Tuesday, May 18, 2021

🎵 Notes from the May 16, 2021 online meetup

Even with the fine Spring weather we had a full slate for today's online session, with a most enjoyable range of music.

Here’s what was played:

  • Barb:  Harp Etude Op. 25 No. 1, by F. Chopin
  • Karin: Intermezzo in A Flat Major Op. 76. No. 3, by J. Brahms
  • Gordon: Two Part Inventions No. 1 in C Major BWV 772 and No. 15 in B Minor BWV 786, by J.S. Bach 
  • Andrew: Un lift pour Ville Émard, by André Gagnon
  • Randy: Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15, No. 1 From Foreign Lands and People, by R. Schumann
  • Lynda: Libertango, by A. Piazzolla
  • David: Contrapunctus 1 from Art of Fugue BWV 1080, by J.S. Bach
  • Wesley: 2nd (Adagio)  and 3rd (Rondo) Movements of Sonata Pathétique No. 8, op. 13, by L.V. Beethoven
  • Karin: Sonata in D Minor K. 9, by D. Scarlatti
  • Gordon: Bear Dance, by B. Bartok
  • Wesley: So What, by Miles Davis
  • Lynda: Milonga del Angel, by A. Piazzolla
  • David: Theme from TV series Poldark by Anne Dudley
  • Randy: The Engagement from movie The Birth, by Alexandre Desplat

Sunday, May 2, 2021

🎵 Notes from the May 2, 2021 online meetup

There were few attendees today but the Zoom meeting was just as pleasant.  Sound quality was particularly good and we wish we knew exactly why.  A composition by a modern composer, Riopy, was a new one for the group.   

Here's what was played:

  • Gregory:  St. Louis Blues, by W. C. Handy
  • Christopher: Prelude in D, Op. 23 #4, by S. Rachmaninoff
  • Jeff: Intermezzo Op. 76 #7 by J. Brahms
  • Christopher: For December, by Paulette Verlée
  • Jeff: Etude Tableau, Op. 33 #5, by S. Rachmaninoff
  • Christopher: “Noah”, by Riopy