Hamann Sisters - Duo Pianists

"They have style, passion, energy and commitment in their playing. They radiate such an infectious joy when they perform that one comes away refreshed and renewed."

- Marty Merkley, Chautauqua Institution

"They are a remarkable piano-duo team of sisters...Their performance was enchanting and technically assured."

- Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

"Amy and Sara have a insatiable curiosity about music which leads them to explore every direction music can take them...they stand out."

- Alexander Braginsky, International Piano-e-Competition

"This performance really convinced the listener that they have command of the keyboard. Very impressive technically and interpretively."

- Allison Nelson, President of the Ellis Jury

"Immensely talented people...excellent performance."

- Henry Janiec, Spartanburg Symphony

"Sensitive musically, lovely character and sound. They played as one."

- Elizabeth Pridonoff, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

"Amy and Sara Hamann have the eloquence and ability to maintain their audience under their powers."

- L’Impartial, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

"The Hamanns are smart, stylish players, and they have a bold streak...[they] attack their instruments with a fierce energy...The sisters also can play with real delicacy, along with perfect unanimity...The Hamanns will go far."

- Michael Anthony, Star Tribune

"It was a stunning performance; they sounded like one."

- Spartanburg Herald

"Many times a single very fast phrase would race from one keyboard to the other so seamlessly that it was hard to tell which instrument was playing."

- Rochester Post-Bulletin

"The elegantly dressed, sibling soloists - Amy and Sara Hamann - performed the work like a hearty conversation, passing the audience’s focus from one to the other and back to the orchestra, with commanding ease."

- The Chautauquan Daily

REPERTOIRE

Amy and Sara Hamann's Two-Piano Repertoire

Alain, Jehan Litanies		Arensky, Anton Suite No. 1, Opus 15
Bach, C.P.E. Four Little Duets, Wq. 115		Bach, W.F. Sonata in F Major
Brahms, Johannes Sonata in F Minor, Opus 34b Variations on a Theme by Haydn		Busoni, Ferruccio/Mozart Fantasia for Musical Clockwork
Chopin, Frederic Rondo in C Major		Clementi, Muzio Two Sonatas for Two Piano
Corigliano, John Kaleidoscope		Couperin, Francois Allemande L'Apotheose de Corelli
Debussy, Claude En blanc et noir		Diemer, Emma Lou Homage to Cowell, Cage, Crumb and Czerny
Grieg, Edvard/Mozart Fantasy in C Minor, K. 475		Griffin, Charles Do Not Go Gentle Sonata
Hindemith, Paul Sonate (1942)		Infante, Manuel Andaloucian Dances
Liszt, Franz Concerto Pathetique in E Minor Reminiscences de Don Juan		Lutoslawski, Witold Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Martinu, Bohuslav Three Czech Dances		Milhaud, Darius Scaramouche
Mozart, W.A. Fantasy in F Minor, K. 608 Fugue in C Minor, K. 426 Sonata in D Major, K. 448		Rachmaninoff, Sergei Suite No. 1, Opus 5 Suite No. 2, Opus 17
Ravel, Maurice Bolero		Reger, Max Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 86 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 132
Saint-Saens, Camille Variations on a Theme by Beethoven		Schumann, Robert Andante and Variations Six Canonic Studies
Scriabin, Alexander Fantasy in A Minor (Op. Poth)		Soler, P. Antonio 6 Concertos
Starer, Robert Sonata for Two Pianos (1981)		Stravinsky, Igor Concerto per Due Pianoforte Petrushka

Amy and Sara Hamann's Two-Piano Concerti

Babin, Victor
Concerto No. 2

Bach, C.P.E.
Concerto in E-flat Major
Concerto in F Major

Bach, J.S.
Concerto in C Major
Concerto in C Minor

Bartok, Bela
Concerto for Two Pianos
Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

Haydn, Joseph
Concerto in G Major

Martinu, Bohuslav
Concerto for Two Pianos

Mendelssohn, Felix
Concerto in E Major

Mendelssohn-Moscheles
Variations on a Bohemian Theme

Mozart, W.A.
Concerto in E-flat Major

Poulenc, Francis
Concerto in D Minor

Saint-Saens, Camille
Carnival of the Animals

Amy and Sara Hamann's Duet Repertoire

Arensky, Anton Six Children's Pieces, Opus 34		Beethoven, L. van Grosse Fuge, Opus 134 Sonata, Opus 6 Three Marches, Opus 45 Variations in C Major Variations in D Major
Bizet, Georges Jeux d'enfants		Borodin, Alexander Tarantella
Brahms, Johannes 21 Hungarian Dances Variations of a Theme by Schumann		Debussy, Claude Petite Suite
Dvorak, Antonin Legenden, Opus 59 Slavonic Dances, Opus 46 Slavonic Dances, Opus 72		Faure, Gabriel Dolly Suite Grieg, Edvard Norwegian Dances
Mendelssohn, Felix Andante and Variations, Opus 83a Allegro Brillante, Opus 92		Moszkowski, M Spanish Dances, Opus 12
Mozart, W.A. Complete four hands works		Poulenc, Francis Sonata
Ravel, Maurice Ma Mere L'Oye Rapsodie Espagnole		Rachmaninoff, Sergei Six Pieces, Opus 11
Schubert, Franz Andante Varie in B Minor, Opus 84 Fantasy in F Minor, Opus 103 Four Polonaises, Opus 75 Rondo in A Major, Opus 107 Three Military Marches, Opus 51		Schumann, Robert At the Ball, Opus 109 Children’s Ball, Opus 130 Pictures from the Far East, Opus 66 Twelve Pieces, Opus 85