Monday, July 20, 2015

Report from the July 19, 2015 session

Host: Winnie

A fairly small group met at Winnie's house to play her beautiful piano. Afterwards, we were treated to tea and had an interesting discussion about improvisation, favourite composers, and other issues. We welcomed new member, Lorraine, who played her first piece for the group.

Main round:
- Winnie: Prelude #1 from the “Well-tempered Clavier” by J. S. Bach
- Gregory: Song without words, “Venetian Boat Song” Op. 19 #6 by F. Mendelssohn
- Lynda: Nocturne, Op. 37 #1 by F. Chopin
- Christopher: “River Flows in You” by Yiruma
- Lorraine: Prelude #22 from the “Well-tempered Clavier” by J. S. Bach
- John: Improvisation on the Hymn “O beautiful Gaia”

Additional performances:
- Gregory: “Traumerei” Op. 15 #7 by R. Schumann
- Lynda: “Nola” by Felix Arndt.
- John: Improvisation on Hymn “Nearer my God to Thee”, and improvisation of “Beautiful Dreamer”
- Gregory: Largo from Fantasie Impromptu by F. Chopin
- John: Improvisation on the black keys