Richard Wernick's Piano Concerto

Solo piano works have been written for Lambert Orkis by Richard Wernick, George Crumb, James Primosch, and Maurice Wright. Crumb's A Little Suite for Christmas, is fast becoming a part of pianists' standard repertoire. Richard Wernick's Piano Concerto was premiered at the Kennedy Center and in Carnegie Hall with The National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich conducting, and was subsequently given a Friedheim Award. Orkis gave its European premiere with Het Residentie Orkest of The Hague, The Netherlands with the composer conducting.

"Playing the music of the 20th century has allowed me the opportunity to experience a dazzling array of sonic possibilities. Working with living composers and bringing newly created or unfamiliar modern works to life gives me great joy."

Lambert Orkis

"Orkis is all over the piano, inside and out, contriving a performance of absorbing consequentiality and grace."

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Modern Music Performance List

The following list contains a selection of performances including premieres and recordings as soloist, in collaboration with other distinguished musicians, and as a member of The 20th Century Consort (Christopher Kendall, director), The Penn Contemporary Players, and The National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC.

Key:

World Premiere	Recording scheduled for future release
Premiere Recording	In preparation for future performance
Recording	Documentary Film


Stephen Albert		Symphony RiverRun (Pulitzer Prize) [for orchestra]
		To Wake the Dead
		Treestone

Paul Bowles		Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Winds

Michel Camilo		Tango for Ten

John Corigliano		Of Rage and Remembrance (Grammy Award) [for orchestra]

George Crumb		A Little Suite for Christmas
		Celestial Mechanics
		Four Nocturnes
		Makrokosmos Vol. 1
		Music for a Summer Evening
		Vox Balaenae

Sebastian Currier		Aftersong Clockwork

Mario Davidovsky		Synchronisms #6

John Deak		Greetings from 1984

Norman Dello Joio		Variations and Cappricio

Stephen Dembski		The Show

William Doppmann		Spring Songs

Lukas Foss		Time Cycle

Charles Ives		"Concord" Sonata

Karl Kohn		Prophet Bird II

Robert Hall Lewis		Combinazioni I

Witold Lutoslawski		Lullaby for Anne-Sophie Partita

Jean Martinon		Duo, Musique en forme de Sonate

Oliver Messiaen		Poèmes pour mi Quartet for the End of Time

Robert Morgan		Trio

Dexter Morrill		Fantasy Quintet

Krzysztof Penderecki		Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano

William Penn		Fantasy
		Five Glasses of Absinthe

Astor Piazzolla		The Grand Tango

André Previn		Tango, Song and Dance

James Primosch		Apparition
		(See Keys to the Future for upcoming new work)

Shulamit Ran		Apprehensions
		Three Fantasy Pieces

George Rochberg		Electrikaleiodoscope

Peter Schickele		Monochrome VI: Music for a Summer's Day

Allan Schindler		Take Me Places

Alfred Schnittke		Epilogue
		Musica Nostalgica

Paul Schoenfield		Three Country Fiddle Pieces

Joseph Schwantner		Elixir
		Sparrows

Ralph Shapey		Songs
		Three Sonatas for Violin and Piano

Joan Tower		Amazon
		Black Topaz

Anton Webern		Four Pieces, Op. 7

Richard Wernick		A Poison Tree
		Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (Friedheim Award)
		Contemplations of the Tenth Muse, Book II
		Sonata for Piano (Reflections of a Dark Light)
		(See Keys to the Future for upcoming new work)

Maurice Wright		Chamber Symphony
		Holding Together

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