Sondheim Without Words

For Two

Music by

Stephen Sondheim

Arranged for

Two Pianos, Four Hands

by Brian Taylor

“Come Play Wiz Me” from Anyone Can Whistle (1964):

“Chrysanthemum Tea” from Pacific Overtures (1976):

Fantasy on Themes from The Frogs (1973):

Rhapsody on Themes from Passion (1994):

“More” from Dick Tracy (1990):

“Everybody Ought to Have a Maid” from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” (1962):

“Last Midnight” from Into the Woods (1987):

“Another National Anthem” from Assassins (1991):

“You” from Bounce (2003):

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In 1949, Stephen Sondheim, a student at Williams College, composed Concertino for Two Pianos. These arrangements — for the same combination of two-pianos, four-hands — shine a spotlight on Sondheim the composer.

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