The piano tribute celebration of the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein has it all: jazz and blues, mentors and pupils, miniatures and variations, pieces for the concert hall, but also for Broadway – above all, dazzling American dance and music. Bernstein’s Anniversaries miniatures will be heard alongside Beethoven’s Bagatelles and Copeland’s Blues alongside Bernstein’s Touches.
– Leonard Bernstein: Anniversaries (excerpts)
– Ludwig van Beethoven: Six Bagatelles, Op. 126
– Leonard Bernstein: Touches: Chorale, Eight Variations, and Coda
– Aaron Copland: Four Piano Blues
– Α.Copland/L.Bernstein: El Salón México
Nikos Laaris piano
