Robert Conrad, host
The Double Digit Piano Duo celebrated its tenth anniversary with performances of both two-piano and four-hand repertoire in area venues. Ron Palka and Coren Estrin Mino have explored and performed music as a team for many recitals in Cleveland and Akron, including new music written expressly for them by members of the Cleveland Composers' Guild.
On this episode of Cleveland Ovations, we feature a performance at BOP STOP from December 20, 2014, presented by The Music Settlement. It includes the very first piece ever performed by the duo which was written by Cleveland composer Nick Puin. They also performed music of Philip Glass and Witold Lutoslawski, and, to celebrate the holiday season, a superb arrangement for two pianos of The Nutcracker Suite.
Program
Nick Puin: Etude “69th Street”
Witold Lutoslawski: Paganini Variations
Philip Glass: Four Movements for 2 Pianos
Peter Tchaikovsky (arr Nicolas Economou): The Nutcracker Suite
Encore: Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride