Concert program

Music for exceptional moments

Concert programmes for exceptional events

Our programmes

Repertoire

Bedřich Smetana — Má vlast

The complete cycle in Smetana’s own version for piano four hands

Má vlast holds a special place in the repertoire of FourHands. Smetana’s own four-hand version offers a unique perspective on this monumental work — combining orchestral scale and colour with the intimacy and immediacy of two pianists sharing one instrument.

Four Hands, One Orchestra

From opera to symphony — the piano as an orchestra

A programme exploring the extraordinary orchestral possibilities of one piano and four hands. Familiar orchestral works are transformed into an intimate yet powerful piano-duo experience.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Selected Opera Overtures
Ludwig van Beethoven — Egmont Overture
Antonín Dvořák — Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue

 

Fairytales, Poetry & Imagination

Music as a world of stories, dreams and imagination

A journey through different forms of musical fantasy — from childhood and fairy tales to poetry, storytelling and playful imagination.

Maurice Ravel — Ma mère l’Oye
Gabriel Fauré — Dolly, Op. 56
Antonín Dvořák — Poetické nálady (Poetic Tone Pictures), Op. 85 (B161)
Josef Suk — Pohádka (Fairy Tale) suite, op. 16
Igor Stravinsky — Trois pièces faciles

 

Dance Through Time

From folk dance to tango

A programme exploring rhythm, movement and the transformation of dance across different musical cultures and periods.

Antonín Dvořák — Slavonic Dances
Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dances
Edvard Grieg — Norwegian Dances
Astor Piazzolla — Libertango and selected tangos

 

The Magic of Ballet

The ballet without the dancers

What happens when the dancers disappear and the entire ballet lives inside one piano?

A programme bringing the atmosphere, drama and colour of the ballet stage into the intimate world of piano four hands.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Swan Lake
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Sleeping Beauty
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Nutcracker

 

From Buenos Aires to New York

Between tango, jazz and the rhythms of the 20th century

A vibrant journey connecting the passionate world of Argentine tango with the energy and colours of American jazz and musical theatre.

Astor Piazzolla — Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla — 1930
Astor Piazzolla — The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue
Leonard Bernstein — West Side Story, selected numbers
Darius Milhaud — Scaramouche (for two pianos)



 

Programme Adaptation

Our programmes can be adapted to the character of each festival or concert. Selected solo piano works can also be incorporated where they complement the artistic concept, allowing us to create a programme tailored to a particular event or audience.

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