The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 handsThe Spanish Romance was originally written for solo guitar, and was featured in 1952 French film Jeux interdits ("Forbidden Games"). The composer is unknown, although many guitarists dating back to the 1800s have claimed to written it. Piano duet arrangement by Scott Meek, videography by Clare Yuan, and performed by The Meeks Duo.
This arrangement is dedicated to our supporter and sponsor Alistair MacKay, who listed this as one of his favorite pieces. Thank you, Alistair!
I kept the triplet figures and melody in the same part so that there can be freedom in rhythm without worrying about matching the other pianist on every beat. This resulted in some unconventional hand-crossings!
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Spanish Romance (Forbidden Games) (piano 4-hands arr. Scott Meek)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2022-01-06 | The Spanish Romance was originally written for solo guitar, and was featured in 1952 French film Jeux interdits ("Forbidden Games"). The composer is unknown, although many guitarists dating back to the 1800s have claimed to written it. Piano duet arrangement by Scott Meek, videography by Clare Yuan, and performed by The Meeks Duo.
This arrangement is dedicated to our supporter and sponsor Alistair MacKay, who listed this as one of his favorite pieces. Thank you, Alistair!
I kept the triplet figures and melody in the same part so that there can be freedom in rhythm without worrying about matching the other pianist on every beat. This resulted in some unconventional hand-crossings!
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RLa garde montante from Carmen (piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-30 | Arranged for piano duet by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RMarche des contrabandiers from Carmen (piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-30 | The opening movement of Georges Bizet's Carmen Suite no. 2, arranged for piano duet by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RFrom the Start by Laufey (Piano Duet)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-30 | ...Crazy ending of Bizet’s Carmen Suite! #piano #carmen #pianoduetThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-30 | ...(Piano 4-hands) Carmen Suites no. 1 and 2 (complete)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-29 | All movements of Georges Bizet's Carmen Suites no. 1 and 2, arranged for 1 piano, 4-hands (piano duet) by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Capilano University, and Crofton Manor, Vancouver, Canada. September 2024
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RNocturne from Carmen (piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-29 | The most lyrical and expressive movement from Georges Bizet's Carmen Suites, arranged for piano duet by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
Arrangement is based on the full orchestral score, late intermediate difficulty in both parts, including some hand position choreography between parts.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RCarmen Intermezzo (piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-29 | One of the more calm and lyrical movements from Georges Bizet's Carmen Suite, arranged for piano duet by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RSéguedille from Carmen (piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-29 | A charming and seductive movement from Georges Bizet's Carmen Suite, arranged for piano duet by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RChanson du toréador from Carmen (piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-28 | The Toreador's Song from Georges Bizet's Carmen Suite no. 2, arranged for piano duet by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
Arrangement is based on the full orchestral score, early advanced difficulty in both parts, including parallel 6th triplet scales, double notes, chords, and octaves.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RLes toréadors from Carmen (piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-28 | The exciting finale of Bizet's Carmen Suite No. 1, arranged for piano duet by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
Arrangement is based on the full orchestral score, early advanced difficulty in both parts, including some chords and jumps, unison 16-note passages, and octaves.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RCarmen Prelude and Aragonaise (piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-28 | The introduction and exciting opening movement of Georges Bizet's Carmen Suite no. 1, arranged for piano duet by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
Arrangement is based on the full orchestral score, early advanced difficulty in both parts, including some jumps, unison 16-note passages, and octaves.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RDvorak New World Symphony - Happy Birthday mash-up! (Piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-28 | Happy Birthday to Antonín Dvořák (born September 8, 1841)! Here's our birthday tribute to the great Czech composer: the 4th movement of the New World Symphony, transformed into Happy Birthday! Piano duet arrangement by Scott Meek, and performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
The transformation technique used in this arrangement is thanks to an assignment in one of my grad school courses, where the professor, Emile Naoumoff, made each student transform Bach's C major Prelude into a piece of their choice. Advanced difficulty in both parts.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RHabanera from Carmen (piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-26 | One of the most famous movements from Georges Bizet's Carmen Suite, arranged for piano duet by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
Arrangement is based on the full orchestral score, intermediate difficulty in both parts, including some solid octave stretches and broken 10ths in the bass part.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RDanse bohème from Carmen (piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-23 | The final movement from Georges Bizet's Carmen Suite no. 2, arranged for piano duet by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
Arrangement is based on the full orchestral score, early advanced difficulty in both parts for the first half, and more advanced in the last few pages. A great piece to end a program with!
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RRachmaninoff Vocalise (Piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-22 | Piano duet arrangement of Sergei Rachmaninov's Vocalise, originally for soprano and piano. Transcription by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Clare Yuan and Scott Meek) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
This arrangement is based on both the composer's orchestral version and the original voice and piano version. Late intermediate difficulty in both parts.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RProkofiev Dance of the Knights (Piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-22 | Piano duet arrangement of Sergei Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights, or The Montagues and the Capulets from his ballet Romeo and Juliet. Transcription by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Clare Yuan and Scott Meek) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam R(piano duet) Final Fantasy Main ThemeThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-22 | Piano 4-hand arrangement of the Final Fantasy Main Theme by Nobuo Uematsu, arranged by Scott Meek and performed live by The Meeks Duo (Clare Yuan and Scott Meek) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
This arrangement is based on the orchestral performance by the London Symphony from the album The Greatest Video Game Music. Originally from the 1987 Final Fantasy game on the NES, it has been used in most of the games in the series and was also featured at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic games!
Thank you to my classmate Nan for requesting this arrangement!
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam R(Piano duet) Laufey From the StartThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-09-22 | Piano 4-hand arrangement of Laufey's From the Start, arranged by Scott Meek and performed live by The Meeks Duo (Clare Yuan and Scott Meek) at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. September 2024.
This arrangement features the vocal line equally distributed between the primo and secondo parts, and the bossa nova rhythms are recreated in the inner voices. Tricky to put together but lots of fun to play!
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RTchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 - Happy Birthday mash-up! (Piano Duet)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-06-08 | Happy Birthday to Pyotr Tchaikovsky, born May 7, 1840! Piano 4-hand mash-up of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto no. 1 with Happy Birthday, arranged by Scott Meek and performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Vancouver Symphony’s Day of Music event, June 2024.
0:00 1st movement 1:15 2nd movement 2:40 3rd movement
As with all of our mash-ups, this one retains the rhythms and textures of the original pieces, but changes the melodies and harmonies to Happy Birthday. This arrangement technique was inspired by a university class assignment by Prof Emile Naoumoff at Indiana University. Enjoy!
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam RPas de deux from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky (Piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-06-07 | One of Tchaikovsky's most powerful compositions, this movement from The Nutcracker ballet is most often performed on piano in Mikhail Pletnev's solo piano transcription. I wanted to make a piano 4-hand transcription that preserves the thick orchestral texture without being too technically difficult.
Arranged for piano 4-hands by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at the VSO School of Music for the Vancouver Symphony’s Day of Music event, June 2024.
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#tchaikovsky #nutcrackerChariots of Fire (Piano Duet + Cajon!)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-06-05 | Piano 4-hands arrangement of Chariots of Fire, modified to include the Cajón (percussion instrument that is sat on and hit with hands)! Arrangement by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Vancouver Symphony's Day of Music event, June 2024.
I tried to recreate the original by taking advantage of the four-hand texture, which could feature the continuous bass, chordal melody, as well as the decorative synths in the upper register. It was a lot of fun to play!
The cajón was an anniversary gift from Clare, and it was our first time using it in one of our performances! I could only use it in some sections of the music, where the Primo part left hand was not too busy, and notes could be left out.
Dedicated to our supporter Martha Lou Henley, who listed this as one of her favorite songs.
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#chariots_of_fire #vangelis #pianoduo(Piano Duet) Super Mario Bros medleyThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-06-04 | Super Mario Bros (original NES version) main theme, plus underground and a few other short themes, arranged for piano 4-hands by Scott Meek and performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Vancouver Symphony's Day of Music event, 2024. With a few special guest mushrooms and star!
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A big thank you to our supporters of the month! Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life Adam R(Piano Duet) Path of the Wind (風のとおり道) from My Neighbor TotoroThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-06-03 | Path of the Wind (from Ghibli movie My Neighbor Totoro) arranged for piano 4-hands by Scott Meek, and performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at the Vancouver Symphony's Day of Music event, June 2024.
I tried to make this version as close to the original OST track as possible (soundcloud.com/nguyenrom/the-path-of-the-wind-totoro), so it’s quite a bit faster than Joe Hisaishi’s live version and many other covers of it. With 4-hands, we were able to keep the ostinato going throughout the entire piece in the Primo’s right hand, have the countermelodies in the Primo’s left hand, the main melody in the Secondo’s right hand, and bass and drums in the Secondo’s left hand.
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#totoro #joehisaishi #風のとおり道Gershwin I Got Rhythm (Piano duet)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-05-23 | George Gershwin's energetic jazz song and piano solo piece "I Got Rhythm", transcribed for piano 4-hands by Scott Meek, with video editing by Clare Yuan. Performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott and Clare) at the Langley Community Music School, April 2023.
This arrangement is mainly based on Gershwin's solo piano version, with a few octave displacements and doublings to fill out the 4-hand texture, and some additional textures in the second half of the piece. Enjoy!
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#gershwin #pianoduetAutumn Leaves - Classical Mash-up Variations (Piano duet)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-05-21 | Our live performance of our set of variations for piano 4-hands on the popular jazz standard Autumn Leaves ("Feuilles Mortes") by Joseph Kosma, but each variation is Autumn Leaves transformed into on a famous Classical piece!
Arranged for piano 4-hands by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Emerging Alumni Artist concert series at University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, October 2023.
1. Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto (opening and main theme) (0:00) 2. Liszt Liebestraum No. 3 (last section) (1:48) 3. Strauss Blue Danube Waltz (main theme) (2:48) 4. Chopin Revolutionary Etude (3:40) 5. Brahms Hungarian Dance no. 4 (4:50) 6. Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Var. 11 (6:00) and Var. 18 (6:30)
This idea was inspired by an assignment in my Baroque Seminar class at Indiana University, taught by Emil Naoumoff, where each student transformed the Bach C major Prelude from WTC Book 1 into a piece of their choice.
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#mashup #pianoduo #pianoduetPas de deux from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky (Piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-05-16 | One of Tchaikovsky's most powerful compositions, this movement from The Nutcracker ballet is most often performed on piano in Mikhail Pletnev's solo piano transcription. I wanted to make a piano 4-hand transcription that preserves the thick orchestral texture without being too technically difficult.
Arranged for piano 4-hands by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Crofton Manor, Vancouver, Canada. March 2024.
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#tchaikovsky #nutcrackerSakura-Sakura Variations (Piano 4-hands) (Excerpt)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-05-10 | A portion of Sakura-Sakura (さくらさくら) Variations for piano duet, written by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Crofton Manor, Vancouver, May 2024.
The whole piece is around 7 minutes long, with an introduction, theme, and 5 variations: youtu.be/ozDLxRC6cXU. (This live performance had a recurring background noise, so the quiet sections were difficult to listen to in the recording!).
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#sakura #ピアノ連弾 #さくらCruel Angel’s Thesis - Beethoven Pathetique 3rd mvt mashup! (Piano duet)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-05-08 | Cruel Angel’s Thesis - Beethoven Pathetique 3rd mvt mashup! Full performance: youtu.be/kAhj5gq5SBo.
Sheet music for sale at musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0245443(Piano Duet) Chariots of FireThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-05-08 | Piano 4-hand arrangement of the Chariots of Fire theme by Vangelis, from the 1981 movie. Arrangement by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at Crofton Manor, Vancouver, May 2024.
I tried to recreate the original by taking advantage of the four-hand texture, which could feature the continuous bass, chordal melody, as well as the decorative synths in the upper register. It was a lot of fun to play!
Dedicated to our supporter Martha Lou Henley, who listed this as one of her favorite songs.
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#chariots_of_fire #vangelis #pianoduoTchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 - Happy Birthday mash-up! (Piano Duet)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-05-07 | Happy Birthday to Pyotr Tchaikovsky, born May 7, 1840! Piano 4-hand mash-up of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto no. 1 with Happy Birthday, arranged by Scott Meek and performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for a private concert at Crofton Manor, Vancouver, May 2024.
0:00 1st movement 1:15 2nd movement 2:40 3rd movement
As with all of our mash-ups, this one retains the rhythms and textures of the original pieces, but changes the melodies and harmonies to Happy Birthday. This arrangement technique was inspired by a university class assignment by Prof Emile Naoumoff at Indiana University. Enjoy!
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life DP BY Adam R(Piano Duet) Cruel Angels Thesis - Pathétique Sonata mash-upThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-03-12 | A Cruel Angel's Thesis from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, mash-up with Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata! Piano 4-hand arrangement by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Cap Classics recital series at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada, March 2024. World premiere live performance!
Check out our home recording of this piece, with fancy video editing by Clare: youtu.be/-WrR_DObr8U. And also, this video's companion mash-up, Fly Me to the Moon-light Sonata (Fly Me To The Moon was used in the same anime as the ending theme)! youtu.be/cYRp950YEOo.
The C minor key of the iconc anime OP Cruel Angel’s Thesis matches Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata, op. 13, and I thought Beethoven’s broken octave bass would fit the pop sound of Cruel Angel very well, so here is the result of the mash-up!
0:00 1st mvt Intro (I: m. 1-4) 0:29 1st theme, Bridge (I: m. 11-50) 1:06 2nd Theme (I: m. 51-66) 1:22 Codetta (I: m. 101-112, and m. 121-132) 1:50 Transition (I: m. 133-136) 2:15 2nd mvt (II: m. 1-16) 3:20 Transition (II: m. 37-38) 3:43 1st mvt. 1st theme (I: 11-26) 4:00 Codetta (I: m. 101-112) 4:14 3rd mvt Coda (III: m. 189-208)
Some extra notes: - Most of the rhythms and patterns are taken directly from Beethoven, but since the original is for only 2 hands, I added some extra rhythms to fill in the texture. - I got inspired to include some jazz harmonies after watching Fonzi’s take on the song (youtu.be/WE-xUMnlGF0?t=102). - The 2nd theme at 1:06 incorporates the hand crossing and ornaments from Beethoven’s original. - The 2nd movement section puts the verse melody in A-flat major (originally in E-flat) to match Beethoven’s key, and I thought the mood of Beethoven suits the Cruel Angel very well! - I included some of the background chorus in the upper register in the 3:31 section. - The main themes of the 3rd movement were difficult to transform into Cruel Angel, so I only used the coda section, and did a long build up to the end to the climax. - I used Beethoven’s humor with the “fake” quiet ending and sudden fortissimo in the last bar.
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#残酷な天使のテーゼ #acruelangelsthesis #evangelionRachmaninoff Suite no. 2 (arr. piano 4-hands) op. 17The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-03-11 | Suite no. 2 for 2 pianos, op. 17 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, arranged for one piano - 4 hands by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Cap Classics recital series at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada, March 2024 (Introduction and Valse) and November 2022 (Romance and Tarantelle).
This was both a challenge and a lot of fun to arrange and perform! To accommodate the new layout, I sometimes had to move parts up or down an octave. Sometimes, the original registers worked perfectly without any change necessary, and for the most part, I kept each of piano 1 and piano 2 in either the primo or the secondo without needing to switch parts in the middle of a phrase.
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#rachmaninoff #rachmaninov #pianoduetTchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 (arr. piano 4-hands) 2nd movementThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-03-10 | Piano duet transcription of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto, op. 23, 2nd movement. Arranged for one piano - 4 hands by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Cap Classics recital series at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada, March 2024. World premiere performance!
This transcription treats one of Tchaikovsky's masterpieces of virtuoso writing as a piece of chamber music, featuring lots of dialog between the piano solo and orchestra part. To imitate this on one piano, I sometimes had to move one phrase up or down an octave. Other times, the orchestra and piano solo lines blended without any need for register change. Enjoy!
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life DP BY Adam RTchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 (arr. piano 4-hands) 3rd movementThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-03-10 | Piano duet transcription of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto, op. 23, 3rd movement. Arranged for one piano - 4 hands by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Cap Classics recital series at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada, March 2024. World premiere performance!
This transcription treats one of Tchaikovsky's masterpieces of virtuoso writing as a piece of chamber music, featuring lots of dialog between the piano solo and orchestra part. To imitate this on one piano, I sometimes had to move one phrase up or down an octave. Other times, the orchestra and piano solo lines blended without any need for register change. Enjoy!
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life DP BY Adam RRachmaninoff Valse (arr. piano 4-hands) from Suite no. 2, op. 17The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-03-09 | Valse/Waltz from the 2nd Suite for 2 pianos, op. 17 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, arranged for one piano - 4 hands by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Cap Classics recital series at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada, March 2024. World premiere performance!
This was both a challenge and a lot of fun to arrange and perform! To accommodate the new layout, I sometimes had to move parts up or down an octave. Sometimes, the original registers worked perfectly without any change necessary, and for the most part, I kept each of piano 1 and piano 2 in either the primo or the secondo without needing to switch parts in the middle of a phrase.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life DP BY Adam RRachmaninoff Introduction (arr. piano 4-hands) from Suite no. 2, op. 17The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-03-09 | Introduction (Alla Marcia) from the 2nd Suite for 2 pianos, op. 17 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, arranged for one piano - 4 hands by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Cap Classics recital series at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada, March 2024. World premiere performance!
This was both a challenge and a lot of fun to arrange and perform! To accommodate the new layout, I sometimes had to move parts up or down an octave. Sometimes, the original registers worked perfectly without any change necessary, and for the most part, I kept each of piano 1 and piano 2 in either the primo or the secondo without needing to switch parts in the middle of a phrase.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life DP BY Adam RTchaikovsky Pas de deux (Piano 4-hands) from The NutcrackerThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-03-05 | One of Tchaikovsky's most powerful compositions, this movement from The Nutcracker ballet is most often performed on piano in Mikhail Pletnev's solo piano transcription. I wanted to make a piano 4-hand transcription that preserves the thick orchestral texture without being too technically difficult.
Arranged for piano 4-hands by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Cap Classics concert series at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. March 2024.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life DP BY Adam R(Piano Duet) Rito Village (Day) from Zelda Breath of the Wild/Tears of the KingdomThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-03-05 | One of my favorite tracks from the Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom soundtrack, Rito Village (Day), arranged for piano 4-hands by Scott Meek and performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Cap Classics concert series at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. March 2024.
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#totk #botw #zeldaZelda (Piano Duet) Medley Breath of the Wild/Tears of the KingdomThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-03-04 | Featuring Rito Village (Day), Zora’s Domain (Day) and Tarrey Town (Day), arranged for piano 4-hands by Scott Meek and performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Cap Classics concert series at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. March 2024.
0:00 Rito Village 1:50 Zora's Domain 3:40 Tarrey Town
Music by Koji Kondo, Yasuaki Iwata, Kenta Nagata, and Manaka Kataoka
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#totk #botw #zeldaLegend of Ashitaka from Princess Mononoke もののけ姫 (Piano Duet)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-03-03 | One of Joe Hisaishi's masterpieces, Legend of Ashitaka from the 1997 Studio Ghibli Miyazaki film Princess Mononoke, arranged for piano 4-hands by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Cap Classics concert series at Capilano University, North Vancouver, Canada. March 2024.
This is dedicated to our longtime friend and supporter and talented pianist, Mad Piano Life, who told us this is his all time favorite Ghibli track. Check out his channel! youtube.com/@MadPianoLife/.
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#princessmononoke #ghibli #joehisaishiChopin Piano Concerto no. 1, Romanze (Piano 4-hands)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-01-31 | Piano duet transcription of the second movement of Frédéric Chopin's Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 11. This beautiful Larghetto movement features a prominent solo piano part throughout, with the orchestra taking a secondary role, making this arrangement quite suitable for one piano, 4-hands. Only in the final section from 8:06 does the orchestra take over the melody (shifted to a lower octave to accommodate the piano solo part). Enjoy!
Arranged for piano 4-hands by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Emerging Alumni Artist concert series at University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, October 2023.
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#chopinpiano #pianoduet #chopin(Piano 4-hands) Smoke Gets in Your EyesThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-01-30 | Jerome Kern's jazz standard, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, arranged for piano duet by Scott Meek, based on the 2-violin/piano version by violinist Igor Frolov. Performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Emerging Alumni Artist concert series at University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, October 2023.
I played the Frolov 2-violin/piano arrangement many years ago and the arrangement always had a special place in my memory. When our longtime friend Ray told us that Smoke Gets in Your Eyes was his favorite song, we thought that this version would work perfectly as a basis for a piano duet arrangement! When arranging, I kept every note from the original, and added a few things here and there to fit the piano 4-hand texture better.
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life DP BY Adam R(piano duet) Moonlight Sonata / Fly Me to the Moon Mash-Up!The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2024-01-28 | Beethoven’s famous Moonlight Sonata (op. 27 no. 2), all 3 movements, but transformed into the jazz standard Fly Me to the Moon (by Bart Howard)! Arranged for piano 4-hands by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) for the Emerging Alumni Artist concert series at University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, October 2023.
And check out our companion-piece A Cruel Angel’s Thesis Meets a Pathetic Beethoven’s Sonata, since both use Beethoven as a basis and both were used as opening and ending credit songs in the classic anime Neon Genesis Evangelion! youtube.com/watch?v=-WrR_DObr8U
Some notes on the arrangement: A while ago, we got a request from one of our supporters, Paul Birch, to arrange Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata for piano 4 hands, but I couldn’t figure how to make it work. I had always wanted to arrange Fly Me to the Moon, but was held back by my lack of confidence in the jazz language. One day, these two ideas clicked together, and thus was born this arrangement! A jazz song melded into the Classical language!
I have been using this technique of combining and transforming various works for several years now, inspired by an assignment from Professor Emil Naoumoff at Indiana University, in Baroque seminar class, in which students had to transform the Bach Prelude in C from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 into any other piece of their choice.
The 1st movement begins identically to Beethoven’s original, but when the melody enters at 0:25, it suddenly modulates to F minor, since Fly Me to the Moon begins on the 3rd scale degree (Beethoven’s G-sharp melody becomes A-flat). I took various patterns from Beethoven, such as the recurring triplets in the middle voice, dotted rhythm melody, the exchange of treble and tenor melodies (m. 28-31 in Beethoven, 1:22), and the rising broken chords (m. 32-35, 1:37).
The 2nd movement (2:20) retains Beethoven’s articulation and rhythm, but all the harmonies and melodies are transformed. (Trio section at 2:37)
The 3rd movement (2:55) keeps Beethoven’s original rising broken chord pattern (with new harmonies) in the secondo part while the Fly Me to the Moon melody is in the primo. Here are some key moments and the corresponding parts from Beethoven: (3:11) m. 9-14 G-sharp pedal point followed by fermata (3:29) m. 19-32 second theme group with rapid alberti bass pattern in the middle and syncopated octaves in the treble (3:47) m. 33 big chords followed by running passages (listen for Fly Me to the Moon, but at a speed four times faster than before!) (4:00) m. 43-56 staccato chord section (4:24) m. 177 falling and rising arpeggios (4:36) m. 159-166 “recap” and climax (4:57) m. 191-end coda, but now in E major
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#pianomashup #moonlightsonata #flymetothemoonJingle Bells - La Campanella mash-up!The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2023-12-22 | Mash up for piano duet of Jingle Bells and La Campanella by Franz Liszt!
The melodies and harmonies are all based on Jingle Bells, while the textures are based on La Campanella. Arrangement by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at the Silk Purse Arts Centre in West Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 2023.
Sheet music available for purchase at themeeksduo.com/sheet-music-store/p/jinglecampanella.Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (The Christmas Song) (Piano Duet)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2023-12-20 | Piano 4-hand arrangement (by Scott Meek) based on Henry Mancini's 1966 recording, Performed by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) live at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, West Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 2023.
I loved Mancini's version because of the very rich textures and variety in the instrumentation and choral parts. We thought it translated well to piano 4-hands and I look forward to arranging more Mancini Christmas songs in the future!
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life DP BY Adam RBaby Its Cold Outside (Piano Duet)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2023-12-17 | Piano 4-hand arrangement (by Scott Meek) of this Christmas classic, based on Dean Martin's 1959 recording, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, West Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 2023.
This was a really fun duet to write, since the original song features a man and woman having a conversation throughout. Lots of playful rhythms made this really enjoyable to rehearse and perform!
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life DP BY Adam RBeethoven 5th Symphony - Happy Birthday mash-up! (piano duet)The Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2023-12-16 | Here is our tribute to the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven on his birthday (December 16, 1770) - his Symphony no. 5 (parts of all four movements!) transformed into the Happy Birthday song! Arrangement for piano duet by Scott Meek, performed live by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) live at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, West Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 2023.
Scott's notes on the composition: I took several themes from each movement, and made the appropriate changes to harmony and melody to fit Happy Birthday, but kept Beethoven's original rhythm and texture. (We had some fun with minor to major key changes too!) This transformation technique is thanks to an assignment in one of my grad school courses, where the professor, Emile Naoumoff made each student transform Bach's C major Prelude into a piece of their choice.
The first movement begins in major instead of minor, but goes back into minor at the end. The second movement theme main theme didn't work too well with Happy Birthday, so I focused on the second theme, which worked perfectly! The third movement also had a perfectly fitting rhythm for Happy Birthday. The transition to the fourth movement in Beethoven's original was one of the most memorable listening experiences for me as a teenager studying for my music history exam. I remember being so shocked at how strange and mysterious it sounded suddenly, and how this created a perfect set-up for the triumph of the last movement.
0:00 1st movement 1:30 2nd movement 2:55 3rd movement 4:00 4th movement
(The ending chord was inspired by Humoresque by Rodion Shchedrin!)
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Martha Lou Henley Mad Piano Life DP BY Adam R(Piano duet) The Christmas WaltzThe Meeks Duo - Piano 4 hands2023-12-15 | Piano 4-hand arrangement of this charming Christmas song, based on Frank Sinatra's version. Arrangement by Scott Meek, performed by The Meeks Duo (Scott Meek and Clare Yuan) live at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, West Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 2023.
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