Monday, April 19, 2021

🎵 Notes from the April 18, 2021 online meetup

We welcomed new member Andrew at today's near-capacity session, which featured a wide variety of styles and composers.

Here's what was played:

  • Gregory: Gladiolus Rag, by Scott Joplin
  • Karin: Intermezzo Op. 76 #3 by J. Brahms
  • Erin: Sonata in D, Adagio (Hoboken XVI: 24) by F. J. Haydn
  • Barb:  Etude Op. 25 #1 (Harp), by F. Chopin
  • Andrew: Enigma variations #1 and #6, by E. Elgar
  • Michiko: Moonlight Sonata, 2nd and 3rd movements, by L. V. Beethoven
  • Wesley (piano) and Debra (flute) (pre-recorded video): Berceuse, by G. Faure
  • Karin: (part) Nocturne in C# minor, by F. Chopin
  • Andrew: “Blind Man’s Bluff” from “Scenes from Childhood, by R. Schumann
  • Michiko: Etude #3, by F. Chopin
  • Wesley (piano) and Debra (flute) (pre-recorded video): Traumerei from Scenes from Childhood, by R. Schumann

Sunday, April 4, 2021

🎵 Notes from the April 4, 2021 online meetup

A pleasant Zoom meeting took place on April 4. Rachmaninoff appeared three times, and one piece was by a living musician and composer, Paulette Verlée.  

Here's what was played:

  • Lynda: Song without words, Op. 62 #1, by F. Mendelssohn
  • Gregory:  Elegie, by Jules Massenet
  • Gordon: Gavotte in G major, by J. S. Bach
  • Christopher: Prelude in D, Op. 23 #4, by S. Rachmaninoff
  • Jeff: Etude Tableau, Op. 33 #5, by S. Rachmaninoff
  • Lynda: Song without words, Op. 62 #6, by F. Mendelssohn
  • Gordon: Invention #13 in A minor, by J. S. Bach           
  • Christopher: For December, by Paulette Verlée
  • Jeff: Etude Tableau, Op. 37 #1, part 1, by S. Rachmaninoff

A piece by Rachmaninoff is played as other participants look on
A piece by Rachmaninoff is played as other participants look on