2pm: “Great Scott!”: Scott Joplin with Pianist Richard Dowling

Great Scott! — A Celebration of Scott Joplin Ragtime

American pianist and Steinway Artist Richard Dowling is a renowned interpreter of and recognized authority on the piano music of Scott Joplin, George Gershwin, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Zez Confrey, and Bix Beiderbecke. Mr. Dowling’s 3-CD set of The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin was nominated for a Grammy Award. He was the first pianist in the world to perform the Complete Joplin cycle of 53 rags, waltzes, marches, and cakewalks — nearly four hours of music all from memory in two sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall, and has performed well over 100 Great Scott! all-Joplin concerts across America. He is a frequent guest artist at ragtime and jazz festivals. Mr. Dowling’s one-hour Great Scott! program will include many of Joplin’s best known and most popular works, including all six used in the 1973 Academy Award-winning movie The Sting.

SCOTT JOPLIN

(ca. 1867-1917)

Elite Syncopations

Weeping Willow

The Strenuous Life

Bethena – A Concert Waltz

Reflection Rag (1917)

Maple Leaf Rag (1899)

Euphonic Sounds

Suite from The Sting

     The Easy Winners

     Pine Apple Rag

     Gladiolus Rag

     The Ragtime Dance

     Solace – A Mexican Serenade

     The Entertainer