🎵 Notes from May 20, 2023 meetup

The holiday weekend perhaps reduced our attendance but did not limit the variety of pieces, including a few by contemporary active composers.

Here’s what was played:

• Gregory: Op. 53 #3, by F. Mendelssohn
• Jeff: Preludes Op. 17 #3, #11 and #12, by A. Scriabin
• Karin: La plus que lente, by C. Debussy
• Lynda: Saudade da Brazil, by Darius Milhaud
• Perry: Etude Op. 8 #12, by A. Scriabin
• Françoise:  Firelight Dreams, by Amanda W. Smith
• Gregory: Bumble Boogie, by Jack Fina
• Jeff: Preludes Op. 16 #3 and #5, by A. Scriabin
• Perry: Your Song, by Elton John
• Françoise:  Tales from the Loop (main theme), by Philip Glass and Paul Leonard Morgan
• Perry: Etude Op. 10 #6, by F. Chopin
• Françoise:  Cherish, by Rebecca Kaiserin
• Karin: Les sons et les parfums, by C. Debussy

🎵 Notes from May 7, 2023 meetup

We enjoyed the opportunity to perform on Hedda’s Kawai grand piano.  In what may be a first for our group, the opening piece was for one piano, six hands (!) and was composed by Rachmaninoff when he was just 18 years old.

Here’s what was played:

• David R, Karin, Randy: Romance, by S. Rachmaninoff

• Anne-Marie: Improvisation Op. 84 #5, by Gabriel Fauré

• Andrew: Lied italienischer Marinariby and Fantasietanz, by R. Schumann

• David A: Selections from Scenes from Childhood, by R. Schumann

• Wesley: Polonaise Op. 26 #1, by F. Chopin

• Hedda: Polonaise in E Major, by J. S. Bach

• Mary Lou: Sonatina in G Minor 3rd mov, by C. Guastavino

• Karin: La plus que lente, by C. Debussy

• Hedda: Étude, by Sterndale Bennett

• Wesley: Bethena: A Concert Waltz, by Scott Joplin

• Anne-Marie: The Gentle Waltz, by Oscar Peterson

• David R: Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight) 1st and 2nd mov, by L. V. Beethoven

• Andrew: Because, by Lennon McCartney

• David A: Berceuse, by André Gagnon

• Mary Lou: Rondo in A Minor, by W. A. Mozart