Recent Concerto Performances

Alan Murray, pianist / Studio Hollywood

Recent & Upcoming Concerto Performances

Concerto Performances

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Alan Murray, piano

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Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 1

(Orchestra tba, 2025-26 Season)

. i) Allegro moderato - allegro

. ii) Andante - Allegro (attacca al finale)

. iii) Allegro molto

Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 2

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra / Louis Scaglione (13-Apr-2014)

Audio (official):

. i) Allegro (10:30)

. ii) Adagio - presto - adagio (12:21)

. iii) Allegro molto - presto (6:11)

Video (amateur):

. i) Allegro (10:30)

. ii) Adagio - presto - adagio (12:21)

. iii) Allegro molto - presto (6:11)

Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 3

Performed at the Mozartina Conservatory (Tarrytown, NY)

. i) Allegretto

. ii) Adagio religioso

. iii) Allegro vivace

Beethoven: Choral Fantasia

Westchester Chamber Soloists Inaugural Concert (08-Mar-2020)

(Sarah Lawrence Chamber Choir / Christine Free, Choral Director)

. Choral Fantasia - for Piano, Chorus & Orchestra (19:40)

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1

Westchester Chamber Soloists & Friends (03-Oct-2020)

. i) Allegro con brio

. ii) Largo

. iii) Rondo: Allegro

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 2

Westchester Chamber Soloists & Friends (12-Dec-2020)

. i) Allegro con brio

. ii) Adagio

. iii) Rondo: Molto allegro

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3

Feb 22, 2025 with University of Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Hong, cond.

Last performed: Jan 16, 2021 with WCS Soloists & Friends

. i) Allegro con brio

. ii) Largo

. iii) Rondo: Allegro

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4

March 5, 2023 with Westchester Chamber Soloists (Bernard Tamosaitis, conductor)

Video: Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra / Russell Ger (23-Mar-2019)

Introductory Comments by Maestro Russell Ger (2:00)

. i) Allegro moderato (19:27)

. ii) Andante con moto (4:47)

. iii) Rondo: Vivace (10:21)

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor")

Feb 23, 2025 with Westchester Chamber Soloists / Steven Moshman, cond.

Last performed: Jul 22, 2021 with WCS Soloists & Friends

. i) Allegro

. ii) Adagio un poco mosso (attacca al finale)

. iii) Rondo: Allegro

Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1

Newark Symphony Orchesta (Del.) / Brian Cox (4-Jun-2017)

. i) Maestoso (21:42)

. ii) Adagio (11:30)

. iii) Rondo: Allegro non troppo (12:34)

Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2

Immaculata Symphony / Joseph Gehring (17-Mar-2017)

. i) Allegro non troppo (17:49)

. ii) Allegro appassionato (9:07)

. iii) Andante (10:53)

. iv) Allegretto grazioso (9:38)

Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1

Immaculata Symphony / Joseph Gehring (07-May-2016)

. i) Allegro maestoso (20:14)

. ii) Romanze: Larghetto (10:01)

. iii) Rondo: Vivace (10:15)

Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2

Sinfonietta Vidin / Vera Volchansky (Bulgaria; 15/17-Aug-2018)

. i) Maestoso (14:51)

. ii) Larghetto (9:18)

. iii) Allegro vivace (9:23)

Dvořák - Piano Concerto

Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra / Russell Ger (26-Feb-2022)

Introductory Comments by Maestro Russell Ger (3:37)

. i) Allegro agitato (19:32)

. ii) Andante sostenuto (9:33)

. iii) Finale: Allegro con fuoco (11:54)

Fauré - Fantasie for Piano & Orchestra

Westchester Chamber Soloists, Ovidiu Marinescu (4-Jun-2023)

. Fauré: Fantasie (15:02)

Franck - Symphonic Variations

RiverArts Music Tour (4-June-2016)

prior: Hastings High School Orchestra (1977) / Lawrence Hayden, cond.

Gershwin - Piano Concerto

May 17, 2025 with Westchester Chamber Soloists / Ovidiu Marinescu, cond.

. i) Allegro

. ii) Adagio - andante con moto

. iii) Allegro agitato

Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

RiverArts Music Tour (4-June-2016) / prior: Hudson Valley Symphony

Grieg - Piano Concerto

Westchester Chamber Soloists (3-Dec-2023)

. i) Allegro molto moderato (13:18)

. ii) Adagio (5:50)

. iii) Allegro moderato molto e marcato - quasi presto (11:09)

Liszt - Totentanz

Newark Symphony Orchestra (Del.) / Simeone Tartaglione (07-Jun-2019)

. Totentanz: Variations on Dies Irae (17:05)

Mozart: The Piano Concertos

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. Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major (28:18)

Westchester Chamber Soloists (8-March-2020)

Video: i) Allegro (00:33) ii) Allegretto (13:32) iii) Allegro assai (21:05)

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 1

Feb 18, 2023 / Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra / Russell Ger

Introductory Comments by Maestro Russell Ger (1:50)

. Allegro brioso - andante assai - allegro scherzando (16:53)

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 2

Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra / Russell Ger (01-Feb-2020)

Introductory Comments by Maestro Russell Ger (4:42)

. i) Andantino - allegretto (11:13)

. ii) Scherzo: Vivace (2:59)

. iii) Intermezzo: Allegro moderato (6:30)

. iv) Finale: Allegro tempestoso (11:47)

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3

Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra / Tong Chen (27-Oct-2019)

. i) Andante - Allegro (9:53)

. ii) Tema con variazioni: Andantino (9:33)

. iii) Allegro ma non troppo - Allegro (9:50)

Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Immaculata Symphony / Joseph Gehring (04-May-2019)

. Rhapsody: Introduction, Theme & 24 Variations (25:03)

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 1

February 15, 2025 with Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra / Russell Ger

Last performed: Dec 5, 2021 2-piano version

. i) Vivace

. ii) Andante cantabile

. iii) Allegro vivace

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2

Immaculata Symphony / Joseph Gehring (24-Mar-2018)

. i) Moderato (10:37)

. ii) Adagio sostenuto - più animato - Tempo I (10:23)

. iii) Allegro scherzando (12:20)

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3

Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra / Russell Ger (17-Feb-2024)

(prior performance: West Chester University Symphony / Gary White (05-May-2013))

Introductory Comments by Maestro Russell Ger (2:10)

. i) Allegro ma non tanto (18:56)

. ii) Intermezzo: Adagio (11:18)

. iii) Finale: Alla breve (15:56)

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Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 4

July 10, 2022 2-piano version

. i) Allegro vivace

. ii) Largo

. iii) Allegro vivace

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major

International Musicians Academy / O. Marinescu (Bulgaria, 16-Aug-2019)

. i) Allegramente (9:11)

. ii) Adagio assai (9:13)

. iii) Presto (4:37)

Ravel - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

Newark Symphony Orchestra (Del.) / Simeone Tartaglione (07-Jun-2019)

. Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (19:41)

Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 2

Pro Arte Orchestra of Washington, DC / Dimitar Nikolov (29-Feb-2020)

Video: Sinfonietta Vidin / Ovidiu Marinescu (Bulgaria; 15-Aug-2018)

. i) Andante sostenuto (10:56)

. ii) Allegro scherzando (6:07)

. iii) Presto (7:10)

Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 4

West Chester University Symphony / Ovidiu Marinescu (03-May-2015)

Audio (official):

. i) Allegro moderato - andante (12:12)

. ii) Allegro vivace - andante - allegro (13:38)

Video (amateur):

. i) Allegro moderato - andante (12:12)

. ii) Allegro vivace - andante - allegro (13:38)

Schumann - Piano Concerto

Westchester Chamber Soloists / Ovidiu Marinescu (19-May-2024)

. i) Allegro affetuoso (14:56)

. ii) Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso (5:32)

. iii) Finale: Allegro vivace (11:23)

Scriabin - Piano Concerto

International Musicians Academy Festival Orchestra / Cheung Chau (Bulgaria, 09-Aug-2019)

. i) Allegro (8:42)

. ii) Tema con Variazioni: Andante (9:02)

. iii) Allegro moderato (11:51)

Scriabin - Prometheus: The Poem of Fire

(Orchestra tba, 2025-26 Season)

Strauss - Burleske

Feb 18, 2023 / Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra / Russell Ger

Introductory Remarks by Maestro Russell Ger (2:18)

. Burleske in D minor (21:34)

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1

Hershey Symphony Orchestra / Sandra Dackow (01-May-2016)

. i) Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - con spirito* (20:25)

. ii) Andantino semplice - allegro vivace assai - tempo I (7:05)

. iii) Allegro con fuoco (7:31)

* special note applies re circumstances of this performance; 1st mvt only.