Piano Mallets

Instrumentalists:
Piano: Boris Ritter / Eva-Maria Rieckert / Prof. Harald Lierhammer / Holger Engel
Mallets: Roland Härdtner

Programme:
The cooperation as a duo so far of Roland Härdtner and Boris Ritter is topped off by the programme “Piano Mallets”, newly created in 2012. The matured, almost blind musical understanding of this two exceptional musicians leads to 15 excitingly arranged cross-over titles, which bear some surprises. For more Information click here.

Piano Mallets is also the name of a programme previously arranged by Roland Härdtner. This programme contains an alternating cast for the piano and is also very demanding for both protagonists in the solo parts. Besides works taken from all mallet programmes that are played together the piano players are brought to bear with their solo parts. Roland Härdner was able to engage as a partner Eva-Maria Rieckert, a concert pianist of an outstanding excellence. She passed her concert exam at the legendary Tschaikowsky Conservatory with distinction and is award winner of numerous international piano contests.She participated in concert tours leading through a lot of European countries, to South America and to Russia. Prof. Harald Lierhammer and Holger Engel, both experienced pianists in jazz alsoas for a classical repertoire, are great solo performers and a great accompaniment for Mr. Härdtner' s mallet instruments. Therefore it is possible to engage with „Piano Mallets“ a interesting and rarely heard combination of instruments. This programme is especially suitable for chamber music series, matinées, soirées, vernissages, etc..

Listen to a demo or buy the CD Piano Mallets here !

Press reviews:

Works (selection):

  • Arturo Márquez: Danzón No.2
  • Ney Rosauro: Concerto for Marimba No.1
  • Ney Rosauro: The Journey & Finale from the Serenata, op. 40.2
  • George Gershwin: S’Wonderful
  • Michel Camilo: Caribe
  • Michel Camilo: Suntan
  • Chick Corea: Armando’s Rhumba
  • Chick Corea: Spain
  • Dave Grusin: Mountain Dance
  • Dave Grusin: On Golden Pond
  • Darius Milhaud: Concerto pour Marimba, Vibraphone
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Aquarium from Karneval der Tiere
  • Gabriel Fauré.: Berceuse from the Suite Dolly
  • Auguste Durand: Spanischer Walzer
  • Johannes Brahms: Paganini-Variationen, op.35
  • Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5
  • Vittorio Monti: Csárdás
  • Aram Khatchaturian: Säbeltanz from the Ballet Gajaneh
  • Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow: Hummelflug from the Opera Zar Saltan
  • Georges Bizet: Carmen-Suite
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Alla turca from the Piano Sonata Nr.12 A-Dur KV 331
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin Nr.1 a-Moll BWV 1041
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto F-Dur BWV 971
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Ouverture Nr.2 h-Moll BWV 1067
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Choral Befiehl du deine Wege BWV 244
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Choral Jesus bleibet meine Freude BWV 147
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Choral Der Leib zwar in der Erden BWV 161
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Allegro from the Sonata C-Dur BWV 1033
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Air from the Ouverture D-Dur BWV 1068
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Siciliano from the Sonata G-Dur BWV 1031
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Inventionen Nr.1 & Nr.13 BWV 772 & 784
  • Georg Friedrich Händel: Sonata for Violin Nr.3 F-Dur
  • Wofgang Schlüter: Ronjas Tanz
  • Leo Weiner: Mathis' Tanz