Monday, February 2, 2015

Music played at the February 1, 2015 session

Thanks again to Mitchell for hosting our Sunday afternoon session at Ottawa Pianos.  It was a great reunion with Liz (the group's founder), meeting old friends and making new ones.  This might have been the largest number of performers that we have had at one gathering.



Here's what was played:

Gregory — Chopin, middle section of Fantasie Impromptu, Op. 66 No. 4
Lynda — Mozart, 2nd movement of Piano Sonata No. 16, K. 545
Karin — Edward MacDowell, Beauty in the Rose Garden
Liz — Charles-Valentin Alkan, Petit Air Dolant
Nick B — Beethoven, 1st movement of Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 10 No. 1
Nick M — Kabalevsky Preludes,  Op. 38 No. 2 and No. 6
John — own composition, Chorus of Morning Glories
Irina — Chopin, Waltz in A Flat Major, Op. 69 No. 1
Elizabeth — Beethoven, 1st movement of Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 10 No. 2
Gared — Chopin, Étude Op. 25 No. 1
David — Bach, Siciliano from Flute Sonata No. 2, piano transcription by Wilhelm Kempff, SoundCloud recording of David playing this piece is here
Sachie — Rachmaninoff, Étude, Opus 39 no. 6 in A minor “Little Red Riding Hood”
Christopher — Borodin, Nocturne from Petite Suite
Mitchell — Mendelssohn, Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6
Julie — Rachmaninoff, Étude Tableau, Op. 33 No. 8 in G Minor
Eleanor — Bach, Arioso

2nd round:

Gregory — Jimmy McHugh, I’m in the Mood for Love
Nick M — Arvo Part, Fur Alina
Liz — Cecile Chaminade, Meditation
Gared — own composition, Dusk
Lynda — Oscar Peterson, Laurentide Waltz
John — own composition, Black Key Improvisation 1 2 15
David — Chopin, Nocturne, Op. 9 No. 2
Liz — Samuel Maikapar, Matin Calme