Dec 12 - Krantz Family Piano Players
A Classical and Holiday Piano Concert
The Krantz Family Players Present
A Classical and Holiday Piano Concert
Sunday, December 12, 3-5pm
$10 suggested donation at the door
Join us for a piano spectacular! The Krantz family of pianists (Sabine, Alex, Emma, Ty, Andreia and Soren) will share music by Beethoven, Chopin, Scriabin, Blumenfeld, Grieg and Scarlatti as well as holiday favorites for 2 and 4 hand piano.
The Krantz family is based in the Syracuse area. Mother Sabine started piano lessons at age 8 and didn’t stop until she graduated from college in Oslo with a bachelor’s degree in piano pedagogy and performance. She teaches piano and voice lessons and accompanies local events. Father Alex is mostly self taught on piano.
Their four children have all followed in their parents musical footsteps; Emma (21) who played her first “twinkle little tao” on the piano with only her right pointer finger at age 4. Ty (19) started playing as soon as he could sit at the piano. He recently transferred to LeMoyne college to complete his bachelor’s degree in math. Andreia (17) is a full-time music student at OCC in her Senior year of high school. She is doing voice as her major instrument, also studying piano. Finally Soren (15) started lessons with mom, but switched to John Spradlings studio in the fall of 2020.:
Treat yourself and your family to an afternoon of musical joy. Masks are required at this concert.
Program
Sabine:
Fra Holberg’s Tid (“From Holberg’s Time”), opus 40, no. 1
Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (“Wedding Day at Troldhaugen”)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Andreia:
Sonata in C (in one movement)
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Nocturne in Eb major, opus 9, no. 2
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Alex:
Adagio in D minor, BWV 974
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)/Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
Etude in E major, opus 10, no. 3
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Soren:
Prelude in F# minor, opus 17, no. 22
Etude in F minor, opus 24
Felix Blumenfeld (1863-1931)
Emma: (and mom)
Sonata in C# minor, opus 27, no. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
1.Adagio Sostenuto
2.Allegretto
3.Presto Agitato
Ty:
Etude in C# minor, opus 2, no. 1
Etude in D# minor, opus 8, no. 12
Aleksandr Scriabin (1872-1915)
Intermission
Sabine:
Medley of carols
arr. Mark Hayes (b. 1953)
(“Good Christian Friends, Rejoice”, “Sussex Carol”, “What Child is this?”, “Joy to the World”)
The Christmas Song (“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”)
arr. Jenifer Cook
Andreia and Sabine, four-hand piano :
Sing We Now of Christmas
arr. Tracey Craig McKibben & Sara Craig Elgersma
(With a few unscheduled interruptions by mischievous Sugar Plum Fairies)
Do You Hear What I Hear?
arr. Kevin Olson (b. 1970)
Sabine:
And the Glory of the Lord, from “Messiah”
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
arr. Mark Hayes
Where are you, Christmas?, from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
AND Sonatina in C major
Muzio Clementi
arr. Phillip Keveren (b. 1961)
Oh, Holy Night in the style of Debussy (“Clair de Lune”)
arr. Meryt Wilson
The Most Wonderful Waltz of the Flowers
arr. Phillip Keveren
Andreia and Sabine, four-hand piano:
Sleigh Ride, by Leroy Anderson
arr. Michael Edwards (1893-1962)
Programming at TCFA is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.