🎵 Notes from January 20 2024 meetup

A moderately sized group enjoyed playing on Felix, Yamaha’s best concert grand at Ottawa Pianos.  We welcomed new members Julia and Martin.  There were some well-known favorites, some new composers for our list, and some arrangements to round out the afternoon.

Here’s what was played:

• Gregory: Weeping Willow, by Scott Joplin
• Karin: Prelude #4, by C. Debussy
• Mary Lou: Sonatina in G minor 1st movement, by Carlos Guastavino
• Jean-Claude: Song Without Words Op. 85 #1, by F. Mendelssohn
• Dave: 2nd Piano Concerto 3rd movement, by S. Rachmaninoff arranged by William Stickles
• Françoise: Pastel Garden, by Brian Crain
• Jocelyn: Sonata in G major 1st movement, by W. A. Mozart
• Jeff: Aux Cypres de la villa d’est #1, by F. Liszt
• Julie: Arabesque No. 1, by C. Debussy
• Julia: Where’s Hiccup, by John Powell arr. by Sebastian Wolff
• Jeff: Etude Tableau Op. 33 #5, by S. Rachmaninoff
• Jean-Claude: Morgen, by Richard Strauss arr. by Max Reger
• Mary Lou: Rondo in A minor KV 511, by W. A. Mozart
• Julie: Clair de lune, by C. Debussy
• Françoise: Dancing with the Wind, by Michele McLaughlin

🎵 Notes from January 7 2024 meetup

We had a good session at Lyndsay’s.  Her studio is very well set up and some of us old-timers might have wished that our first lessons had been in such a place!  Musical education has come a long way.  Our usual good assortment of music was played, some challenging and from memory!  So pianists, don’t be afraid to stretch your limits. 

Here’s what was played:

• Gregory: The Eternal Feminine, by William Bolcom
• Mary Lou: Rondo in A minor KV 511, by W. A. Mozart
• Karin: Sad Bird, by Federico Momposa
• Natalie: Sonata in E flat major, by F. Schubert
• Lyndsay: Daydream, by Catherine Rollin
• Jeff: Etude Tableau Op. 33 #5, by S. Rachmaninoff
• Perry: Etude Op. 10 #1, by F. Chopin
• Wesley: Prelude Op 28 No. 15 (Raindrop), by F. Chopin
• Allona: Bagatelle #3, by L. V Beethoven
• Mary Lou: Intermezzo Op. 118 #2, by J. Brahms
• Karin: La fille aux cheveux de lin, by C. Debussy
• Perry: Arabesque #1, by C. Debussy
• Wesley: Waltz Op. 69 #1, by F. Chopin
• Allona: Adagio in F minor, by Joseph Bologne
• Jeff: Preludes Op. 11 #2, Op. 17 #3 and Op. 11 #10, by A. Scriabin
• Natalie: Waltz Op. 18 (Grande Valse), by F. Chopin
• Lyndsay: Rippling Spring Waltz, by Estelle D. Ricketts