Example of a Gigging Set-List For A Pianist: Cafe Luna, January 27, 2006

Here is an example of how a gigging pianist becomes versatile at a venue, playing a variety of songs from the classical, pop, and jazz genres. These days, sometimes you have to get yourself out of the box to survive in the tough world of making money through music.

The set list I did for Cafe Luna in Beverly (which has now turned into a pizzeria, and not a coffeehouse anymore), was a great example on how you can spread out your planned pieces for a great approval for those who listen to your performance.

SET 1

Consolation no. 3 in D-flat Major (Liszt)

Impromptu in A-flat minor, op. 90 (Schubert)

Fantasy-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, op. 35 (Chopin)

Nocturne in Bb minor, op. 9, no. 1 (Chopin)

Nocturne in E-flat major, op. 9, no. 2 (Chopin)

Mazurka in C-sharp minor, op. 30, no. 4 (Chopin)

Sonnet no. 104 from Petrarch (Chopin)

Air on the G String (Bach)

Mozart, "Rondo alla Turca" from Sonata no. 11 (Mozart)

Mascarade Waltz  by Aram Khachaturian, arr. by Alexander Dolukhanian

Buciemeana, or "Dance of Butschum"--Romanian Folk Dance no. 4 (Bartok)

Gymnopedie no. 1 (Satie)

Il canzone, based on the transcription of "Nessun maggior dolore" from Rossini's

     opera, Otello (arr. by F. Liszt)

SET 2

Prelude no. 1 (Gershwin)

Prelude no. 2, "Blues" (Gershwin)

Prelude no. 3 (Gershwin)

Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin)

Intermezzo from "Faschingsswank aus Wien" (Schumann)

Romance from "Fashchingsswank aus Wien" (Schumann)

Polichinelle (Rachmaninov)

Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninov)

Sabre Dance (Khachaturian), arr. by Henry Levine

Nocturne in F minor, op. 55, no. 1 (Chopin)

Waltz in C-sharp minor, op. 39, no. 7 (Brahms)

Waltz in D minor, op. 39, no. 9 (Brahms)

Waltz in Ab major, op. 39, no. 15 (Brahms)

Waltz in B major, op. 39, no. 1 (Brahms)

SET 3

Composed-out improvisations

"So Happy Together" (The Turtles)

"Can't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington)

"Summertime" from "Porgy and Bess" (Gershwin)

"Shall We Dance", from The King and I

"Children Won't Listen, from Into The Woods (Sondheim)

"Memory" from Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber)

Fantasy on "I Got Rhythm", from Crazy For You (Gershwin)

"My Favorite Things," from The Sound of Music

"Luck Be A Lady Tonight" from Guys and Dolls