Seeking Solo Works for Recital that are for, by, about or dedicated to Children

[deepsouthpianist]

I would appreciate your ideas for programming a recital of 'children's music'.

I am putting together a recital program to use as a fundraiser for my church, which is beginning a capital campaign to raise funds for a complete renovation of the children's building. I think it would be neat to program works related to children or childhood in some way. The connection can be fairly distant so long as I can bring it out in program notes or spoken commentary during the performance.

I have the following pieces in mind but would appreciate additional suggestions:

Kinderszenen by Schumann
Children's Corner by Debussy
Pavane pour un Infante Defunte (a bit maudlin, or even morbid, I suppose, but such a pretty melody)
Quaderno musicale di Annalibera by Dallapiccola

Variations on 'ah vous dirai-je maman' by Mozart seems like a fun encore for such a program.

Suggestions for additional repertoire (and/or thoughts on these selections) would be appreciated.

[j_menz]

Tchaikovsky and Kabalevsky both wrote childrens suites.

[g_s_223]

Ravel's suite Ma mère l'oye (Mother Goose) is enchanting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_m%C3%A8re_l%27oye - I recommend the original piano duet version if you can find a duet partner.

[patrickd]

Bartok's Pieces for Children

Kurtag's Jatekok

Kapustin's Sonatina op 100

Medtner's op 54 could also qualify

[worov]

Bernhard has several posts on children music. I'll try to find one of these.

Here are some suggestions.

Schumann : Album for the Young (opus 68).

Mozart: Variations on "Ah vous dirais-je Maman" (K. 265)

Prokofiev : Musiques d'enfants (opus 65)

Granados : Cuentos de la Juventud (opus 1)

Villa-Lobos : Guia Pratico (this might be a bit hard to find this sheet music), Cirandinhas, Petizada.

Shostakovich has some pieces for children. They aren't easy to find. I have the books. I'll check them when I'm at home.

I know Bartok has several children sets : For children and Mikrokosmos in six volumes. There might be more.

[lisztmusicfan]

And let's not forget about Debussy's Childrens Corner!

[worov]

And let's not forget about Debussy's Childrens Corner!

Err... The OP mentionned in his first post.

[nanabush]

Ma Mère l'Oye is PERFECT.  I played this with a friend in a recital a few years ago, and it's very sparse, but is so much fun to play.  The finale in the 'Jardin Feerique' is sublime.

[worov]

I have found the thread I was looking for. There it is :

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=5063.0

In this thread, Bernhard lists several sets of children pieces. This might interests you.