Anderson & Roe Rock Hahn

It was all two grand for words when the Music Academy launched the first of its Mariposa Series concerts at Hahn Hall with the extraordinary keyboard duo of Anderson and Roe with academy alum Elizabeth Joy Roe and Greg Anderson playing back-to-back Steinway pianos.

Since forming their dynamic musical partnership in 2002 as students at New York’s Juilliard School, the tony twosome has toured extensively worldwide as recitalists and orchestra soloists appearing on such disparate networks as PBS and MTV.

The socially gridlocked concert kicked off with Mozart’s “Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major” before the talented couple morphed into a ragtime version based on the composer’s “Rondo alla Turca” and their take on Holst’s “Neptune” from The Planets.

Ravel’s “Lever du jour” from Daphnis et Chloé with the couple’s wonderful version of the “Hallelujah Variations” on a theme by Leonard Cohen, Lennon and McCartney’s “Let It Be,” and Leonard Bernstein’s “America” from West Side Story wrapped the hugely entertaining evening.

Afterwards the audience repaired to the hall’s terrace to meet the performers, quaff wine, and nosh on cookies and cake.