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Concert programs

In retro style

The program includes popular melodies of the beginning and the middle of the 20th century, dance music arranged for marimba.

Here are some pieces from this program:

  • Rodriguez. Tango "La Cumparsita"
  • Velazquez. "Besame Mucho"
  • Gade. Tango "Jalousie"
  • Fossen. "Carousel"
  • Abreu. "Tiko-Tiko"
  • Ivanovici. Waltz “Danube Waves”
  • Colombo. Waltz "Indifference"
  • Songs from the repertoire of E. Piaf
  • Songs from the repertoire of F. Sinatra
  • Songs from the repertoire of D. Day

Latin wind

The program includes classic and contemporary pieces by Spanish and South American composers arranged for marimba:

  • Sarasate. "Jota Aragonese"
  • Sarasate. "Andalusian romance"
  • Villa – Lobos. "Bachiana Brasileira N 5"
  • De Falla. “Spanish dance” from ballet “The Bewitched Love”
  • Piazzolla. "Libertango"
  • Piazolla. Tango “Marron y Azul”
  • Irradier. "The Dove"
  • Jobim. "Desafinado"
  • Dance music in Latino style:
  • Tango, Samba, Rumba, Cha Cha
  • Popular songs in Latino style:
  •  "La Ultima Noche", "Moliendo Café", etc.
  • Bonfa. Music from the film "Black Orpheus"

    Musical spectacles

    The program includes music from operettas and musicals arranged for marimba:

    • Lehar. "The Merry Widow"
    • Lehar. "Juditha"
    • Kalman. "Die Bajadere"
    • Kalman "The Violet of Montmartre"
    • Kalman. Die Csárdásfürstin.
    • Low. "My Beautiful Lady"
    • Rogers. "The Sounds of Music"
    • Webber. "Cats"
    • Webber. "Evita"
    • Herman. "Hello, Dolly!"
    • Kern. "Roberta"

    From Bach to the present

    Popular classical music arranged for marimba program.

    Here is a far from complete list of works from this program:

    • Bach. 1st part of a violin concerto in A minor
    • Bizet. Some "Carmen" excerpts
    • Liszt. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
    • Paganini. "La Campanella"
    • Saint-Saëns. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
    • Bazzini. La Ronde des Lutins (Dance of the Goblins)
    • Rossini. The Overture from "The Barber of Seville"
    • Mozart. The Overture from "The Marriage of Figaro"
    • Strauss. Waltzes, polkas.
    • Brahms. Hungarian Dances.
    • Khachaturian. Sabre Dance
    • Rimsky Korsakov. Flight of the Bumblebee
    • Monti. Czardas
    • Diniku. Chora Staccato
    • Diniku. March Round Dance