KSS31 Three Pastiches for piano

Piece details

Written for: Piano
Date composed: 1922
Dedicatee: Christopher à-Becket Williams (iii only)
Approximate duration (minutes): 13
Manuscript pages: 17
Manuscript location: Private collection
Comments: The three pastiches are:
- i Valse in D flat major, op.64, no.1 (Chopin);
- ii Habanera from Carmen (Bizet);
- iii Song of the Hindu Merchant, from Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov).

Editions available from the Sorabji Archive

Critical edition (Marc-André Roberge), A4P. 32+50 pages.
Price: £23 (paper), £10 (pdf)
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Copyist’s manuscript (i only), A3P. 7 pages.
Price: £15 (paper), £10 (pdf)
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Manuscript, A3P. 17 pages.
Price: £15 (paper), £10 (pdf)
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Recordings

Michael Habermann (piano),
Musical Heritage Society/MusicMasters MHS4271L (LP), MHC6271M (Cassette), MM20015 (LP), MM60015 (CD) (November 1980)
Track 6 Pastiche on the Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen (4:38)

Michael Habermann (piano),
Musical Heritage Society/MusicMasters MHS4811Y (LP), MHC6811Z (Cassette), MM20019 (LP), MM60019 (CD) (November 1982)
Track 2 Pastiche on Hindu Merchant’s Song from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko (4:05)
Track 4 Pastiche on Chopin’s Waltz op.64 no.1 (4:13)

Michael Habermann (piano),
ASV ZC AMM159 (Cassette), CD AMM159 (CD) (1988)
Track 6 Pastiche on Hindu Merchant’s Song from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko (4:05)
Track 7 Pastiche on Chopin’s Waltz op.64 no.1 (4:13)

Carlo Grante (piano),
Altarus Records AIR-CD9098 (1994)
Track 2 Pastiche on the Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen (6:48)

Marc-André Hamelin (piano),
Hyperion Records CDA67050 (1998)
Track 16 Pastiche on Hindu Merchant’s Song from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko (4:05)

Fredrik Ullén (piano),
BIS Records BIS-CD-1083 (2000)
Track 10 Pastiche on Chopin’s Waltz op.64 no.1 (4:44)

Michael Habermann (piano),
British Music Society BMS427-429 (3CDs) (2004)
Track 6 Pastiche on the Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen (4:38)
Track 5 Pastiche on Hindu Merchant’s Song from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko (4:05)
Track 7 Pastiche on Chopin’s Waltz op.64 no.1 (4:13)

Michael Habermann (piano),
Naxos 8.571363-65 (2015)
Track 6 Pastiche on the Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen (4:38)
Track 5 Pastiche on Hindu Merchant’s Song from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko (4:05)
Track 7 Pastiche on Chopin’s Waltz op.64 no.1 (4:13)

Eiji Nishimura (piano),
JNCD1019 (2017)
Track 10 Pastiche on the Hindu Merchant's Song from "Sadko" by Rimsky-Korsakov (4:19)

Performances

19/03/1973 Neely Bruce (piano) [i]
Smith Music Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana IL, USA
Phoenix ’73: New Music for Keyboard
11/05/1975 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Christ Church Parish Hall, Oyster Bay NY, USA
20/06/1975 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Nassau Conservatory of Music, Rockville Center NY, USA
Student Recital
01/07/1975 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Westbury Library, Westbury NY, USA
12/03/1976 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Quealy Hall, Molloy College, Rockville Center NY, USA
21/03/1976 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Bryant Library, Roslyn NY, USA
27/04/1976 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Westbury Library, Westbury NY, USA
03/05/1976 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Music Building, Nassau Community College, Garden City NY, USA
Lecture-recital
10/05/1976 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Music Building, Nassau Community College, Garden City NY, USA
Lecture-recital
08/02/1977 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Great Hall, Post College, Greenvale NY, USA
Student Recital
03/04/1977 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Great Neck House, Great Neck NY, USA
17/04/1977 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Quealy Hall, Molloy College, Rockville Center NY, USA
24/04/1977 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
South Branch Public College Library, Farmingdale NY, USA
22/05/1977 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York NY, USA
13/11/1977 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Merrick Library, Merrick NY, USA
18/11/1977 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
St Joseph’s College, Brentwood NY, USA
Guest Classroom Presentation
22/11/1977 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Great Hall, Post College, Greenvale NY, USA
Student Recital
19/09/1978 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Great Hall, Post College, Greenvale NY, USA
27/09/1978 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Music Building, Nassau Community College, Garden City NY, USA
06/10/1978 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Midland Center for the Arts, Midland MI, USA
American Liszt Society Festival
30/10/1978 Yonty Solomon (piano) [i]
Dolman Theatre, Newport, Wales
Newport Music Club
19/05/1979 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
NY Great Hall, Post College, Greenvale, USA
20/05/1979 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
South Huntington Library, South Huntington NY, USA
09/08/1979 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA
International Piano Festival: Lecture-recital
19/11/1979 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Talmadge Hall, Hollins College, Roanoke VA, USA
16/12/1979 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Vogt Theater, Bloomfield Public Library, Bloomfield NJ, USA
19/12/1979 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Great Hall, Post College, Greenvale NY, USA
01/02/1980 Valerie Tryon (piano) [i]
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
New Music Concerts: Illustrated Lecture by Paul Rapoport
28/03/1980 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Women’s Club Auditorium, Richmond VA, USA
10/07/1981 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Back Door II, Baltimore MD, USA
19/11/1984 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii,iii]
West Shore Unitarian Church, Cleveland OH, USA
Rocky River Chamber Music Society
21/01/1993 Julian Saphir (piano) [ii,iii]
British Music Information Centre, London, UK
08/10/1993 Michael Habermann (piano) [iii]
Ward Hall, Music Building, Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA
American Liszt Society Festival
20/11/1994 Eiji Nishimura (piano) [i]
Audio-visual Hall, Komaba Library, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
15/12/1996 Eiji Nishimura (piano) [iii]
Small Hall, Shinjuku Culture Centre, Tokyo, Japan
23/08/2001 Fredrik Ullén (piano)
Rittersaal/Konzertsaal, Schloß vor Husum, Husum, Germany
Raritäten der Klaviermusik
29/06/2002 Tellef Johnson (piano) [iii]
Red Mills, Claverack NY, USA
Merchant Ivory Foundation Concert
16/01/2004 Sandro Russo (piano) [ii]
Hammell Music, 4110 Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills, New York NY, USA
18/01/2004 Sandro Russo (piano) [ii]
St Paul’s Episcopal Church, S Saginaw Street, New York NY, USA
08/02/2004 Sandro Russo (piano) [ii]
Unitarian Church, Staten Island, New York NY, USA
15/02/2004 Sandro Russo (piano) [ii]
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York NY, USA
“The Composer-Pianist”
31/01/2005 Sandro Russo (piano) [ii]
Steinway Hall, New York NY, USA
30/09/2008 Nikolai Choubine (piano) [ii]
Meadwood Retirement Community, Bloomington, IN, USA
24/10/2008 Nikolai Choubine (piano) [ii]
Auer Hall, Bloomington University, Bloomington, IN, USA
Doctoral Lecture recital
04/07/2009 Luis Mucillo (piano) [iii]
Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
05/06/2011 Nikolai Choubine (piano) [ii]
St. Sava Cathedral Historical Complex, New York, USA
Golden Key Music Festival, Master-Artist solo recital
02/07/2012 Nikolai Choubine (piano) [ii]
Steinway Hall, New York, USA
19/10/2013 Eiji Nishimura (piano) [iii]
Iris Hall, Katsuhika Symphony Hills, Tokyo, Japan
02/11/2013 Eiji Nishimura (piano) [iii]
Hall B201, Toyama Campus, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
09/04/2014 Mei-Yi Foo (piano) [iii]
Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong City, Hong Kong
13/05/2014 Rodrigo Acevedo Traba (piano) [iii]
Sala Xochipilli, Escuela Nacional de Música, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Final, Concurso Interno de Piano de la ENM
18/05/2014 Eiji Nishimura (piano) [iii]
Large Hall, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
13/06/2014 Chappell Kingsland (piano) [iii]
First Unitarian Society of Denver, Denver CO, USA
“Impressionism and Rock Piano”
14/06/2014 Chappell Kingsland (piano) [iii]
Private house concert, Arvado CO, USA
“Impressionism and Rock Piano”
28/06/2014 Kit Armstrong (piano) [iii]
Ordenssaal, Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Baden-Württemberg
02/07/2014 Chappell Kingsland (piano) [iii]
White Horse, Black Mountain, Black Mountain NC, USA
“Impressionism and Rock Piano”
08/07/2014 Chappell Kingsland (piano) [iii]
Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring MD, USA
16/08/2014 Eiji Nishimura (piano) [iii]
Small Hall, Suginami Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan
02/10/2014 Mi-Jin Kim (piano) [ii]
Recital Hall, College of Music Building, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
22/02/2015 Peter Mack (piano) [iii]
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, USA
18/09/2015 Mi-Jin Kim (piano) [ii]
Voertman Hall, University of North Texas College of Music, Denton, TX, USA
American Liszt Society Festival 2015
27/10/2017 Evgeny Evgrafov (piano) [iii]
State Museum of A. N. Scriabin, Moscow, Russia
16th Moscow International Music Festival - The Seasons: The music of India and Russia
15/06/2018 Bryan Crook (piano) [iii]
St Peter’s Church, Parkstone, Poole, UK
20/06/2019 Ryoga Kondo (piano) [iii]
Shibuya Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Marc-André Hamelin Society
27/06/2019 Gabriel Keen (piano) [ii]
City Lit, London, UK
26/05/2020 Jonas Olsson (piano) [ii]
Norrlandsoperan, Umeå, Sweden
Eftermiddags-session 16.00–16.45
19/05/2021 Kit Armstrong (piano) [iii]
Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria
19/04/2022 Andrew Marr (piano) [iii]
Pyatt Hall, Vancouver, Canada
Kiwanis Music Festival
06/11/2022 Tellef Johnson (piano) [iii]
Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland CA, USA
Starting at 3pm
12/03/2023 Kit Armstrong (piano) [iii]
Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr, Bochum, Germany
Klavier-Festival Ruhr
29/03/2023 Tellef Johnson (piano) [iii]
Annett Recital Hall, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse WI, USA
10/04/2023 Kit Armstrong (piano) [iii]
Bunka-Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan
29/08/2023 Tellef Johnson (piano) [Song of the Hindu Merchant]
Founders’ Hall, South Dakota State University, Brookings SD, USA
30/08/2023 Tellef Johnson (piano) [Song of the Hindu Merchant]
Hamre Hall, Augustana University, Sioux Falls SD, USA
17/10/2023 Pervez Mody (piano) [iii]
Zedernsaal, Stadthalle, Kehl, Germany
18/11/2023 Pervez Mody (piano) [iii]
Klavierhaus Klavins , Weimar, Germany
25/02/2024 Pervez Mody (piano) [iii]
Burgersaal, Rathaus, Ettenheim, Germany
25/05/2024 Pervez Mody (piano) [iii]
Lange Klaviere GmbH, Bonn, Germany
11/09/2024 Richard Shao (piano) [ii]
University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre and Dance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Broadcasts etc.

18/05/1977 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
WNYC (radio), New York NY, USA [broadcast]
20/05/1977 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
WQXR (radio), New York NY, USA [broadcast of recording]
“The Listening Room” programme
08/05/1978 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
WFUV (radio), New York NY, USA [broadcast]
12/10/1980 Valerie Tryon (piano) [i]
Home of William Marsh, Newtown PA, USA [recording]
Delius Society (Philadelphia branch) meeting: Lecture by Paul Rapoport
??/03/1981 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
US National Public Radio (many stations), , USA [broadcast]
“Grand Piano” programme
17/03/1983 Michael Habermann (piano) [i]
McGill University, Montréal, Canada [recording]
Illustrated Lecture by Marc-André Roberge
01/08/1983 Michael Habermann (piano)
WFUY (radio), New York NY, USA [broadcast of recording]
“Concert Grande” programme
14/02/1986 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
13/04/1987 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [repeat broadcast of recording]
11/04/1988 Michael Habermann (piano) [i]
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
26/07/1988 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
Cleveland Lodge (home of Lady Susi Jeans), Dorking, UK [recording]
Organists’ Summer School: Illustrated Lecture
13/06/1990 Michael Habermann (piano)
KPBX Radio, Spokane WA, USA [broadcast of recording]
“Chamber Music” programme
09/08/1992 Michael Habermann (piano) [i]
Radio Bremen, Bremen, Germany [broadcast of recording]
Hauptabteilung E-Musik, Redaktion Neue Musik
14/08/1992 Michael Habermann (piano) [i]
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
“On Air” programme
29/10/1992 Yonty Solomon (piano) [i,ii]
École de Musique, Salle Henri-Gagnon Université Laval, Québec, Canada [recording]
Sorabji centenary lecture (Marc-André Roberge)
23/12/1995 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
WGDR (Radio), Northfield VT, USA [broadcast]
15/08/1998 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
WGDR (Radio), Northfield VT, USA [broadcast]
16/05/1999 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [iii]
ABC (Radio), Sydney, Australia [broadcast]
02/08/1999 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
WUGA (Radio), Athens GA, USA [broadcast]
05/02/2001 Michael Habermann (piano) [iii]
WUGA (Radio), Athens GA, USA [broadcast of recording]
08/05/2001 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [iii]
WDR (Radio), Köln, Germany [broadcast]
25/02/2002 Fredrik Ullén (piano) [i]
Channel 2, Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, Stockholm, Sweden [broadcast]
08/06/2002 Fredrik Ullén (piano) [i]
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
“Listeners’ Choice”
10/07/2002 Fredrik Ullén (piano) [i]
WDR (Radio), Köln, Germany [broadcast of recording]
Klassik Forum
12/11/2002 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [iii]
Channel 2, Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, Stockholm, Sweden [broadcast of recording]
Tonsättarpianisterna — pianotonsättarna
02/07/2005 Fredrik Ullén (piano) [i]
Swedish National Radio, channel P2, Stockholm, Sweden [broadcast of recording]
På blanka förmiddagen
17/01/2006 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [iii]
Wisconsin Public Radio, , USA [broadcast of recording]
12/03/2006 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [iii]
NRK P2, Oslo, Norway [broadcast of recording]
12/08/2006 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [iii]
Wisconsin Public Radio, , USA [broadcast of recording]
28/05/2007 Michael Habermann (piano) [iii]
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
Classical Collection
30/05/2007 Michael Habermann (piano) [ii]
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
Classical Collection
01/06/2007 Michael Habermann (piano) [i]
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
Classical Collection
05/11/2009 Fredrik Ullén (piano) [i]
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
Classical Collection
29/03/2011 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [iii]
Netherlands Radio: Radio 4, Hilversum, Netherlands [broadcast of recording]
De ochtend van 4
19/04/2014 Mei-Yi Foo (piano) [iii]
RTHK Hong Kong, Radio 4, Hong Kong City, Hong Kong [broadcast]
“Live on 4” (see 090414)
12/05/2014 Michael Habermann (piano) [iii]
WFMU Radio, Jersey City, NJ, USA [broadcast of recording]
A440 / Stochastic Hit Parade with Bethany Ryker
19/08/2018 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [iii]
AZPM (Arizona Public Media), Tuscon, AZ, USA [broadcast of recording]
Classical 90.5
24/08/2018 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [iii]
AZPM (Arizona Public Media), Tuscon, AZ, USA [broadcast of recording]
Classical 90.5
30/05/2019 Fredrik Ullén (piano) [i]
ORF Austrian Radio, Vienna, Austria [broadcast of recording]
Faszinosum Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji: Opus - das Musikkolloquium
14/08/2019 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [iii]
BBC Radio 3, London, UK [broadcast of recording]
Breakfast programme