🎵 Notes from the February 19, 2022 meetup—IRL!

We had an opportunity for an in-real-life (IRL) and masked 😷 meeting today at the Ottawa Pianos store. Pianists enjoyed a mix of music from Bach to the contemporary era, including a composer apparently not played before at any session in our group's history: Philip Glass.

Here's what was played: 

• Gregory: Introduction and Fugato, by Cuthbert Harris
• Hedda: Misty, by Erroll Garner
• Jeff: Prelude Op. 7 #3 and Op. 11 #10, by A. Scriabin
• Erin: Sinfonia #2, by J. S. Bach
• David: Milonga Del Angel, by Astor Piazzolla; here is a video of David playing this piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAXKHACJHw
• Allona: Adieu to the Piano, attr. to L. V. Beethoven
• J.P: Bunte Blätter #1, by R. Schumann
• Gregory: Op. 53 #3, by F. Mendelssohn
• Hedda: Georgia on my mind, by Hoagy Carmichael
• Jeff: Etude tableau Op. 33 #5, by S. Rachmaninoff
• Erin: Invention #4, by J. S. Bach
• David: Oblivion, by Astor Piazzolla; here is a video of David playing this piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMxALM0NnSQ
• J.P: Etude #2, by Philip Glass

🎵 Notes from the February 6, 2022 meetup—A virtual full house!

Today’s Zoom session was nearly a “full house”, with a typical good variety from Baroque to early 20th century.

Here's what was played: 

• Gregory: The Great Crush Collision March, by Scott Joplin
• Gordon: Two-part inventions #3 in D major and #12 in A major, by J. S. Bach
• Allona: selected variations on “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, by W. A. Mozart
• Lynda: Prelude Op. 28 #4, by F. Chopin
• Mary Lou: Sonata Op. 7 (2nd movement), by E. Grieg
• Jeff: Preludes Op. 11 #10 and Op. 17 #3, by A. Scriabin
• Wesley: Bethena, by S. Joplin
• Gordon: Two-part invention #12 in A major, by J. S. Bach
• Mary Lou: Sonata Op. 7 (3rd movement), by E. Grieg
• Jeff: Intermezzo op. 76 #7, by J. Brahms
• Wesley:  Waltz op. 70 #2, by F. Chopin

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