Richard Dowling performs The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin,
the Famed African-American Composer of Classic Ragtime throughout 2017.
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SCOTT JOPLIN CENTENNIAL
Richard Dowling will perform all-Joplin concerts nationwide throughout 2017
highlighted by the first public performance in history of The Complete Piano in
Carnegie Hall on April 1, 2017, exactly 100 years to the day that Joplin died in New
York. Tickets can be purchased from Carnegie Hall in October 2016.
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Great Scott!
A Centennial Celebration of Scott Joplin (ca. 1867-1917)
Richard Dowling, pianist

P R O G R A M

Elite Syncopations (1902)
Weeping Willow (1903)
The Cascades (1904)
Heliotrope Bouquet (1907) with Louis Chauvin
Paragon Rag (1909)
Rose Leaf Rag (1907)
Stoptime Rag (1910)
Wall Street Rag (1909)
Bethena – A Concert Waltz (1905)
The Strenuous Life (1902)
Swipesy Calk Walk (1900) with Arthur Marshall
The Nonpareil (1907)
Maple Leaf Rag (1899)

I N T E R M I S S I O N

The Great Crush Collision March (1896)
A Breeze from Alabama (1902)
Fig Leaf Rag (1908)
Euphonic Sounds (1909)
Harmony Club Waltz (1896)
*Audience Choice*

Suite from The Sting:
The Entertainer (1902)
The Easy Winners (1901)
The Ragtime Dance (1906)
Solace – A Mexican Serenade (1909)
Gladiolus Rag (1907)
Pine Apple Rag (1908)

Finale:  Sun Flower Slow Drag (1901) with Scott Hayden
Encore:  A Real Slow Drag from Treemonisha (1911)

*An audience member either makes a special request or selects one card from a
basket containing the titles of Joplin's 28 other piano works.
Pianist Richard Dowling performs excerpts of Maple Leaf Rag and The
Entertainer during the annual Scott Joplin Concert held outdoors at St. Michael's
Cemetery where Joplin is buried. (Queens, NY - May 2008)
Richard Dowling with ragtime legend Max Morath backstage at the Scott Joplin
International Ragtime Festival in Sedalia, Missouri. (June 2016)