Czech/Russian late Romantic era composer Ladislas (Vladislav) Aloïz (1860-1918) is one who deserves more recognition!
Aloïz's Barcarolle for solo piano (from op. 41) was arranged for piano duet for us by French pianist/composer Jean-Charles Bourquin (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3fOMq1xf3IVTzOOKRuxfvg/).
We performed the piece in a world premiere live at the Kay Meek Centre in West Vancouver, Canada, in September 2021.
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Franz Liszt's famous Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, arranged for piano four-hands by Liszt himself, performed by The Meeks Duo.
Scott Meek, primo
Clare Yuan, secondo
This score was found by the Markham and Broadway piano duo members Ralph Markham and Ken Broadway, at the British Museum in London. It is a very rare arrangement, and deserves to be played more often!
From our thirteenth live streaming event, Cartoons, in our Stay at Home with The Meeks concert series! To promote staying at home, and to uplift your spirits through live music, we'll be streaming concerts from our home in Vancouver, Canada every week.
Cartoons featured in slides are Rhapsody Rabbit and Cat Concerto, both from the 1940s.
Recorded live on June 21, 2020.
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Gioachino Rossini's Overture to his opera "The Barber of Seville", arranged for piano four-hands by Arnold Schoenberg (of the Second Viennese School!), performed by The Meeks Duo. It was used in the 1950 Bugs Bunny cartoon, The Rabbit of Seville.
Scott Meek, primo
Clare Yuan, secondo
From our thirteenth live streaming event, Cartoons, in our Stay at Home with The Meeks concert series! To promote staying at home, and to uplift your spirits through live music, we'll be streaming concerts from our home in Vancouver, Canada every week.
Recorded live on June 21, 2020.
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Piano duet transcription of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto, op. 23, 3rd movement. Arranged for one piano - 4 hands by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Cap Classics recital series at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada, March 2024. World premiere performance!
Score available at https://www.themeeksduo.com/sheet-music-store/p/piano-concerto-no-1-3rd-movement-by-pyotr-tchaikovsky
2nd movement score: https://www.themeeksduo.com/sheet-music-store/p/tchaikovsky-piano-concerto-no-1-2nd-movement
2nd movement performance: https://youtu.be/6KCDm00y_as
This transcription treats one of Tchaikovsky's masterpieces of virtuoso writing as a piece of chamber music, featuring lots of dialog between the piano solo and orchestra part. To imitate this on one piano, I sometimes had to move one phrase up or down an octave. Other times, the orchestra and piano solo lines blended without any need for register change. Enjoy!
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This piano 4 hand arrangement of Liszt's famous Liebestraum no. 3 is a transformation of the original work rather than a literal transcription for piano duet. I added an introduction based on the F F G Ab C portion of the melody. The main theme begins at 0:49. All of the melody pitches and rhythms are the same as the original, but the harmonies, accompaniment patterns and bass lines were sometimes modified.
Arranged by Scott Meek (2019), performed by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan).
(Dedicated to my beautiful wife Clare!)
Sheet music available at: https://www.themeeksduo.com/sheet-music-store/p/liiebestraum-no-3-by-franz-liszt
Score-video: https://youtu.be/1sXlKamhmLc.
Performed live in recital at Tapestry Senior Living, February 2019, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Frédéric Chopin's Polonaise in A major, op. 40 no. 1, nicknamed the "Military", arranged for piano four hands by August Horn, performed by The Meeks Duo. Enjoy!
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Scott Meek, primo
Clare Yuan, secondo
From our 20th live streaming event, Chopin, in our Stay at Home with The Meeks concert series! To promote staying at home, and to uplift your spirits through live music, we streamed concerts from our home in Vancouver, Canada every week. Resuming soon!
Recorded live on August 2, 2020.
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We have come up with a new 8-hand arrangement of Rush E, featuring the protagonist ProLitening (new channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXeJ0gbZJwL7S0HNfrnBCww), the villain @Fanchen, and the villain’s mentors The Meeks Duo!
This version has a twist - you’ll hear bits of Beethoven’s Fur Elise throughout!
RUSH E-lise!!!
Original Rush E by Andrew Wrangell from @Sheet Music Boss (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qskm9MTz2V4)
8-hand arrangement and Fur Elise concept by Scott Meek.
See the backstory on @penguinz0 's channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSAi-olfck
ProLitening's original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--yeOvJGZQk
Fanchen's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on4IoQ2MQ7M
Our 4-hand version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X4RqTn5Y_4
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Our encore from a recital at Silk Purse Arts Centre, West Vancouver, Canada. February 2018.
Music composed by Justin Hurwitz.
Arranged by ?? (my student brought me this arrangement, found on the internet, but with no arranger's name. Please contact us if you know the arranger!)
Scott Meek, primo
Clare Yuan, secondo
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Dance of the Reed Flutes (Mirlitons) the Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, arranged for piano 4-hands by Scott Meek, and performed by The Meeks Duo.
Score available for purchase: https://www.themeeksduo.com/sheet-music-store/p/dance-of-the-reed-flutes-from-the-nutcracker-by-tchaikovsky
Full Nutcracker Suite (8 movements,) score: https://www.themeeksduo.com/sheet-music-store/p/nutcrackersuite
A few years ago, we learned and performed the Eduard Langer (1835-1905) 4-hand transcription, which seemed to be the only existing faithful adaptation of Tchaikovsky's original orchestral version. However, the writing in Langer's version was often frustratingly difficult and inconsistent, so I decided to commit to arranging the whole suite in a more pianistic way, resulting in a version that requires less practice while retaining the full orchestral sound!
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