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Sample Programs

All-Gershwin
        Short Story
        Three Piano Preludes (arr. Heifetz) 
        Selections from Porgy and Bess (arr. Heifetz)
        Excerpts from An American in Paris (arr. Heifetz)
        Girl Crazy Suite (arr. E. Stern)

Leonard Bernstein: Chamber Music
        Clarinet Sonata (arr. W. Terwilliger)
        Violin Sonata 
        Piano Trio
        Two House Songs (arr. E. Stern)
        Four Moments from Candide (arr. E. Stern)
The third movement of Eric Stern's transcription Four Moments from Candide, from Leonard Bernstein's 1956 operetta. Commissioned and performed by Opus Two, at New York's (le) Poisson Rouge, November 2010, for a CD release concert for Naxos.

Opus Two © Photo by J. Henry Fair
Opus Two © Photo by J. Henry Fair
The Complete Works for Violin and Piano by Aaron Copland
      Two Preludes (1919-21, unpublished)
        Sonata for Violin and Piano (1943)
        Nocturne & Ukelele Serenade (1926)
        Duo for Violin and Piano (1977)
        Waltz & Celebration from Billy the Kid (1950)
        Hoe-Down from Rodeo (1946)

Paul Schoenfield: Chamber Music
        Four Souvenirs: Samba, Tango, Tin-Pan Alley, Square Dance
        Partita: Overture, Minuet, Rondeau, Prelude, Fughetta, Nigun, Sinfonia
        Three Country Fiddle Pieces: Who Let the Cat Out? Pining for Betsy, En Ciudad Juarez
        Café Music [trio with cello]

All-Beethoven
        Sonata in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3
        Sonata in F Major (“Spring”), Op. 24
        Sonata in G Major, Op. 96

Vive la France!
        Claude Debussy Sonata
        Maurice Ravel Sonata
        Gabriel Fauré Sonata

¡Celebración Latina!
        Joaquín Turina Sonata
        Maurice Ravel Alborada del Gracioso
        Alberto Ginastera Danzas Argentinas
        Isaac Albéniz Rondeña & Triana (from Iberia)
        Manuel de Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole
        Luis González Wanderer’s Songs
        Astor Piazzolla Tanguano
        Paul Schoenfield Samba & Tango (from Four Souvenirs)

Lowell Liebermann: Chamber Music
        Trio No. 1 [with cello]
        Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet
        Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano
        Trio No. 2 [with cello]

Orchestral Repertoire
  • Beethoven                 “Triple” Concerto for Violin, Piano, Cello, and Orchestra, Op. 56
  • Chausson                   Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op. 21
  • Haydn                         Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Orchestra
  • Liebermann              Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet
  • Mendelssohn           Concerto for Violin, Piano, and [Full or String] Orchestra

William Terwilliger and Andrew Cooperstock are also available to perform solo concertos. 

Opus Two, with the addition of other artists, also perform works for larger ensembles (piano trios, piano quartets, piano quintets, etc.). 

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