A demanding showcase, an extended work in multiple forms.

A commission through the Anthony P. Checchia Composers Project of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, each of the diverse Pieces of Eight has a personal background, as explained by the composer. Pieces range in subject matter from a memoriam to the sheer joy of pianistic playfulness. For advanced pianists. Preludetto, Scherzo Curioso, Song for Bobbie, Variation No. 34, Toccata with a short Trio, per sepulchra regionum coget omnes, the dying of the light, Incitatus.

Commissioned by Joel KrosnickÂ's family to celebrate the cellistÂ's 70th birthday, Sonata for Two began as a one-movement work for Joel and his daughter Gwen Krosnick. Following its premiere, the original movement became I. Loose Canons, descriptive of the workÂ's form. Wernick then created a 14-minute suite, adding the songlike II. Orison, and a virtuosic finale, III. " Rejouissance." For advanced performers.

Dedicated to the memory of Yitzhak Rabin. In 4 movements: At the Crossroads, Scherzo I, Scherzo II, Blessed is the Match.

Mazurka, Passamezzo, Tarantella.