We had an excellent session at Jennifer Messer’s 10,000 Hours Piano Rehearsal Studios and received a very warm welcome from manager Mackenzie. The main performance area has room for 65, so we could almost accommodate the entire group! In addition to many of the classics, we had some ballet/opera transcriptions (no singing unfortunately) and several more recent works.
Here’s what was played:
- Gregory: Grateful Ghost Rag, by William Bolcom
- Jean-Claude: Ballet music from Orfeo & Euridice, by Christoph Gluck (arr. by Wilhelm Kempff)
- Jeff: Aux Cyprès de la villa d’este, by F. Liszt
- Mary Lou: Sonatina in G minor 1st mov., by C. Guastavino
- Karin: Little Prayer to Jesus, by Gabriel Groulez
- David R: Prelude Op. 28 #15 (Raindrop), by F. Chopin
- Andrew: Invention in B flat, by J. S. Bach
- Jocelyne: Etude in A major, by C. Czerny
- Natalie: Prelude and Fugue BWV 875, by J. S. Bach
- Randy: Melodie Op. 68 #1, by R. Schumann
- Lorraine: Prelude BWV 848, by J. S. Bach
- Martin: Didn’t we almost have it all, by Michael Massner
- Wesley: Polonaise Op. 26 #1, by F. Chopin
- Gregory: Bumble Boogie, by Jack Fina (arr. of R. Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee)
- Jean-Claude: Méditation from Thaïs, by J. Massenet
- Mary Lou: Impromptu Op. 90 #3, by F. Schubert
- Jeff: Preludes Op. 11 #2, Op. 17 #3 and Op. 18 #10, by A. Scriabin
- Karin: Vocalise, by S. Rachmaninoff (arr. by Paul Baston)
- David: Traumerei, by R. Schumann
- Andrew: Short Prelude #3, by J. S. Bach
- Wesley: Adagissimo, by J. S. Bach
- Natalie: Sonata in E flat major 2nd movement, by F. Schubert
