Host: Lynda
Maybe it was Spring in the air, but we had a fun-filled get-together this afternoon with piano music, singing, and poetry. Two new members, Teresa and Aida, attended and Teresa was brave enough to play for us.
Round 1:
- Gregory; Moment Musical in A flat, Op. 94 #6 by F. Schubert
- Vanessa: Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, arr. by George Shearing (from current Grade 9 Royal Conservatory book)
- Karin: Sonata in C, first movement, by Baldassare Galuppi (From British pianists magazine)
- Lynda: March Past, by Oscar Peterson (piano transcription of #7 of the Canadian Suite, Hal Leonard publisher)
- Mary-Lou: Sonata in E flat major Hob #49, middle movement, Adagio Cantabile, by F. J. Haydn
- John: Own arrangement of three Irish Folk Songs (Londonderry Air, It’s a long long way to Tipperary, and Airman’s Hymn)
- Irina: Italian Polka by S. Rachmaninoff
- Teresa: Once upon a December, theme from Anastasia, by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Round 2
- Lynda: Misty, by Errol Garner (from “Great songs of the 50’s”)
- Greg: Here’s that Rainy Day, by Johnny Burke and James van Heusen (also sung by Vanessa)
- Vanessa: Decadent Sentimental Song by Miguel Manzano (from current Grade 9 Royal Conservatory book)
- Mary Lou (read poem): Poco a Poco by Betsy Sholl
- Irina: Waltz in A flat minor, op. Post., by F. Chopin
- Karin: Prelude in G flat major op 16 #3 by A. Scriabin
- John: Own arrangement of three Russian Folk Songs (Serenade, Heart, and Far away, Far away)
- John and Irina: sang Russian folk songs (a capella)
