Nicholas Ashton

NICHOLAS ASHTON

Repertoire

Chamber

J S Bach
six flute sonatas ( as harpsichordist and piano)

Mozart
K 378 Bb major violin sonata
K 379 G major violin sonata
K 478 G minor piano quartet
K 493 Eb major piano quartet
K 448 D major sonata for two pianos (piano 1 only)
Introduction and Rondo, Eb major, two pianos (piano 1 only)
K 497 F major sonata, piano duet (both primo and secondo)
K 501 G major theme and variations piano duet (both primo and secondo)
K 521 C major sonata, piano duet (both primo and secondo)

Weber
Gran Duo, clarinet, piano

Beethoven
Op 1 no 1 piano trio Eb major
Op 11 Bb piano/cello/clarinet trio
Op 16 Eb major piano quartet (version from the Eb piano quintet)
Op 23 A minor violin sonata
Op 30 no 3 G major violin sonata
Op 94 G major violin sonata
Op 5 no 1 F major cello sonata
Op 5 no 2 G minor/major cello sonata
Op 69 A major cello sonata
Op 102/1 C major cello sonata

Mendelssohn
Op 47 D minor piano trio

Chopin
Rondo, op 3, C major, two pianos ( piano 1 only)

Schumann
Op 44 Eb piano quintet
Frauenliebe und Leben, mezzo soprano, piano
Fantasiestucke op 73, clarinet, piano (also in the version for cello)
Stuecke im Volkston cello/oboe, piano

Brahms
Op 78 G major violin sonata
Op 100 A major violin sonata
Op 114 A minor piano trio
Op 120a F minor clarinet sonata (also in the version for viola)
Op 120b Eb major clarinet sonata (also in the version for viola)
Op 56b Variations two pianos (St Anthony Chorale/Haydn) (piano 1 only)
Op 91 Two songs, mezzo soprano, viola, piano

Dvorak
Piano Quintet A major, op 81

Elgar
Violin sonata, E minor
Piano quintet, E minor

Dohnanyi
Piano quintet no 2 Eb major

Faure
Piano quintet no 1 Op 81, D minor
Piano trio op 120 (clarinet and cello version)
La bonne chanson (lower version only)

Shostakovich
Piano quintet, G minor
Sonata, cello, piano, Op 40

Khachachurian
Trio, piano violin, clarinet

Bartok
Contrasts, clarinet, violin, piano

Erik Satie
Trois Pieces en forme de Poire (piano duet, primo and secondo)

Debussy
Sonata, violin, piano
Sonata, cello and piano
Petite suite (piano duet)
Six Epigraphes Antiques (piano duet/two pianos) (both parts)

Ravel
Sonata, violin, piano
Ma mere l’oye (piano duet) (both parts)
Rapsodie Espagnole (piano duet) (primo only)
Don Quichote a la Dulcinee
Cinq Melodies populaires Greque
Histoires naturelles

Stravinsky
Trio L’histoire du soldat , violin, clarinet, piano
Duo concertant, violin, piano
Sonata, two pianos (1944) (piano 2 only)
Concerto for Two Solo Pianos (1936) in preparation (piano 1 only)

Milhaud
Trio, clarinet, violin, piano

Poulenc
Sonata, flute, piano
Sonata, clarinet, piano
Sonata, oboe, piano
Sonata, two pianos/piano duet
La Voix Humaine
Un Jour, telle Nuit
Sextet for piano and winds

Hindemith
Sonata, clarinet, piano
Sonata, trumpet, piano
Sonata, french horn, piano
Sonata, oboe, piano
Sonata, cor anglais, piano
Sonata, trombone, piano
Sonata, tuba, piano
Sonata, two pianos

Duttilleux
Sonata (1947), oboe, piano

Pavel Haas
Suite, oboe, piano

Antal Dorati
Duo concertant, oboe, piano

Schnittke
Piano quintet (1976)
Cello sonata No 1 (1978)

Crawford
Piano Quintet (2005)

MacLeod
Three Poems of Irina Ratuschinskaya
(soprano and piano)

Dempster
Chaconne in memoriam (2002)
(six hands, one piano)

Solo 17th-18th century

Louis-Claude Daquin
Le Coucou
L'Hirondelle

F. Couperin
Chaconne “la favorite”

Jean-Philippe Rameau
La Poule

Bach
Partita no 1, Bb major
Partita no 4, D major
Partita no 5, G major
Toccata BWV 914, E minor
Preludes and Fugues:
Book 1 nos 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5, 6, 7 , 8, 9
Book 2 nos 12, 19
Capriccio on the Departure of His Beloved Brother, Bb major

Handel
Keyboard suite no 2, F major
Keyboard suite no 5, E major
Chaconne, G major

D. Scarlatti
ten sonatas

Haydn
Sonata Hob XVI:46, Ab major
Sonata Hob XVI:22, E major
Sonata Hob XVI:24, D major
Sonata Hob XVI:27, G major
Sonata Hob XVI:31, E major
Sonata Hob XVI:41 Bb major
Sonata Hob XVI:48, C major
Sonata Hob XVI:49, Eb major
Sonata Hob XVI:50, C major
Adagio Hob XVII:9, F major
Variations Hob XVII:5, C major
Variations Hob XVII:6, F minor

Mozart
Sonata K 281, Bb major
Sonata K 282, Eb major
Sonata K 284, D major
Sonata K 286, D major
Sonata K 333, Bb major
Sonata K 576, D major
Rondo K 511, A minor
Fantasie K 475, C minor
Fragments from a Suite, C minor
Eine kleine Gigue, G major
Variations, "Lison dormait" C major
Variations "Ah, je vous dirai, Maman" C major

Beethoven
Sonata op 2 no 1, F minor
Sonata op 2 no 3, C major
Sonata op 7, Eb major
Sonata op 14 no 2, G major
Sonata op 26, Ab major
Sonata op 27 no 1 Eb major
Sonata op 28, D major
Sonata op 31 no 3, Eb major
Sonata op 49 no 2, G minor
Sonata op 53, C major
Sonata op 78, F sharp major
Sonata op 90, E minor
Sonata op 101, A major
Sonata op 109, E major
Andante Favori WoO57
Variations op 34, F major

Solo 19th century

Schubert
Sonata D 506/566, E minor/major
Sonata D 575, B major
Sonata D 664, A major
Sonata D 845, A minor
Sonata D 894, G major
Four Impromptus D 935
Allegretto, D 915, C minor
Andantino, A major

Chopin
Etudes op 10 nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10
Etudes op 25 nos 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12
Preludes op 28
Mazurkas op 17, op 33, op 50/3
Impromptu op 36, F sharp major
Polonaise op 40 no 1, A major
Polonaise op 40 no 2, C minor
Scherzo op 54, E major
Fantaisie op 49, F minor

Liszt
Jeux d’eaux a la Villa d’Este
Valse oubliee no 1
Polonaise no 2, E major
Hungarian Rhapsody no 4, Eb major
Etude de concert “un sospiro”, Db major
Etude d’execution transcendante no 5 “feux-follets”
Etude d’execution transcendante no 6 “Vision”
Paganini etude no 3, “la campanella”
Paganini etude no 4, E major "arpeggio"
Paganini etude no 5, E major "la chasse"
Nuages gris
Czardas macabre
Predication "St Francis d' Assisi"

Schumann
Abegg Variations, op 1, F major
Papillons, op 2
Intermezzi, op 4
Toccata, op 7, C major
Allegro, op 8, B minor
Fantasiestucke, op 12
Kinderszenen, op 15
Arabeske, op 18, C major
Humoreske, op 20, Bb major
Novelette, op 21 No 8, F sharp minor/D major
Sonata op 22, G minor
Bunteblatte/Albumblatter op 99/124
Ahnung, D major (1837-8)

Mendelssohn
Sonata, op 6, E major
Sonata, op 106, Bb major

Brahms
Paganini Variations op 35 Book 1
Four Pieces op 119
Albumblatt, A minor (1853)

Grieg
Sonata, op 4, E minor

Scriabin
Nocturne for the left hand op 9 no 2, Db major

Solo 20th -21st century

Berio
5 encores

Boulez
Notations
Sonata no 1

Debussy
Etude pour les arpeges composees (etudes livre 2)
Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
Preludes (premier livre): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11
Preludes (deuxieme livre): 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Ondine (Gaspard de la Nuit)
Noctuelles (Miroirs No 1)
Oiseaux tristes (Miroirs No 2)
La vallee des cloches (Miroirs No 5)

Janacek
In the Mist
On an Overgrown Path (book 1)

Schoenberg
Three Pieces op 11
Sechs kleine Klavierstucke op 19
Suite op 25

Bartok
Allegro barbaro, op 9
Suite op 14
Mikrokosmos 6 (selection)

Nielsen
Chaconne

Stravinsky
Etude op 7 no 4, F sharp major
Piano-Rag-Music (1919)
Sonata (1924)
Serenade en la (1925)
Trois mouvements de Petroushka (1921)
Concerto for Two Solo Pianos (1936) in preparation Piano 1 only
Sonata, Two Pianos (1944) Piano 1 and Piano 2
Three Pieces for String Quartet (1917)( piano duet arrangement)
Five Easy PIeces for Piano Duet

Prokofiev
Sarcasms, op 17
Sonata no 4, C minor
Sonata No 5, C major (original version and revised 1952 version)
Sonata no 9, C major

Copland
Variations (1930)
Midsummer Nocturne
Midday Thoughts

Messiaen
La colombe (Preludes 1930)
Plainte calme (Preludes 1930)

Ligeti
Musica Ricercata
Etudes (troisieme livre)
Etude Arc en Ciel (premier Livre)
Etude L'Escalier du Diable (deuxieme livre)

Crawford
Six Bagatelles op 3 (1947)
Sonata No 2 (1951)
Sonata breve (Sonata No 3) (1991)
Saltire Sonata (Sonata No 2) (1990)
Piano Quintet (2005)
Prelude (2011)
Variations for Two Pianos (in preparation)

John White
Sonata no 108 (Reminicenza di tango)

John MacLeod
Two Protest Pieces (1993)

Kenneth Dempster
Vista (2005)

Fabrice Fitch
Wind Up I
Rockabye
Wind Up II

John Hails
EMG2 (2008)

Gerhard Staebler
Ferne/Naehe (III)

Drew Hammond
Strata (for two pianos) 2009
Watershed (for two pianos) 2011

David Thomas Duncan
Two Pianos (2008)

Jane Stanley
Pentimenti (for two pianos) 2011 Piano 2 only

John de Simone
Praeludium (for two pianos) 2011

John Adams
American Berserk (2001)
Hallelujah Junction (for two pianos) 1996 Piano 1 only

Elliott Carter
Two Thoughts about the piano:
Intermittences (2006)
Catenaires (2006)

Concerti

Bach
D minor
A major

Haydn
D major
C major

Mozart
K 413 F major
K 414 A major
K 415 C major
K 451 D major
K 488 A major
K 491 C minor
K 595 Bb major

Beethoven
No 2 Bb major
No 3 C minor
Choral Fantasia

Dvorak
G major op 33 (in preparation)

Liszt
No 1 Eb major

Prokofiev
No 5, G major op 55 (in preparation)

Schumann
Op 54 A minor
Introduction and Allegro, G major

Tchaikovsky
No 1 op 23 Bb minor

Saint-Saens
No 2 op 22 G minor

Stravinsky
Piano and Wind (1924)
Capriccio (1929)

Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue

Shostakovich
No 2 F major

R. Strauss
Burleske op 18

Weber
Konzertstuck op 95 F minor