Travel for concerts will be a little lighter this semester, as a colleague has entrusted me with half of her studio (in addition to my own) while on sabbatical. Looking forward to several performances on campus and throughout the state this fall!
I'm practicing as well toward recording sessions later this month for my solo debut album - more soon!
After the TX leg of the trip, I head to CA for a double bass recital with longtime duo partner Szymon Marciniak (at the SF Symphony Davies Hall), then a redeye to Charlotte for back-to-back masterclass + solo recital days at the South Carolina Governor's School and Newberry College.
Fort Worth has been a great home for these past 11 years, and I will miss my students, colleagues, friends, and community here. But, I know I will be back for concerts and other visits, and my family and I are excited for this new adventure!
Coming up - a series of MVM performances featuring an enormous variety of chamber music by mostly female composers, some living (Valerie Coleman, Jennifer Higdon) and some active in the 19th and early 20th centuries (Fanny Mendelssohn, Melanie Bonis, and Dora Pejacevic). Later in the semester, I return to the Mesquite Symphony to have my first go at Rach 2!
Details on additional performances are available at Cliburn.org, through the FW Public Library, and on my social media channels.
I'm also looking forward to a trip later this month to the University of Memphis, where I'll play a 2- and 4-hand recital with my friend Dr. Jonathan Tsay and give a masterclass for the piano students there.
But before that, I'm fortunate to join a great group including FWSO members for the Mozart and Beethoven quintets for piano and winds, plus works by Glinka and Barlow. More under Calendar!
Also on the programs will be 45 minutes of some of my favorite music, period: the Brahms Sonatas Op. 120, which Brahms originally wrote for clarinet and later adapted for viola. I'll be playing the F minor sonata with clarinet and the E-flat with viola. Really looking forward to playing these amazing pieces again!
I'll be playing a program centered around the 12 Etudes of Debussy, including music by two of his influences (Bach, Chopin), a rough contemporary (Schoenberg), and a later-20th century composer influenced by Debussy and the French school (Takemitsu).
Here's the when/where:
Weds Jan. 24 at 4pm - Finney Hall, Texas A&M--Commerce (2600 S. Neal St., Commerce, TX)
Sat Jan. 27 at 7:30pm - Mount Vernon Music Hall (402 Leftwich, Mount Vernon, TX)
Sun Jan 28 at 3:00pm - Metroplex Piano (721 Keller Parkway, Keller, TX)
Mon Jan 29 at 7:30pm - Irons Hall, UT--Arlington (701 S. Nedderman Dr., Arlington, TX)
Sunday at 3pm I perform in a FW Opera prodcution of Giancarlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, in a chamber orchestration of the original accompaniment.
And then Thursday and Friday I return to Avant Chamber Ballet at City Performance Hall in Dallas for two performances of Christmas Carol, set to music by Tchaikovsky and Borodin. I'll play solo as well as in collaboration with the Cezanne Quartet.
More info on tickets etc in my calendar entries.
Several other great pianists are on the program too (Shields-Collins Bray, Catharine Lysinger, Alex McDonald, Jonathan Tsay, and Cliburn silver medalist Kenneth Broberg). See calendar for details!
Details -- 9/25 at 5:30pm, Tarrant County College NW campus (on Marine Creek Parkway), Recital Hall (room WFAB1105). Free admission.
The concert starts at 7 Central and I play last, likely around 8.
Coming up soon after that -- Natsuko and I play dance-inspired music for two and four hands on the Mount Vernon Music series. Shows in east TX, Dallas, and Ft. Worth -- see Calendar for details!
I've got some exciting (and very different) chamber projects coming up soon, as well as solo and concerto appearances -- and will be wrapping up my doctoral work this May. As always, my mailing list (found on my "Contact" page) and social media feeds (icons in the lower right-hand corner) are the best ways to be in touch. Let me know how I can keep you in the loop, and happy 2017!
And if you missed our first two Mount Vernon Music performances of the Brahms B Major Trio and Beethoven Eroica Quartet, we've got two more coming up: Monday 11/7 at Texas A&M Commerce, and Tuesday 11/15 at TCC-Northeast in Hurst. Details on my Calendar
But first -- I'm excited to be representing the Cliburn this evening at the FW Youth Orchestra student recital (St. Mary of the Assumption, Magnolia Ave, 7pm). Looking forward to hearing their performances, and playing some Liszt, Gottschalk and Gershwin myself!
10/8 -- Cliburn at the Modern, playing American Berserk by John Adams
10/15 -- recital with Leone Buyse and Michael Webster (faculty, Rice U.) at TCU
10/18 -- Cliburn in the Community, solo performance for the FW Youth Orchestra
10/22 -- Brahms 2nd Concerto with the Sherman Symphony
10/24 and 25 -- recitals with bassist Brian Perry (DSO) at UT-Arlington and SMU
10/29, 30, etc... -- Mount Vernon Music -- works by Fuchs, Brahms, and Beethoven
See my Calendar page for details -- and hope to see you at the concerts!
Up next: bass and more bass. European premieres of important contemporary works, plus violin repertoire from Franck to Enescu, and uncovering works not heard in public in 200 years by Franz Joseph Keypers, all at the BassEuro convention in Prague.
More later with info on October dates!
Rave reviews for our new recording are coming in -- Tom Knific's review in the most recent edition of Bass World is copied below! {And for anyone literate in Dutch, more great coverage here (translation forthcoming, we hope!): http://www.opusklassiek.nl/cd-recensies/cd-aw/marciniak01.htm}
From Bass World April/May 2016:
"A fabulous new DVD/CD package has recently been released on the Red Mark label featuring the Richard Dubugnon Sonata; Lu Shang’s Fantasy Higgs Boson; Frank Proto’s Sonata No. 3; and Chiel Meijering’s Ultimate Workout. In these world premiere recordings, Szymon Marciniak offers electrifying performances throughout. The ensemble with pianist Evan Mitchell is pristine and symbiotic. For those fortunate to be in attendance, this project essentially represents their ISB 2015 recital at Fort Collins. This release extends that privilege to all, and it not to be missed.
Richard Dubugnon’s Sonata, 2009, is a beautifully engaging opening to the recording. A composer and bassist, Dubugnon has already provided the bass world with a number of gems. His ever-rising recognition in the world of composition should be celebrated. Marciniak and Mitchell achieve many sublime moments. The Scherzino explores the kalimba-like possibilities of right-over-left-hand pizzicato. The honesty of the Lied movement will stop you in your tracks. It is an engaging performance and seminal recording.
The Fantasy Higgs Boson for Double Bass and Piano, by Chinese composer Lu Shang, won grand prize in the solo division of the 2014 ISB Composition Competition. Its gorgeous crystalline textures and forward leaning momentum subtlety reference the composer’s roots. As the title reflects, it is more a work of our time. The international premiere and recording of this work could not be presented with more integrity than exhibited by these artists.
The world waited 50 years for Frank Proto’s second bass sonata after he composed Sonata 1963 as a student at the Manhattan School of Music, a work that remains captivating for its synthesis of styles and relative accessibility. Sonata 1963 has become a global bass repertoire centerpiece. Now, only two years after the premiere of Sonata No. 2, Proto gives us Sonata No. 3, composed for Szymon Marciniak. With perspective, it is a remarkable thing to witness Proto’s return to this format after creating so much music in so many idioms and incarnations. While playfulness and stylistic nimbleness are ever present, there is also an intensity and distillation of vocabulary and emotional intent permeating Sonata No. 3. The intoxicating performances of Marciniak and Mitchell must be a delight to the composer. After half a century, Frank Proto is still writing towards our future. And with Szymon Marciniak, he has again found the ultimate nexus for his art. This is a new standard for all to consider.
But wait! There is a bonus track, Dutch composer Chiel Meijering’s The Ultimate Workout. Please seek it out, your reward will be great! And seek out this recording." – Review by Tom Knific
Thanks to the composers of these exciting new pieces for double bass and piano -- Richard Dubugnon, Shang Lu, Chiel Meijiring, and most of all Frank Proto, whose new sonata is the featured work on the recording, and who edited and produced it.
Coming up next are three more shows with Mount Vernon Music. Our first concert in Mount Vernon was a success, and we'll play the same program (Milhaud Suite, Schumann Fairy Tales, Brahms G minor Quartet) twice in Dallas on 2/7 and 2/8, and in a slightly different format at Texas A&M Commerce (2/1). I'll make a second appearance in Commerce in between all those dates, in a recital with clarinet superstar Corrado Giuffredi on February 6th.
I've also been informed my spot on the TCA Texas Touring Roster will be renewed for another two-year cycle. This program provides grants to nonprofit presenters who hire me, so I look forward to another two years of concerts throughout the state!
Coming up in the next few weeks are a recorded rehearsal of a new musical theatre work-in-progress, four chamber concerts with Mount Vernon Music, and a recital with clarinet superstar Corrado Giuffredi at Texas A&M--Commerce... check "calendar" or social media for details!
Monday night's concert with double bass legend Gary Karr was a huge success, and we're looking forward to playing the same program in Shanghai next month!
I had a great time last month kicking off the fall season with the Fort Worth Symphony, playing principal keyboard in Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances and Adam Schoenberg's American Symphony. With everything else underway and booked solid through the end of the year, I'm already looking ahead to early 2016 -- several weeks covering parts for the Dallas Symphony; a recital with former Boston Symphony principal flutist Leone Buyse in Fort Worth; an exciting series of four chamber concerts with Mount Vernon Music; a guest chamber concert at Union University (Jackson, TN) and more!
The audio from my recording sessions over the summer with bassist Szymon Marciniak is DONE. Now on to editing video and the finishing touches -- hoping to post about its release by late February or March!
In the meantime, more double bass fun: I'll be playing a concert with Gary Karr, arguably the father of the modern double bass recital, and TCU Professor Yuan Xiong Lu, on November 16th. (Keep an eye out for the live online stream!) We're then playing the same program on December 20th at Shanghai Concert Hall, my second performance in that city in the last year and a half. I'll post articles etc.. in the lead-up to the concert as they appear!
Coming up on the 19th is an exciting project combining a contemporary photography exhibition with music of the Second Viennese School (details on my calendar)!
This June I'll be premiering two massive new works for double bass and piano, the Fantasy Higgs Boson by Shang Lu, and a new sonata by Frank Proto, arguably the most prolific composer ever for that instrument. This will mark the second time in as many years I've gotten to collaborate with the outstanding bassist Szymon Marciniak, this time at the International Society of Bassists convention in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Before that, though, I'm playing loads of violin repertoire around Fort Worth (two Brahms sonatas, Franck, Beethoven...) and in May have my next gig with the Dallas Symphony, in their Bernstein Kaddish Symphony performances.
Spring/summer is filling up fast, and next season's engagements are going up on the calendar as they come in...
37 programs down, 44 to go -- nearing the midway point of a busy year with Cliburn Musical Awakenings!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Evan Mitchell
(201) 704-2644, evan.william.mitchell@gmail.com
EVAN MITCHELL ACCEPTED FOR NEW
TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS TEXAS TOURING ROSTER
Austin, TX – June 4, 2014 – 3LDQLVW Evan Mitchell is pleased to announce he has been approved for inclusion on the new Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) Texas Touring Roster. The Texas Touring Roster features some of the state’s best artistic talent and is designed to ensure that all Texans may enjoy events and performances by these artists in their local communities. Mitchell is one of 150 artists and arts companies selected for inclusion on the roster.
“Artists on the Texas Touring Roster travel to communities across the state and perform in a variety of venues,” said TCA executive director Gary Gibbs. “In addition to performances, they may also conduct workshops, master classes, residencies, lecture-demonstrations or arts education components as a way to engage community residents. We are proud to offer the citizens of Texas access to such high-quality artistic talent.”
Artists on the roster must have a history of touring and maintain a reasonable fee range. The Texas Commission on the Arts does not provide direct funds to artists in the Texas Touring Roster. Instead, TCA provides grants to arts presenters, schools, libraries, theaters, and other nonprofits and government units throughout Texas to help with the cost of bringing in companies and artists from the roster. Presenters may apply through TCA’s Arts Respond Performance Support grant category for a portion of the artistic fees for artists from the Texas Touring Roster.
Acceptance onto the Texas Touring Roster benefits artists like Mitchell by giving them a powerful marketing tool. Access to grant funds combined with the fact that Texas Touring Roster artists have been deemed the best in their field by a panel of statewide experts makes these artists attractive to a variety of presenters, including schools, festivals, theaters and other venues.
Artists on the Texas Touring Roster range from individual performing and visual artists to large performing arts companies. They represent artistic disciplines including music, visual art, dance, theater, storytelling, literary art and folk art. Options are diverse and range from ballet to bluegrass, animation to poetry, jazz to children’s theater, and everything in between.
More information on Evan Mitchell is available at www.evanmitchell.net. The complete Texas Touring Roster, as well as information on the Arts Respond Performance Support grant category, is available online at www.arts.texas.gov.
About the Texas Commission on the Arts
The mission of the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) is to advance our state economically and culturally by investing in a creative Texas. TCA supports a diverse and innovative arts community in Texas, throughout the nation, and internationally, by providing resources to enhance economic development, arts education, cultural tourism and artist sustainability initiatives. For more information on TCA and its programs, please visit www.arts.texas.gov.
###
I've posted some new audio and video clips on the 'multimedia' page; the videos are also on YouTube and my Facebook page. Great music by Brahms, Takemitsu, Beethoven, and Prokofiev. Enjoy!
Check the calendar page for info on upcoming concerts! Recently added -- two chamber performances with Open Classical in Dallas, and a solo recital in Fort Worth
A couple of changes to upcoming recitals:
10/24: I'll be playing at 7pm (Central); see the 'Calendar' page for a link to the live webcast!
11/2: My recital will be broadcast on WFMT and online at 8pm (Central as well)
Lauded for his “impassioned and vigorous” playing (Pianomania), pianist Evan Mitchell has established himself as a bold and versatile artist. His richly varied schedule of nearly 100 performances per year includes solo recitals, concerti, chamber music, outreach, and orchestral keyboard work. Dr. Mitchell’s performances have been deemed “incredibly beautiful” (Fanfare), “amazing” (Fort Worth Weekly), and “no less than stunning” (Lima News). His recording of world premieres with bassist Szymon Marciniak earned rave reviews; Bass World called their performances “intoxicating,” deeming this “a seminal recording.” Dr. Mitchell's solo debut album American Century will be released in 2024 on the Centaur label. He is also featured on the 2012 release “Piano de Pampa y Jungla: A Collection of Latin American Piano Music.”
Evan Mitchell’s performances have been heard in New York’s Steinway Hall and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, in ten countries on four continents, radio broadcast on WFMT (Chicago), WFHB (Bloomington), Classic FM 94.7 (Shanghai), and televised in North Texas. Highlights include debuts for the prestigious Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts (Chicago), at Merkin Concert Hall (NYC), and at several major venues in Shanghai. Dr. Mitchell has soloed in concerti with such ensembles as the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Lima Symphony Orchestra, and Victoria Symphony; worked with conductors including Jaap van Zweden, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Case Scaglione, Darryl One, Crafton Beck, and David Effron; and collaborated in recital with major artists including clarinetists Corrado Giuffredi and Michael Webster, flutists Leone Buyse and Jim Walker, double bassist Gary Karr, plus members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the symphony orchestras of Cleveland and Rio de Janeiro (OSB). Upcoming engagements include concerti by Florence Price and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
A fierce advocate for the arts, Evan Mitchell looks constantly for ways to reach new audiences, and to inspire in others a love for music. He was a featured artist for eight years on the Texas Touring Roster, a program through with the Texas Commission on the Arts provides grants to nonprofit presenters in order to fund performances by the state’s finest musicians, poets, visual artists, and more. Dr. Mitchell performed more than 300 concerts over ten years for Cliburn in the Classroom, the signature educational outreach program of the Cliburn, which exposes more than 30,000 public school students annually to live music. He serves as a trustee on the Board of – and performs frequently with – Mount Vernon Music, a nonprofit that not only brings first-rate chamber concerts to rural east Texas but also awards generous scholarships to music students in those communities each year. Other past and current performance affiliations include Avant Chamber Ballet, the chamber series Transfigured Nights & Art Music, Voices of Change, and DFW-based Open Classical, whose motto – “Music that’s dressed down, not dumbed down” – summarizes a mission to present classical music in less formal, unconventional spaces. Dr. Mitchell’s enthusiasm for the music of our time is reflected in recent world premieres of works by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Frank Proto, Shang Lu, and Stacy Garrop, several of which have been recorded and released commercially.
In demand as a collaborative artist, Dr. Mitchell is a frequent guest on numerous chamber music series, on university campuses in recital with visiting and faculty artists, and as a staff collaborator at conferences and competitions. He has been a regular presence at the International Society of Bassists conventions, and has been engaged by the International Women’s Brass Conference, Myrna Brown Flute Competition, and Cliburn Junior International Piano Competition, among others.
Evan Mitchell has given masterclasses and guest artist recitals at Baylor University, the University of Memphis, Southwestern University, Virginia Tech, Western Kentucky University, and other institutions. Dr. Mitchell has been a featured presenter at the MTNA and College Music Society National Conferences, and for various local teachers’ associations. He has been a juror for the Dallas International Piano Competition, Texas Music Teachers Association Solo Competition, and other local and regional contests. During the summer of 2023, Dr. Mitchell spent six weeks adjudicating performances by more than 2,500 students in cities throughout Taiwan as an examiner for IPPEC. In 2021 he was inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame.
In his role as an author for Tom Gerou Music, Dr. Mitchell has edited volumes of repertoire by Friedrich Burgmüller, Scott Joplin, and two separate publications of works by Charles Griffes.
Evan Mitchell has captured first prize in the Kingsville International Young Performers Competition, Five Towns Competition, PianoTexas International Festival Concerto Competition, and the Twelfth Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America, in which he was also awarded the Jacques Klein Prize for Best Performance of a Brazilian Solo Piano Work. He won Fifth Prize at the 2012 World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, and gave a recital at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City as a quarterfinalist in the Honens International Piano Competition.
A native of Montclair, New Jersey, Evan Mitchell holds degrees from the Indiana University-Bloomington Jacobs School of Music (BM, MM) and Texas Christian University (DMA). His principal teachers have included John Owings, Arnaldo Cohen and the late José Feghali, and he has worked with renowned artist-teachers including Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky, Barry Douglas, and Ann Schein. He credits his early mentors Dr. Thomas Parente and Dr. Brandt Fredriksen with pointing the way toward a fulfilling life in music.
Evan Mitchell is a Steinway Artist.
Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Concerto No. 2 in Bb major, Op. 83
Concerto No. 1 in Eb major, S. 124
Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125
Totentanz, S. 126
Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Concerto No. 22 in Eb major, K. 482
Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Concerto No. 27 in Bb major, K. 595
Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40
Upcoming Performances
Past Performances
Beethoven - 12 Variations on a Theme from Judas Maccabaeus
Arensky - Piano Trio in D minor
With Maria Schleuning, violin, and Gayane Manasjan Fullford, cello
Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Elliott Carter - Piano Sonata
Robert Schumann - Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
with Camila Meza (vocals and guitar), Dr. Kristen Stoner (flute), Seok Hee Jang (clarinet), Aniela Moldovan (violin), Emily Smith (cello), Danielle Moreau (percussion)
Elliott Carter - Piano Sonata
Robert Schumann - Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6; Toccata, Op. 7
Brahms - Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
7/17: artist showcase (Piazzolla Tango Etudes)
7/18: duo recital
7/19: piano masterclass
with Dr. Jonathan Helton, alto saxophone
6/8: Cesar Franck Piano Quintet
6/9: Fanny Mendelssohn Songs for Pianoforte (faculty solo showcase)
6/11: masterclass
Gabriel Faure - Piano Trio
Robert Muczynski - Piano Trio No. 3
with Dr. Dione Chandler (oboe) and Dr. Shannon Lowe (bassoon)
Libby Larsen - Four on the Floor
John Williams - Air and Simple Gifts
Solo works by Bernstein and Copland
Libby Larsen - Four on the Floor
John Williams - Air and Simple Gifts
Solo works by Bernstein and Copland
Leoffler - Two Rhapsodies
with violist Lauren Hodges and oboist Dione Chandler
Reena Esmail - Sonata for Trombone and Piano (regional premiere)
James Naigus - Spectra
with Dr. Paul Basler (horn) and Dr. Jemmie Robertson (trombone)
Beethoven - F major cello sonata
Brahms - C minor trio
with Dr. Randy Lee, trumpets
Johannes Brahms - Ballade Op. 10, No. 4 in B major
Missy Mazzoli - Bolts of Loving Thunder
Claude Debussy - Images, Book 1
Franz Schubert - Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Johannes Brahms - Ballade Op. 10, No. 4 in B major
Missy Mazzoli - Bolts of Loving Thunder
Claude Debussy - Images, Book 1
Franz Schubert - Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Johannes Brahms - Ballade Op. 10, No. 4 in B major
Missy Mazzoli - Bolts of Loving Thunder
Claude Debussy - Images, Book 1
Franz Schubert - Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Faure - La bonne chanson
Faure - La bonne chanson
Emilie Mayer (1812-1883) Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor Op. 60
Johannes Brahms - Ballade Op. 10, No. 4 in B major
Missy Mazzoli - Bolts of Loving Thunder
Claude Debussy - Images, Book 1
Franz Schubert - Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Emilie Mayer (1812-1883) Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor Op. 60
Johannes Brahms - Ballade Op. 10, No. 4 in B major
Missy Mazzoli - Bolts of Loving Thunder
Claude Debussy - Images, Book 1
Franz Schubert - Sonata in C minor, D. 958
https://www.facebook.com/events/813103096419851/
Price - Snapshots
Brahms - Ballade No. 4
Mazzoli - Bolts of Loving Thunder
Debussy - Images 1
Schubert - Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007) Trio for clarinet, violin, piano
Richard Danielpour (1956-) The Book of Hours for piano quartet (2006)
Zhou Long (1953-) 8 Chinese Folk Songs for string quartet (1998)
Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) Souvenir de Voyage clarinet quintet
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007) Trio for clarinet, violin, piano
Richard Danielpour (1956-) The Book of Hours for piano quartet (2006)
Zhou Long (1953-) 8 Chinese Folk Songs for string quartet (1998)
Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) Souvenir de Voyage clarinet quintet
Johannes Brahms - Ballade Op. 10, No. 4 in B major
Missy Mazzoli - Bolts of Loving Thunder
Claude Debussy - Images, Book 1
Franz Schubert - Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Johannes Brahms - Ballade Op. 10, No. 4 in B major
Missy Mazzoli - Bolts of Loving Thunder
Claude Debussy - Images, Book 1
Franz Schubert - Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Featuring members of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Felix Torres, conductor
Tchaikovsky - Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
with Maria Schleuning, violin and Gayane Manasjan, cello
Works by Duparc, Massenet, Previn, and others
Works by Assad, Larsen, Mozart, and others
Liszt - Les Preludes (arr.)
more tbd...
Works by JS Bach and Pärt
Works by JS Bach and Cecil Burleigh
Works by Bottesini and others
Dvorak - Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 26
Works by JS Bach and others
Hermann Goetz - Piano Quintet in C minor, Op. 16
Hailstork - Eight Variations on "Shalom Chaverim"
J.S. Bach - English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808
Mendelssohn - Piano Trio in D minor
Reza Vali - selections from Persian Folksongs for Flute and Cello
Fikret Amirov - selections from Azeri Folksongs for Flute and Piano
Behzad Ranjbaran - Fountains of Fin
Intermission
Sulkhan Tsintsadze - Five Pieces for Cello and Piano
Jeren Kurbanchaleyva - Sonata for Flute and Piano, *world premiere
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Trio Elegiaque in G minor
Reza Vali - selections from Persian Folksongs for Flute and Cello
Fikret Amirov - selections from Azeri Folksongs for Flute and Piano
Behzad Ranjbaran - Fountains of Fin
Intermission
Sulkhan Tsintsadze - Five Pieces for Cello and Piano
Jeren Kurbanchaleyva - Sonata for Flute and Piano, *world premiere
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Trio Elegiaque in G minor
Mozart - Sonata in F major, K. 533/494
Bach - Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903
--intermission--
Brahms- Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 117
Copland - Piano Variations (1930)
Rodgers/Hough - Carousel Waltz
Dukas - Villanelle for Horn and Piano
Hindemith - Sonata for Viola and Piano Op. 11, No. 4
Dohnanyi - Sextet for Strings, Clarinet, Horn, and Piano, Op. 37
Dukas - Villanelle for Horn and Piano
Hindemith - Sonata for Viola and Piano Op. 11, No. 4
Dohnanyi - Sextet for Strings, Clarinet, Horn, and Piano, Op. 37
Dukas - Villanelle for Horn and Piano
Hindemith - Sonata for Viola and Piano Op. 11, No. 4
Dohnanyi - Sextet for Strings, Clarinet, Horn, and Piano, Op. 37
Mesquite Symphony Orchestra
Felix Torres, conductor
Beethoven - selected movements from Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral"
Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain
other works tbd.
Mozart - Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Mozart - Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Mozart - Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Debussy - Twelve Etudes (complete)
~intermission~
Fauré - Nocturne No. 6 in D-flat, Op. 63
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
This concert is generously sponsored by Dr Lynne B Harrison
Debussy - Twelve Etudes (complete)
~intermission~
Fauré - Nocturne No. 6 in D-flat, Op. 63
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Josef Labor - Piano Quintet, Op. 3
with Mark Miller and Yuko Mansell, violins; Ute Miller, viola; Elizabeth White, cello; Dr. Jack Unzicker, double bass
Josef Labor - Piano Quintet, Op. 3
with Mark Miller and Yuko Mansell, violins; Ute Miller, viola; Elizabeth White, cello; Dr. Jack Unzicker, double bass
Josef Labor - Piano Quintet, Op. 3
with Mark Miller and Yuko Mansell, violins; Ute Miller, viola; Elizabeth White, cello; Dr. Jack Unzicker, double bass
Khachaturian - Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Martinu - Madrigal Sonata for Flute, Violin, and Piano
Hahn - Romanesque for Flute, Viola, and Piano
with Daryl Coad, clarinet; Ebonee Thomas, flute; Mark Miller, violin; and Ute Miller, viola
Khachaturian - Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Martinu - Madrigal Sonata for Flute, Violin, and Piano
Hahn - Romanesque for Flute, Viola, and Piano
with Daryl Coad, clarinet; Ebonee Thomas, flute; Mark Miller, violin; and Ute Miller, viola
Khachaturian - Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Martinu - Madrigal Sonata for Flute, Violin, and Piano
Hahn - Romanesque for Flute, Viola, and Piano
with Mary Druhan, clarinet; Julee Kim Walker, flute; Mark Miller, violin; and Ute Miller, viola
Bach - Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
Schoenberg - Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19
Chopin - Barcarolle, Op. 60
--intermission--
Debussy - 12 Etudes (complete)
Schubert - Trout Quintet, D. 667
Schubert - Trout Quintet, D. 667
Schubert - Trout Quintet, D. 667
Schubert - Trout Quintet, D. 667
Haydn - Sonata in A-flat major, Hob. XVI:46
Chopin - Barcarolle, Op. 60
etudes by Chopin and Debussy
Bartók - Out of Doors, Sz. 81
Travels for piano trio
Dream on a Cirrus Sky for cello and piano
Vokante Heroa for piano quartet
The program includes works by Hertl, Proto, Bach, Dubugnon, Gliere, Bloch, and others
Boccherini - Concerto in B-flat major
Venue and exact time details to follow.
Prokofiev - Sonata for Flute and Piano in D major, Op. 94
Liebermann - Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 23
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, arr. for Piano Quartet (arr. F. Ries)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, arr. for Piano Quartet (arr. F. Ries)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, arr. for Piano Quartet (arr. F. Ries)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, arr. for Piano Quartet (arr. F. Ries)
Piazzolla - Grand Tango
French repertoire t.b.d.
Sherman Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Dominick, conductor
Case Scaglione, conductor
Beethoven - Sonata in A, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"
Faure - Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Mozart - Trio in E-flat, K. 498 ("Kegelstatt")
Schumann - Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132
Bruch - selectrions from Eight Pieces, Op. 83
Tak Yan Yeung and myself, soloists
TCU Collegium Musicum, directed by Dr. H. Joseph Butler
Schumann - Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132
Brahms - Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Schumann - Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132
Brahms - Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Brahms - Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Schumann - Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132
Brahms - Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Schubert - Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Bruch - selections from Op. 83
Works by Gaubert, Piazzolla, et al
Shang Lu - The Fantasy Higgs Boson (2014);
Richard Dubugnon - Sonata (2009);
plus a surprise bonus track.
With double bassist Szymon Marciniak
I'll be playing Schoenberg's Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 and selections from his Brettl-Lieder (Cabaret Songs) with soprano Corrie Donovan.
Program --
Richard Dubugnon: Sonata, op. 44
Shang Lu: Fantasy Higgs Boson
Frank Proto: Sonata No. 3
I'll be appearing in February on Spectrum, a series organized by and featuring musicians of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
featuring short works by Gershwin, Ives, and Gottschalk; Bartók's Out of Doors; and the Brahms Handel Variations
Case Scaglione, conductor
Shields-Collins Bray and myself, solo pianists
Gershwin - 3 Preludes; Ives - "The Alcotts"; Gottschalk - Souvenir de Porto Rico; Bartok - Out of Doors; Brahms - Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel
Selections with with double bassist Yuan Xiong Lu
http://www.wfmt.com
Contact Evan
For booking or other inquiries:info@evanmitchell.net
Mailing List
click here to sign-upWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in F major, K. 533/494
I. Allegro (excerpt)
Recorded live, August 2010
LISTENFranz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
III. Allegretto vivace (excerpt)
Recorded live, February 2011
LISTENJohannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major
II. Allegro appassionato (excerpt)
Recorded live, November 2009
LISTENCONCERTS
PUBLICITY PHOTOS
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 (Live)
With musicians of Mount Vernon Music: Mark Miller and Yuko Mansell, violins; Ute Miller, viola; Elizabeth White, cello; Dr. Jack Unzicker, double bass
Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C Major, WTC Book 2 (Live)
Takemitsu - Rain Tree Sketch II (Live)
Chopin - Barcarolle, Op. 60 (Live)
Debussy - Etude no. 7 (Live)
Debussy - Etude No. 1 (Live)
Debussy - 12 Etudes LIVE (excerpts)
Beethoven - Spring Sonata/Mendelssohn - D minor trio (Live)
Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Maria Schleuning, violin
Gayane Manasjan Fullford, cello
Trios by Haydn and Dvorak (Live)
Dvorak - Trio in G minor
Maria Schleuning, violin
Gayane Manasjan Fullford, cello
Art Music Mondays & Transfigured Nights series, Dallas
Recorded November 2020
Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2, Maestoso
Mark Miller, violin
Yuko Mansell, violin
Ute Miller, viola
Laura Ospina, cello
Jack Unzicker, double bass
Recorded on March 13, 2021 in Mount Vernon Music Hall
Bach - Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
Recorded live in recital at the University of Florida, 2018
Adolphus Hailstork - Variations on "Shalom Chaverim" - YouTube
From a Mount Vernon Music Inbox Concert. You can find the full Inbox Concert here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NODKfEcFbDg&t=0s
Rachmaninoff - Prelude in C minor, Op. 23, No. 7
Frank Proto "Lost" for Double-Bass and Piano (Live)
Evan Mitchell, piano
Premiere performance of "Lost" (2018) by Frank Proto (1941-) at the 2018 International TCU Bass Festival
Frank Proto, Sonata No 3 for Double Bass and Piano - Movement 1
From the Red Mark DVD "New Music for Double Bass", which also includes new works by Richard Dubugnon and Shang Lu
Arno Babadjanian - Elegy (arr. Allen/Gholami) (Live)
Mehrdad Gholami, flute
Evan Mitchell, piano
Josef Labor - Piano Quintet in E minor op. 3 (Live)
Mount Vernon Music's Orchard Ensemble:
Mark Miller, violin
Ute Miller, viola
Elizabeth White, cello
Jack Unzicker, bass
Gershwin - Three Preludes - YouTube
John Adams - American Berserk (2001)
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 13, "Pathetique"
Haydn - Sonata in C-sharp minor (2nd mvt.)
Brahms - Intermezzo Op. 117, No. 2
Bartok - from Out of Doors: The Chase (Live)
Claudio Santoro - Sonata No. 4, "Fantasia" (1957)
Claudio Santoro - Sonata No. 4, "Fantasia" (1957)
Claudio Santoro - Sonata No. 4, "Fantasia" (1957)
Frank Proto, Sonata No. 3 for Double Bass and Piano - Movement 1
Ives - "The Alcotts"
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 22 (1st mvt.)
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 22 (2nd mvt.)
Beethoven - Sonata in B-flat, Op. 22
Beethoven - Sonata in B-flat, Op. 22
Prokofiev - Sonata no. 7, Op. 83
Prokofiev - Sonata no. 7, Op. 83
Prokofiev - Sonata no. 7, Op. 83
Schoenberg - Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19
J.S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in A major (WTC Book 1)
J.S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in A major (WTC Book 1)
English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808
Italian Concerto, BWV 971
Partita No. 1 in Bb major, BWV 825
Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Toccata in F# minor, BWV 910
selected Preludes & Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier
Sonatina, Sz. 55
Sonata in D major, Op. 10, No. 3
Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique"
Sonata in Bb major, Op. 22
Sonata in Eb major, Op. 27, No. 1
Sonata in E minor, Op. 90
Sonata in A major, Op. 101
Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79
Sonata in C major, Op. 1
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24
Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35 (Book I)
Barcarolle in F# major, Op. 60
Polonaise in Ab major, Op. 53
Polonaise-Fantaisie in Ab major, Op. 61
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Scherzo No. 3 in C# minor, Op. 39
Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor, Op. 35
selected Études, Mazurkas, Nocturnes, and Waltzes
Images, Books 1 & 2
Suite Bergamasque
Selected Preludes
Three Preludes (1926)
Selected short works
Sonata in E minor, Hob. XVI: 34
Sonata in C# minor, Hob. XVI: 36
Sonata in Ab major, Hob. XVI: 46
Sonata in B minor, S. 178
selected Etudes
Variations Sérieuses, Op. 54
Sonata in D major, K. 311
Sonata in A major, K. 331
Sonata in Bb major, K. 333
Sonata in F major, K. 533/494
Sonatine (1905)
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues, from North American Ballads (1979)
Sonata in B major, D. 575
Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
Toccata, Op. 7
Rain Tree Sketch II – In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen (1992)
Sonata No. 5 for Flute and Continuo in E minor, BWV 1034
Sonata No. 6 for Flute and Continuo in E major, BWV 1035
Sonata No. 1 for Viola da Gamba and Clavier in G major, BWV 1027
Sonata No. 3 for Viola da Gamba and Clavier in G minor, BWV 1029
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Clavier in B minor, BWV 1014
Quintet for Piano and Winds in Eb major, Op. 16
Sonata No. 1 for Piano and Cello in F major, Op. 5, No. 1
Sonata No. 2 for Piano and Cello in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2
Sonata No. 3 for Piano and Cello in A major, Op. 69
Sonata No. 4 for Piano and Cello in C major, Op. 102, No. 1
Sonata No. 5 for Piano and Cello in D major, Op. 102, No. 2
Sonata No. 3 for Piano and Violin in Eb major, Op. 12, No. 3
Sonata No. 4 for Piano and Violin in A minor, Op. 23
Sonata No. 5 for Piano and Violin in F major, Op. 24 (“Spring”)
Sonata No. 7 for Piano and Violin in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2
Sonata No. 8 for Piano and Violin in G major, Op. 30, No. 3
Sonata No. 9 for Piano and Violin in A major, Op. 47 ("Kreutzer")
Sonata No. 10 for Piano and Violin in G major, Op. 96
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" Op. 55 (arr. for piano quartet by F. Ries)
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano in E minor, Op. 38
Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano in F major, Op. 99
Sonata No. 1 for Clarinet (or Viola) and Piano in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Sonata No. 2 for Clarinet (or Viola) and Piano in Eb major, Op. 120, No. 2
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 78
Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in A major, Op. 100
Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 108
Sonata for Viola & Piano (1919)
Sonata for Cello and Piano, L. 135
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 26
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3, Op. 25
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano in C minor, Op. 45
Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano (1941)
Variations on a Slovak Theme for Cello and Piano, H. 378
Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major (1838)
Trio for Piano, Violin, and Viola in C minor (1820)
Sonata No. 2 for Double Bass and Piano in E minor, Op. 6
Sonata for Piano and Violin in E minor, K. 304
Sonata for Piano and Violin in A major, K. 526
Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448
Trio in Eb major for Piano, Clarinet, and Viola, K. 498 ("Kegelstatt")
Time Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (1984)
Le Grand Tango for Cello and Piano
Oblivion
various other tangos
Sonata for Flute (or Violin) and Piano in D major, Op. 94
Nine Variants on Paganini for Double Bass and Piano (2001)
Sonata 1963 for Double Bass and Piano
Sonata No. 3 for Double Bass and Piano (2015)
Trio Elegiaque No. 1 in G minor
Elegy for Double Bass and Piano
Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 (“Trout”)
Rondo for Violin and Piano in B minor, D. 895
Sonata for Piano and Arpeggione in A minor, D. 821
Märchenerzählungen for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 132
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in A minor, Op. 105
Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94
Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13
Lament for Double Bass and Piano (2015)