Piano Works by Gregory Theisen

Samples of my solo piano works.  
Original short compositions and classical performance pieces. 

Original Short Piano Compositions:

Scenes from Istanbul

Here is a piece I wrote the summer of 2016 called "Scenes from Istanbul. 
I am so thrilled that my friends and amazing pianists Pinar Basgove and Susana Pinto will be performing  the piece at Antonello Hall, MacPhail Center for Music in fall 2017. 

(* Image = Siege of Temesvár,1552 )
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Busking On The Mall 

While strolling down the mall, you will hear the busyness of the city from the street vendors waving discounts as fast as shoppers seeking them, the preachers pounding the book of Revelations, the beboppers lamenting lost loves, the fiddler players spreading joy while the african drummers beat on their plastic pails in loud pursuit of something that nobody is certain of.  All in all it is an exciting peregrination.

Reverie

Reverie is part of a collection of teaching pieces that I am writing. It's sort of a nod to Tchaikovsky’s Album For the Young

Painting On A Summer Day

Original composition - included in the album "Gentle Sonnets".

O-hashi (おはし = Chocpsticks)

O-hashi =  chock sticks.

Farewell

Original composition - included in the album "Gentle Sonnets".

Für Release

Adaptation of  "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven, much influenced by the jazz styling of Jelly Roll Morton.  This piece is listed in the MMTA syllabus of contest materials level 11. Dedicated to my mentor & friend, Dr. Paul Wirth. 

Amazing Grace

My arrangement of "Amazing Grace" 

Classical Performances - Chopin:

Mazurka #13 In A Minor, Op. 17_4 1,  Frederic Chopin

This performance is included in the Album "An Evening With Chopin" released from Lifescapes Classical Music series, Compass Productions.

Impromptu #4 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 66,  Frederic Chopin

This performance is included in the Album "An Evening With Chopin" released from Lifescapes Classical Music series, Compass Productions.

Nocturne #20 In C Sharp Minor, Op. Posth 72_2 1,  Frederic Chopin

This performance is included in the Album "Chopin's Nocturne" released from Lifescapes Classical Music series, Compass Productions.

Wiosna,  Frederic Chopin

This performance is included in the Album "An Evening with Chopin" released from Lifescapes Classical Music series, Compass Productions..