🎵 Notes from the April 24, 2022 meetup

Five members were at today's Zoom session. Despite the small group, the pieces spanned all the major musical eras of the keyboard: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century, and Modern.

Here's what was played:

• Jeff: Jeff Prelude Op. 17 #3 and Prelude Op. 11 #10, by A. Scriabin
• Karin: La fille aux cheveux de lin (Girl with the Flaxen Hair), by C. Debussy
• Christopher: Nocturne Op. 27 #2, by F. Chopin
• Allona: Prelude 1 from Six Little Preludes, by J.S. Bach
• David: Thaxted, by G. Holst, middle part of Jupiter, Planets piano transcription by Everard Sigal
• Jeff: Etude Tableaux No. 33 #5, by S. Rachmaninoff
• Karin: Album Page, by C. Debussy
• Christopher: Prelude Op. 17 #3, by A. Scriabin
• Allona: Sweet Elegy, by Catherine Rollin
• David: Pathétique Piano Sonata (2nd movement), by L.V. Beethoven
• David: La pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty), by M. Ravel

Some of today's performers

🎵 Notes from the April 9, 2022 meetup

We had a really good turnout at the Steinway Gallery today, perhaps the most in several years. With so many people, there was an even greater variety than usual.  A work by Pachelbel (not the Canon) was a nice treat, as was Jorge’s own composition.  A piece by Shostakovich may have been the first hearing for many of us. Nick played a work that Chopin composed when he was 7 years old.  This is more than a little humbling for most of us!

Here's what was played:

• Gregory: Preludes Op. 11 #10 and Op. 33 #3, by A. Scriabin
• Gordon: Two-part inventions #12 and A major and #13 in A minor, by J. S. Bach
• Mary Lou: Sonata in B minor, 1st movement, XVI #32, by F. J. Haydn
• Nick: Sonatina #1 in C+, by S. Dussek
• Karin: Prelude #13, by F. Chopin
• Allona: Bagatelle 6, Op. 33 by L. V. Beethoven
• Kathy: Reverie, by C. Debussy
• Jeff: Prelude in B minor, by S. Rachmaninoff
• Janice S.: Sonata 8, Op. 31 #3, Minuet, by L. V. Beethoven
• Wesley: Adagissimo from Capriccio BWV 992 and Invention #14 in B flat major, by J. S. Bach
• Hedda: Dance of the Dolls, by D. Shostakovitch
• Jorge: Ciacona in F, by Johann Pachelbel
• Sachie: Sonata in C K545. 1st mov., by W. A Mozart
• Jorge: Primera Pavana (own composition)
• Allona: Sweet Elegy, by Catherine Rollin
• Jeff: Etude Tableau  Op. 33 #5, by S. Rachmaninoff
• Nick: Polonaise in G minor (without Opus #), by F. Chopin
• Gordon: Two-part invention #15 in E minor, by J. S Bach
• Wesley: Prelude Op. 11 #15, by A. Scriabin
• Sachie: Etude Op. 10 #4 in C# minor, by F. Chopin