We had a full session at David's house on Sunday. David has an unusual piano - a Yamaha grand piano with Disklavier option. This allows the play-back of music recorded elsewhere. Like an old style player piano, the unit actually plays the keys and pedals producing sounds through the grand piano, not from an audio recording played through speakers. A very neat option that David made use of to play a piano duet.
The 'most popular' prize has an irregular award this month. Our group seems to be developing a specialization in Scriabin. This week, three pianists played five of his preludes. The four performance slots for Scriabin was the most for any composer. But, I am going to exercise editor's authority - given the number of times that Scriabin has won the coveted 'most popular composer prize in the past few months, I am opting to skip him this month. The prize will be awarded instead to Felix Mendelssohn who had three pieces played.
Round 1:
| # | Performer | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | David | Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in D Major Andante movement, K381 by W.A. Mozart, Disklavier playing pre-recorded secondo part |
| 2. | Gregory | March of the Priests, Op. 74, by F. Mendelssohn |
| 3. | Gordon | Songs Without Words “Excitement”, Op. 53 No. 3, by F. Mendelssohn |
| 4. | Nancy | The Windmills of Your Mind, by Michel Legrand |
| 5. | Karin | Adagio from Concerto in D Minor, BWV974, by J.S. Bach, arranged: Marcello |
| 6. | John | oOn improvisation of works by Vangelis and Klusmeier, medley of Morning Has Broken, Chariots of Fire, Deep in Our Hearts |
| 7. | Lyndsay | Adieu to the Piano, Anh. No. 15, by L. van Beethoven |
| 8. | Jeff | Preludes Op. 17 No. 3 and Op. 51 No. 2, by A. Scriabin |
| 9. | Caryn | Moonlight Sonata, Op. 27 No. 2, Movement #1 , by L. van Beethoven |
Round 2:
| # | Performer | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gregory | Venetian Boat Song, Op. 19 No. 6, by F. Mendelssohn |
| 2. | Karin | Andantino from Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38, by F. Chopin |
| 3. | John | Own improvisation of two Russian folk songs Katyusha and Korobushka |
| 4. | Gordon | Prelude, Op. 13 No. 1, by A, Scriabin |
| 5. | Jeff | Prelude, Op. 30 No. 2, by A, Scriabin |
| 6. | Lyndsay | Tarantella, by A. Pieczonka |
| 7. | David | Prelude, Op. 11 No. 15, by A, Scriabin, SoundCloud recording of David playing this piece is here |
