Sunday, February 16, 2025

🎵 Notes from February 15 2025 meetup

We had a fairly full house at Ottawa Pianos, playing on Yamaha's finest, and managed to finish just as the snowstorm started nipping at our heels. We welcomed Lianna, who performed a less known piece by Czech composer Leoš Janáček. There were a few other composers who we have not commonly heard, as well as Anton Arensky another new one for us. 

Here’s what was played:
  • Lianna: 1905 Piano Sonata 1st mov, by Leoš Janáček
  • Gregory: Opus 53 #3, by Felix Mendelssohn
  • Martin: Fugue #15 in G major, by J. S. Bach
  • Jean-Claude: Nocturne #10, by John Field
  • Mary Lou: Etude in E major Op. 10 #3, by F. Chopin
  • Dennis: Nocturne in B flat major, by Ignace Paderewski
  • David R: English Suite #3 Gavotte and Musette, by J. S. Bach
  • Dave A: Borders, by Alexandra Streliski
  • Natalie: Sonata Op. 457, 1st mov, by W. A. Mozart
  • Emil and Paul (2 piano duet): Romance from Suite 1 Op. 15, by Anton Arensky
  • Emil and Paul (2 piano duet): Variation 18 from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Jeff: Années de Pèlerinage, Aux Cyprès de la Villa d’Este, by F. Liszt
  • David R: Mazurkas Op. 68 #2 and #3, by F. Chopin
  • Jeff: Sonata de Petrarch, by F. Liszt
  • Jean-Claude: Gnossienne No. 4, by Erik Satie
  • Dennis: Pie Jesu, by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Natalie: Sonata Op. 457 3rd mov, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sunday, February 2, 2025

🎵 Notes from February 2 2025 meetup

We had a small but pleasant and relaxed session at Gregory’s, with our usual mixture from Bach to Modern. Jerome Kern and Roger Eno are new to our composer list … now over 400! Despite the variety of pieces in the repertoire, by coincidence two of us played the same piece by Handel! Lorraine had an interesting pairing of Preludes in the same key by J. S. Bach and Dmitri Shostakovich. 

Here’s what was played: 
  • Gregory: Passacaglia from HMV 432 , by G. F. Handel
  • Randy: Through the Blue, by Roger Eno
  • Mary Lou: Etude in E major Op. 10 #3, by F. Chopin
  • Daniel Z: Fantasie BWV 906, by J. S. Bach
  • Lorraine: Passacaglia from HMV 432, by G. F. Handel
  • Jeff: Prelude Op. 11 #12 and #10, by A. Scriabin
  • Mary Lou: Argentinian Dances Op. 2 #1 and #2, by Alberto Ginastera
  • Lorraine: Prelude in D, Op. 34 #5,by D. Shostakovitch
  • Lorraine: Prelude #5 in D, by J. S. Bach
  • Daniel Z: Op. 25 #12, by F. Chopin
  • Jeff: Prelude Op. 17 #3 and Op. 16 #12, A. Scriabin