APR 1 | 7:30pm | Lifelong friends, colleagues, and multi-talented musicians Nico Rhodes and Patrick Courtin were shocked and appalled by their realization that piano just isn’t cool anymore. This set off a quest to redeem the keyboard and reinstate its reputation as the greatest instrument of ALL TIME!
Armed with the music of the greatest composers, songwriters, and performers of the past 300 years, and the technology of the 21st century – Nico and Patrick deliver everything from classical piano raptures and bombastic boogie woogie to romantic piano ballads and 80’s keyboard synth as they battle it out in their show Piano Heist! What ensues is a mishmash of theatrical wonder, comedy, audience participation, heartfelt stories, a pinch of history, and a world of musical madness.
Thank you to Kate Merry for sponsoring this performance.
ACT ONE
BACH TO THE BEGINNING
Minuet in G major – J.S. Bach
Goldberg Variations No.1 – J.S. Bach
Toccata and Fugue – J.S. Bach
Phantom of the Opera – A.L. Webber
Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles
In the Hall of the Mountain King – Edvard Grieg
Imperial March – John Williams
Habanera (Carmen) – Georges Bizet
Jurassic Park – John Williams
Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
Hockey Night in Canada – Dolores Claman
DJ LUDWIG
Sonata No.16 in C Major – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Für Elise – Ludwig van Beethoven
Fantasie Impromptu – Frédéric Chopin
Gymnopedies –Erik Satie
Hungarian Dance n.6 – Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in Blue – Georges Gershwin
Hungarian Rhapsody n.2 – Franz Liszt
TWO NIGHTS WITH CHOPIN
Nocturne No.2 in Eb – Frédéric Chopin
Freddie’s Rag – Rhodes/Chopin
AND ALL THAT JAZZ!
Sing, Sing, Sing – Benny Goodman
Moondance – Van Morrison
I don’t mean anything – Duke Ellington
Blue Rondo a la Turk – Brubeck
Land of the Misty Giants – Oscar Peterson
A Date with An Improvisation – Nico Rhodes
SO, YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE?
Tico Tico – Zequinha de Abreu
INTERMISSION
ACT TWO
FRIGHT OF THE BUMBLE BEE
If I Only Had a Brain – Arlen
Bumble Bee Boogie – Korsakov/Rhodes
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
CHEERS TO THE PIANO PEOPLE
Great balls of fire – Otis Blackwell/Jack Hammer
What’d I Say – Ray Charles
Green onions – Booker T and the MG’S
House of the Rising Sun – Georgia Turner/Bert Martin
Light my fire – The Doors
Hey Jude – The Beatles
Tiny Dancer – Elton John
Crocodile Rock- Elton John
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Popcorn – Gershon Kingsley
Money – Abba
The final countdown – Europe
THE BETRAYAL
Claire the Lonely – Claude Debussy
Je vais Survivre – Freddie Perren & Dino Fekaris
SALOON BATTLE aka HOEDOWN ALLA TURCA
Rondo Alla Turca – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
RHAPSODIC REUNION
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
REVENGE OF THE GUITAR
Guitar battle – Nico Rhodes
Ode to Joy – Ludwig van Beethoven
KEYS ARE THE CHAMPIONS
We are the Champions – Queen
