Nicholas Ashton

NICHOLAS ASHTON

Repertoire

Chamber

J S Bach
six flute sonatas

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
Introduction and Rondo, Eb major, two pianos
K 497 F major sonata, piano duet
K 501 G major theme and variations piano duet
K 521 C major sonata, piano duet

Weber
Gran Duo, clarinet, piano

Beethoven
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 C major cello sonata


Mendelssohn
Op 47 D minor piano trio

Chopin
Rondo, op 3, C major, two pianos

Schumann
Op 44 Eb piano quintet
Frauenliebe und Leben, mezzo sop, piano
Fantasiestucke op 73, clarinet, piano
Stucke 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
Op 120b Eb major clarinet sonata
Op 56b Variations two pianos (St Anthony Chorale/Haydn)
Op 91 Two songs, mezzo sop, viola piano

Dvorak
Piano Quintet A major, op 81

Elgar
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)

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)

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

Ravel
Sonata, violin, piano
Ma mere l’oye (piano duet)

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

Milhaud
Trio, clarinet, violin, piano

Poulenc
Sonata, flute, piano
Sonata, clarinet, piano
Sonata, oboe, piano
Sonata, two pianos/piano duet

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

F. Couperin
Chaconne “la favorite”

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

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: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 333, Bb major
Sonata K 576, D major
Rondo K 511, A 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+ major
Sonata op 90, E minor
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
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
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
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

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
Clair de lune
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)

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
Sonata, Two Pianos (1944)
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
Sonata no 9, C major

Copland
Variations (1930)
Midsummer Nocturne
Midday Thoughts

Ligeti
Musica Ricercata
Etudes (troisieme 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)
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

John de Simone
Praeludium (for two pianos) 2011


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

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



Concerti

Bach
D minor
A major

Haydn
D major
C major

Mozart
K 414 A major
K 415 C 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
Konzertstueck F minor