PIeces played at the pianogroup event on July 16, 2017

A very pleasant Sunday afternoon playing great music with large paintings of the planets looking over our shoulders.  No-one tried to play any Holst.  Maybe next time?

Chopin won the prize for the most popular composer for the day with six of his pieces being presented by four pianists.  Gared ran an improv event where the audience gave him directions for the chord progressions he used in his piece.

Round 1:

1. Gregory:         Bethena, a concert Waltz, by Scott Joplin
2. Mary Lou:       Song and Dance #6, by Mompou
3. Erin:                 Invention #9, by J. S. Bach
4. Gail:                 Little Shepherd, by C. Debussy
5. Nick:                Balade Op 118 # 3, by J. Brahms
6. Caryn:             Menuet in G Minor, by J. S. Bach
7. Julie:                Sonatine 1^st movement, by M. Ravel
8. Christopher:   Reverie, by C. Debussy
9. Gared:              Preludes 1,3 and 10, by F. Chopin
10. Vanessa:          Prelude and Fugue in b flat major, by J. S. Bach
11. John:                10 chansons françaises, traditional (own arrangement)

Round 2:

1. Gregory:          Adieu to the Piano, by L.V Beethoven
2. Gail:                 Jane’s Song, by Norton
3. Erin:                 Waltz, by Victor Kosenko
4. Mary Lou:       Nocturne, Op. 27 #2, by F. Chopin
5. Nick:                 Prelude Book 2 #5 (Bruyeres), by C. Debussy
6. Caryn:              Nocturne in c# minor (op. Post.), by F. Chopin
7. Julie:                Sonata in c minor, 1^st movement, by W. Mozart
8. Christopher:   River flows in you, by Yiruma
9. Gared:             “improve #7”, by the whole group
10. Vanessa:          Prelude in F# major, by F. Chopin
11. John:                katiushka, (Russian folk melody)