perf. '01)
I. Allegro con spirito II. Adagio con molt' espressione III. Rondo: Allegro molto

Sonata op. 27 no. 1 in E-flat "Sonata quasi una fantasia" (perf. '94, '96)
I. Andante II. Allegro molto vivace III. Adagio con espressione IV. Allegro vivace

Sonata for Piano and Violin in C minor, op. 30 no. 2 (perf. '98)
I. Allegro con brio II. Adagio cantabile III. Allegro IV. Allegro

Sonata for Piano and Violin in A minor, op. 47 "Kreutzer" (perf. '99, '00)
I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto II. Andante con Variazioni III. Presto

Sonata op. 49 no. 2 in G major
I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Tempo di Menuetto

Sonata op. 57 in F minor "Appassionata" (perf. '91)
I. Allegro assai II. Andante con moto III. Allegro ma non troppo

Concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58 (perf. '02, '03)
I. Allegro moderato II. Andante con moto III. Rondo: Vivace

Sonata op. 78 in F# major "à Therese"
I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo II. Allegro vivace

Sonata op. 101 in A major (perf. '97)
I.Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung II.Lebhaft. Marschmassig III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll - Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit

Sonata op. 109 in E major (perf. '93)
I. Vivace II. Prestissimo III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung

Sonata op. 110 in A-flat major (perf. '01)
I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo II. Allegro molto III. Adagio ma non troppo IV. Allegro ma non troppo

*33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, op. 120 (perf. '00, '01)

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Trio Hob. XV/28 in E major (perf. '01)
I. Allegro moderato II. Allegretto III. Finale: Allegro

Sonata no. 20 in C minor (perf. '00)
I. Moderato II. Andante con moto III. Allegro

Sonata no. 37 in D Major
I. Allegro con brio II. Largo e sostenuto III. Finale. Presto, ma non troppo

Sonata no. 48 in C Major (perf. '96)
I. Andante con espressione II. Rondo. Presto.

Sonata no. 50 in C major (perf. '98)
I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegro molto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Concerto no. 18 in B-flat, K. 456 (perf. '01)
I. Allegro vivace II. Andante un poco sostenuto III. Allegro vivace

Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K. 491 (perf. '95 with second piano)
I. Allegro II. Larghetto III. Allegretto Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493 (perf. '01)
I. Allegro II. Larghetto III. Allegretto

Sonata K. 282 in E-flat major (perf. '00)
I. Adagio II. Menuetto I+II III. Allegro

Sonata K. 310 in A minor
I. Allegro maestoso II. Andante cantabile con espressione III. Presto

Sonata K. 332 in F major
I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegro assai

Sonata K. 333 in B-flat major
I. Allegro II. Andante cantabile III. Allegretto grazioso

Sonata K. 448 in D major for two pianos
I. Allegro con spirito II. Andante III. Molto Allegro Sonata K. 533/494 in F major (perf. '03)
I. Allegro II. Andante III. Allegretto Fantasy K. 397 in D minor

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Romantic Period

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Leyenda, from Asturias (perf. '91)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Ballades, op. 10 (perf. '01)
no. 1 in D minor "Edward" (Andante)
no. 2 in D major (Andante)
no. 3 in B minor (Allegro)
no. 4 in B major (Andante con moto)

Concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15 (perf. '96 with Reading Symphony Orchestra)
I. Maestoso II. Adagio III. Allegro non troppo

Sonata for Cello and Piano, op. 38 in E minor
I. Allegro non troppo II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto III. Allegro

Rhapsody op. 79 no. 1 in B minor (perf. '91)

Trio in C minor, op. 101 (perf. '99)
I. Allegro energico II. Presto non assai III. Andante grazioso IV. Allegro molto

Selected Intermezzos
op. 117 no. 3 in C# minor (perf '91)
op. 118 no. 1 in A minor (perf. '91)
op. 118 no. 2 in A major
op. 119 no. 1 in B minor
op. 119 no. 2 in E minor
op. 119 no. 3 in C major (perf. '91)

Hungarian Dances for piano four hands (perf. '00)
no. 13 in D major
no. 14 in D minor
no. 15 in B-flat major
no. 19 in B minor
no. 20 in E minor
no. 21 in E minor

Frédéric Chopin (1811-1849)

Sonata no. 3 op. 58 in B minor (perf. '95, '96)
I. Allegro maestoso II. Scherzo. Molto vivace III. Largo IV. Finale. Presto non tanto

Scherzo no. 3 op. 31 in B-flat minor (perf. '91)

Mazurkas
op. 6 no. 1 in F# minor (perf. '94, '00)
op. 7 no. 1 in B-flat major
op. 17 no. 4 in A minor (perf. '94, '00)
op. 33 no. 4 in B minor (perf. '86)
op. 56 no. 1 in B major (perf. '02)
op. 56 no. 2 in C major (perf. '02)
op. 56 no. 3 in C minor (perf. '02)
op. 63 no. 3 in C# minor (perf. '94, '00)

Nocturnes
op. 9 no. 3 in B major (perf. '94)
op. 15 no. 2 in F# major
op. 32 no. 1 in B major (perf. '86)
op. 55 no. 2 in E-flat major

Études op. 10 (complete)
no. 1 in C major
no. 2 in A minor
no. 3 in E major (perf. '91, '92)
no. 4 in C-sharp minor
no. 5 in G-flat major "Black Key"
no. 6 in E-flat minor
no. 7 in C major
no. 8 in F major
no. 9 in F minor
no. 10 in A-flat major
no. 11 in E-flat major
no. 12 in C minor "Revolutionary"
op. 25 no. 6 in G# minor
op. 25 no. 10 in C minor

Waltzes
op. 18 in E-flat major (perf. '90)
op. 64 no. 2 in C-sharp minor (perf. '90)

Polonaises
op. 40 no. 1 in A major
op. 40 no. 2 in C minor (perf. '87)
op. 53 in A-flat major (perf. '91)

Berceuse op. 57 in D-flat major (perf. '89)

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

*Totentanz (perf. '93 in competition, '98 with Pottstown Symphony Orchestra)

Sonata in B minor (perf. '92)

Études d'exécution transcendante
no. 2 in A minor (perf. '95)
no. 9 in A-flat major "Ricordanza" (perf. '95)
no. 10 in F minor (perf. '95)

Hungarian Rhapsodies
no. 2 in C# minor
no. 3 in B-flat major
no. 5 in E minor
no. 6 in D-flat major (perf. '94)
no. 10 in E major
no. 12 in C# minor (perf. '92)

Années de Pelerinage Book II "Italy"
Spozalizio (perf. '91)
Il Penseroso
*Petrarch Sonnet no. 104 (perf. '91, '94, '95)

Liebestraume no. 3 in A-flat major (perf. '92)
Valse oubliée no. 1 in F# major (perf. '91)
Consolation no. 3 in D-flat major (perf. '95)
Mephisto Waltz no. 1 (perf. '02)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Sonata D. 575 in B major (perf. '00)
I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Andante III. Allegretto IV. Allegro giusto

Fantasy D. 760 in C major "Wandererfantasie"

Moments Musicaux, D. 780 (perf. '97, '00, '01, '02)
no. 1 in C major
no. 2 in A-flat major
no. 3 in F minor
no. 4 in C-sharp minor
no. 5 in F minor
no. 6 in A-flat major

Sonata D. 784 in A minor (perf. '96, '97)
I. Allegro giusto II. Andante III. Allegro vivace

Sonata D. 812 in C major for piano four hands ("Grand Duo") (perf. '00)
I. Allegro moderato II. Andante III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace IV. Allego vivace

Impromptus D. 899
no. 2 in E-flat (perf. '86)
no. 3 in G-flat major (perf. '97)
no. 4 in A-flat major (perf. '97)

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Variations on the Name "Abegg", op. 1

Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6 (perf. '98, '99)

Fantasiestücke, op. 15 (selections)
Des Abends
In der Nacht
Warum
Grillen

Sonata for Violin and piano in A minor, op. 105 (perf. '99)
I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck II. Allegretto III. Lebhaft

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Enoch Arden, op. 38, a melodrama for voice and piano based on the poem of Tennyson (perf. '99)

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French Music

Pierre Boulez (1925-)

*Sonata no. 1 (perf. '97, '98)
I. Lent - beaucoup plus allant II. Assez large - rapide

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Images, Book I (complete) (perf. '02)
Reflets dans l'eau
Hommage à Rameau
Mouvement

Préludes from Book I (selections)
Voiles
Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir

Six Épigraphes Antiques for piano, four hands (perf. '00)
Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été
Pour un tombeau sans nom
Pour que la nuit soit propice
Pour la danseuse aux crotales
Pour l'Égyptienne
Pour remercier la pluie au matin

L'Île joyeuse (perf. '91, '93)

Children's Corner (perf. ca. '86)
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
Jimbo's Lullaby
Serenade of the Doll
The Snow is Dancing
The Little Shepherd
Golliwogg's Cake Walk

En blanc et noir for two pianos (perf. '95)
I. Avec emportement
II. Lent. Sombre
III. Scherzando

Études, Book II (complete) (perf. '98)
Pour les degrés chromatiques
Pour les agréments
Pour les notes repétées
Pour les sonorités opposées
Pour les arpèges composés
Pour les accords

Sonata for Cello and Piano (perf. '96, '97)
Prologue: Lent - Sérénade: Modérément animé - Finale: Animé

Sonata for Violin and Piano
Allegro vivo - Intermède: Fantasque et léger - Finale: très animé

Henri Dutilleux (1916-)

Figures des Resonances for two pianos (perf. '95)
Sonatine for flute and piano

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 1 in A major, op. 18 (perf. '98, '99)
I. Allegro molto II. Andante III. Allegro vivo IV. Allegro quasi presto

Fantasie for Flute and Piano in E minor, op. 79 (perf. '92)

Barcarolle no. 12 in E-flat, op. 106 (perf. '02)

Nocturne no. 13 in B minor, op. 119 (perf. '02)

César Franck (1822-1890)

Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major (perf. '99)
I. Allegretto moderato II. Allegro III. Recitativo-Fantasia (Moderato) IV. Allegretto poco mosso

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Sextet for Piano and Winds
I. Allegro vivace; Très vite et emporté
II. Divertissement: Andantino
III. Finale: Prestissimo

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Jeux d'eau (perf. '02)

Miroirs (complete) (perf. '92)
Noctuelles - Oiseaux tristes - Une barque sur l'ocean - Alborada del gracioso - La vallée des cloches

Trio for violin, cello and piano (perf. '94, '02)
I. Modéré II. Pantoum (Assez vif) III. Passacaille (Très large) IV. Final (Animé)

Gaspard de la Nuit (complete) (perf. '94)
Ondine - Gibet - Scarbo

*Le Tombeau de Couperin (complete) (perf. '95, '00)
Prelude - Fugue - Forlane - Rigaudon - Menuet - Toccata

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Russian Music

Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881-1950)

Sonata no. 3, op. 19 in C minor (perf. '94)

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Concerto no. 3, op. 22 in C Major (perf. '92 in competition, '93 with Pottstown Symphony Orchestra)
I. Andante - Allegro II. Andantino III. Allegro, ma non troppo

*Sonata no. 2, op. 14 in D minor (perf. '98, '01, '02)
I. Allegro, ma non troppo II. Allegro marcato III. Andante IV. Vivace

Sonata no. 3, op. 28 in A minor (perf. '91)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30 (perf. '01)
I. Allegro ma non tanto II. Adagio III. Finale. Alla breve

Prelude in G minor, op. 23 no. 5

Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915)

Concerto op. 20 in F# minor (perf. '92)
(movement one)

Sonata no. 1, op. 6 in F minor (perf. '94)
I. Allegro con fuoco II. (Adagio) III. Presto IV. Funebre

Sonata no. 2, op. 19 in G# minor "Sonata-Fantasy"
I. Andante II. Presto

Sonata no. 3, op. 23 in F# minor (perf. '02)
I. Drammatico II. Allegretto III. Andante IV. Presto con fuoco

Sonata no. 4, op. 30 in F# major (perf. '97)
I. Andante II. Prestissimo volando

Sonata no. 5, op. 53 in F# major (perf. '94)

Sonata no. 6, op. 62

Sonata no. 7, op. 64 "White Mass"

*Sonata no. 8, op. 66 (perf. '96, '97, '99)

*Sonata no. 9, op. 68 "Black Mass" (perf. '96)

*Sonata no. 10, op. 70 (perf. '91, '92)

Études
op. 2 no. 1 in C# minor (perf. '92)
op. 8 no. 2 in F# minor (perf. '91)
op. 8 no. 11 in B-flat minor (perf. '91, '92)
op. 8 no. 12 in D# minor (perf. '91, '92)
op. 42 no. 3 in F# major (perf. '95, '01)
op. 42 no. 4 in F# major (perf. '91, '95, '01)
*op. 42 no. 5 in C# minor (perf. '91, '93, '94, '95, '96, '01)

Preludes
op. 11 no. 1 in C major (perf. '95)
op. 11 no. 2 in A minor (perf. '95)
op. 11 no. 9 in E major (perf. '95)
op. 11 no. 10 in C# minor (perf. '95)
op. 11 no. 11 in B major (perf. '95)
op. 11 no. 14 in E-flat minor (perf. '95)
op. 11 no. 16 in B-flat minor (perf. '95)
op. 37 (complete): (perf. '95)
no. 1 in B-flat minor
no. 2 in F# major
no. 3 in B major
no. 4 in G minor

Mazurkas
op. 3 no. 1 in B minor
op. 3 no. 2 in F# minor
op. 3 no. 5 in D# minor
op. 3 no. 6 in C# minor
op. 25 no. 4 in E major (perf. '97)
op. 25 no. 5 in C# minor (perf. '97)
op. 25 no. 7 in F# minor (perf. '97)
op. 40 no. 2 in F# major

Poème op. 32 no. 1 in F# major
Feuillet d'album, op. 45 no. 1 (perf. '94)
Vers la Flamme, op. 72

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Other Music of the Twentieth Century

Karen Amanda Allen (1970-)

Sonata for Violin and Piano (perf. '96, da camera CD DIDX 051528)
I. Themes and Variations (Andante - Allegro) II. Lullaby Fantasia (Adagio) III. Chase (Allegro)

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Sonata in E-flat minor, op. 26 (perf. '93)
I. Allegro energico II. Allegro vivace e leggiero III. Adagio mesto IV. Allegro con spirito

Bela Bartók (1881-1945)

Sonata for Piano (perf. '96)
I. Allegro moderato II. Sostenuto e pesante III. Allegro molto

"Out of Doors" Suite (perf. '01)
With fife and drums - Barcarolle - Musettes - Sounds of the Night - Chase

Hungarian Folk Dances
Joc cu bata - Braul - Pe Loc - Buciumeana - Poarca Romaneasca - Maruntel

Matthew Bengtson (1974-)

Sonata in F major (perf. '92)

Concerto in B minor
movement two (perf. '92)

Fantasia in A minor (perf. '92)

*Song Cycle based on Sonnets by Wordsworth, for baritone and piano (perf. '91, '92, '95)
It is a Beauteous Evening
Mutability
Surprised by Joy
The World is Too Much With Us

Suite for Piano "The Emotions" (perf. '92)
Meditation - Grief - Humiliation - Love - *Jubilation (perf. '91, '92, '93, '95) - Joy

Luciano Berio

Encores (selections)
Wasserklavier
Erdenklavier
Luftklavier
Feuerklavier

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Passacaglia in G# minor (perf. '91)

Morris Moshe Cotel (?-)

Tehom for three pianos (perf. '98)

Paul Creston (1906-1985)

Sonata for alto saxophone and piano, op. 19 (perf. '96)
With vigor - With tranquillity - With gaiety

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)

Sonata no. 1 (perf. '91)
I. Allegro marcato II. Presto misterioso III. Adagio molto appassionato IV. Ruvido ed ostinato

Charles Ives (1874-1954)

Sonata no. 1
I. Adagio con moto IIa. Allegro moderato IIb. "In the Inn" Allegro III. Largo IVa. [really fast] IVb. Allegro V. Andante maestoso

Sonata no. 2 "Concord., Mass., 1840-1860" (perf. '94)
I. Emerson II. Hawthorne III. The Alcotts IV. Thoreau

Damon Lee (197?-)

invisible cities for clarinet, violin, marimba and piano (perf. '99)

Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-)

Études for Piano
from Book One:
no. 2, "Cordes à vides"
no. 3, "Touches Bloquées" (perf. '98, '99)
no. 5, "Arc-en-ciel" (perf. '98, '99)

from Book Two:
*no. 10, "Der Zauberlehrling" (perf. '98, '99, '02)
no. 11, "En Suspens" (perf. '98, '99, '02)

Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951)

Drei Klavierstücke, op. 11 (perf. '97)

Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, op. 19 (perf. '96)

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)

Études op. 4 (complete) (perf. '02, '03)
no. 1 in E-flat minor (perf. '97)
no. 2 in G-flat major
no. 3 in B-flat minor
no. 4 in C major

Sonata in D minor, op. 9, for Violin and Piano (perf. '02, '03)
Allegro moderato. Patetico
Andantino tranquillo e dolce
Allegro molto, quasi presto

Romance in D major, for Violin and Piano, op. 23 (perf. '03)

Notturno e Tarantella, for Violin and Piano, op. 28 (perf. '02, '03)

Métopes, op. 29 (complete) (perf. '96, '02)
L'Île des Sirènes
Calypso
Nausicaä

Mythes, op. 30 for Violin and Piano (perf. '99, '02, '03)
La Fontaine d'Arethuse
Narcisse
Dryades et Pan

Masques, op. 34 (perf. '03)
*Sheherazade (perf. '97)
Tantris the Clown
Don Juan Serenade

*Twenty Mazurkas, op. 50 (complete)
no. 1 (perf. '01, '02)
no. 2 (perf. '97, '02)
no. 3 (perf. '97, '99, '02)
no. 4 (perf. '01, '02)
no. 5 (perf. '01, '02)
no. 6 (perf. '01, '02)
no. 7 (perf. '02)
no. 8 (perf. '01, '02, '03)
no. 9 (perf. '01, '02)
no. 10 (perf. '99, '01, '02, '03)
no. 11 (perf. '01, '02)
no. 12 (perf. '01, '02)
no. 13 (perf. '01, '02)
no. 14 (perf. '01, '02)
no. 15 (perf. '01, '02, '03)
no. 16 (perf. '01, '02, '03)
no. 17 (perf. '01, '02, '03)
no. 18 (perf. '97, '02, '03)
no. 19 (perf. '02, '03)
no. 20 (perf. '99, '02, '03)

*Two Mazurkas, op. 62 (perf. '01, '02, '03)

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