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Playlist for October meeting

The Piano Club met at Nigel’s house on Sunday 20 October 2024. The piano, venue and food were all wonderful and we heard an interesting selection of music in varied genres ranging from baroque to prog rock (yes, really!).

This was the first time we had held an all-day meeting with two sessions and a shared lunch between. Some members came for the morning, others for the afternoon and some stayed all day, which all worked very well.

Juliana – Bach: Prelude and Fugue in B flat major BWV 846
Anne – Scarlatti: K 208
Simon S – Bach: Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor (WTC Book 2) BWV 891
Kay – Haydn: Sonata in C major, 2nd mvt
Simon H – Bach: Prelude in B major (WTC Book 1) BWV 868
Nigel – Bartok: Allegro Barbaro Sz.49
Simon S – Billy Mayerl: Amber Leaves
Juliana – Chopin: Etude in A flat Op.25 No.1
Chris UW – Gustavino: Cantilena No.1
Matthew G. – Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E major (WTC Book 1) BWV 854
Mark – Bach: French Suite No.5 BWV 816, Courante
– Brahms: Intermezzo Op.117 No.1
Kathryn – Bach: Partita No.1 BWV 825, Prelude and Allemande
Fran – Trad, arr. Julian Jacobs: Deep River
Peter – Mozart: Sonata in A minor K310, 2nd mvt, Andante
Brian – Mozart: Rondo in A minor K511
– Mozart: Gigue in G major K574
Matthew – Barry Mason & Les Reed: The Last Waltz
Fran – Chopin: Valse in D flat Op.64 No.1, “Minute Waltz”
Mark – Messiaen: Preludes pour piano, “Plainte Calme”
Nigel – Billy Joel and Genesis

Playlist for the September meeting

The Piano Club met at Cheryl and Bryan’s house on Sunday 22 September 2024. As can be seen from the playlist below, the variety and range of pieces performed by Club members continues to dazzle, while the quality of musicianship and interpretation in the performances was as wonderful as ever.

The meeting began, however, with the recorded performance of two pieces by Ernest, who is currently recovering from an injury. Ernest had recently discovered the cassette recordings, which probably dated from from the early 1980s. The recordings were played via a CD transfer after a message from Ernest was conveyed to the group by Cheryl. All present were hugely impressed by Ernest’s virtuosic playing and musicianship, and wished him a speedy recovery.

Playlist:

Ernest (via CD recording, see above) – Saint-Saens (transcribed for piano by Leopold Godowsky): The Swan from Carnival of the Animals
– Verdi, arr. Liszt: The Rigoletto Paraphrase 

Gerard – Rachmaninoff:  Prelude Op.3  No.2

Cheryl – Remo Giazotto (misattributed to Albinoni): Adagio in G minor

Mark – Bach: Allemande from French Suite No. 5  in G major BWV 816
– Mendelssohn: Songs without Words Op.38 No.6, “Duetto”

Chris – Billy Taylor & Dick Dallas: I wish I knew how it would feel to be free

Steve W – Chopin: Prelude Op.28 No.15 “Raindrop”

Brian W – Rodgers & Hart (arr. André Previn): Blue Moon
– Grieg: Lyric Pieces Op.38 No.1 Berceuse (At the Cradle)
– Ralph Burns & Herman Woody: Round Midnight

Simon – Ernest Fischer: A Little Piece of Lace

Simon H – Debussy: Album Leaf (Page d’album) L.141 (133)
– Elissa Milne: Indigo Moon

Margaret – Isabel Morrison: Comme Vous Voulez (Improvisation for Antoine) – this piece was the winner of the 2024 Pianist magazine Composing Competition

Jean – Clara Schumann: Scherzo in C minor. Op.14

Graham – Debussy: Arabesque No.2

Richard – Tchaikovsky: August and October, from The Seasons Op.37

Juliana – Trad. arr. Keith Jarrett: Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
– Moszowski: Etude Op.72 No.2

Peter – Bach: 3 Part Intervention in G minor BWV 797
– Bach: 2 Part Intervention in F major BWV 779
– Bach: 3 Part Intervention in F minor BWV 795

Ruth – Mozart: Sonata No.13 in B♭ K333, 3rd movement Allegretto grazioso (Rondo)