Courageous Performers – November 2015

November 14th @ Sylvia’s and Viktors’ house

Nancy DeClark:
Handel - Suite in A Major, HWV 426 "Gigue"

Collin Murphy:
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 15, #3 in G minor
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 72 (Posthumous) in E minor

Linda Woody:
Chopin - Mazurka Op. 17, #4 in A minor

Satomi Sano:
Chopin – Impromptu #1, Op. 29 in A-flat Major

Mihoko Kato:
Brahms – Intermezzo Op. 116, #6
Mompou – #8 "Secreto" from “Impresiones Intimas”

Francine Goteiner:
Grażyna Bacewicz - Children's Suite (Prelude, March, Waltz and Lullaby)
Tchaikovsky - Op. 37, #6 “June”

Yu-Yun Su:
Tchaikovsky – "Dumka" Op. 59 in C minor  
Moszkowski – "Etincelles" (Sparks) Op. 36, #6

Barbara Brown:
Fauré – Forth Barcarolle, Op. 44 in A-flat Major

Luciana Diniz:
Vladimir Rebikov - Valse Mélancolique

Ardonna Manous:
Alberto Ginastera - Milonga

Judith Potts:
Beethoven – Sonata No.3, Op. 2, #3, 3rd Movement (Scherzo)

Viktors Berstis and Sylvia Gray (Duet):
Bach-Kurtag – Alle Menschen Müssen Sterben (BWV 643)
Bach-Kurtag – Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (BWV106)

Sylvia Gray:
Chopin - Etude Op.25, #1 “Aeolian Harp”

Sibyl Jarrett (Observer)

Next gathering: 3:30 PM on Saturday, Jan. 2nd, 2016 @ Collin’s house (Subject to change)

Courageous Performers – October 2015

October 10th @ Sylvia’s and Viktors’ house

Mihoko Kato:
Mompou – #5 "Pajaro triste" and #8 "Secreto" from “Impresiones Intimas”

Judith Potts:
Bach – Prelude from Keyboard Sonata in D minor (BWV 964)

Amie Belisle:
Robert Muczynski - #3, #2 and #6 from “Six Preludes”, Op. 6

Satomi Sano:
Granados - #2 "Berceuse", part of #3 and #4 from "Escenas Románticas"

Ardonna Manous:
Bach – "Sarabande" and "Double" from English Suite (BWV 811)

Sylvia Gray:
Bach - Bourrées I, II from English Suite II in A minor (BWV 807)

Collin Murphy:
Reading French poem “Chanson d'automne” by Paul Verlaine (see below)
Debussy – “Feuilles mortes” and “Brouillards” from Préludes Book II

Clay Davidson:
Mozart - Sonata in C (K 545), 2nd Movement - Andante

Viktors Berstis:
Bach – “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” (BWV 659) arr. for piano
                                                                     
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Chanson d'automne

Les sanglots longs
Des violons
   De l'automne
Blessent mon cœur
D'une langueur
   Monotone.

Tout suffocant
Et blême, quand
   Sonne l'heure,
Je me souviens
Des jours anciens
   Et je pleure;

Et je m'en vais
Au vent mauvais
   Qui m'emporte
Deçà, delà,
Pareil à la
   Feuille morte.

            - Paul Verlaine

Next gathering: 3:30 PM on Saturday, November 14th @ Sylvia’s and Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – Sept. 2015

September 12th @ Nancy and Jim's house

Viktors Berstis:
Chopin - Barcarolle, Op. 60

Nancy DeClark:
Handel - Suite in A Major, HWV 426 "Gigue"

Collin Murphy:
Chopin - Nocturne (Posthumous) in C# minor
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 27, No.1 in C# minor

Yu-Yun Su:
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 27, No.2

Satomi Sano:
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 55, No.1 in F minor

Mihoko Kato:
Mozart - Fantasie (KV397)

George Olsen:
Brahms - Op. 76, No.6 "Intermezzo" (1879)

Judith Potts:
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 31, No.2 "Tempest", 1st Movement

Clay Davidson:
Mozart - Sonata in C (K545), 2nd Movement

Sylvia Gray:
Bach - Prelude from English Suit No.2
Chopin - Etude Op.25, No.2 in F minor

Jim DeClark (Supporter)

Next gathering: 3:30 PM on Saturday, Oct. 10th @ Sylvia's and Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – August 2015

August 1st @ Clay's house

Sylvia Gray:
Chopin- Nocturne in B-flat minor Op.9 No.1

Mihoko Kato:
Mozart - Fantasie KV397

Satomi Sano:
Debussy - Prelude #10 from Book 1, La Cathedrale Engloutie 

Luciana Diniz:
Ernesto Nazareth - Confidências (Secret)

Florence Deutsch:
Ernesto Nazareth - Turbilhão de Beijos  (Whirlwind of kisses)

Francine Goteiner:
Scarlatti - Sonata in f minor K478

Jil Heimensen:
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 57 "Appassionata" 1st movement

Nancy DeClark:
Handel - Suite in A Major, HWV 426 "Gigue" 

Clay Davidson:
Chopin - Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 #4

Viktors Berstis:
Chopin - Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53 "Héroïque"


Jim DeClark (Supporter)

Next gathering: 3:30 PM on Saturday, Sept. 12th @ Nancy's house

Courageous Performers – June 2015

Saturday, June 27th @ Sylvia and Viktors’ house

Viktors Berstis:

Chopin - Nocturne Op. 15 #1

J.S. Bach - BWV 1067 Orchestral Suite #2 in B minor (Piano arrangement)

Mihoko Kato:

Tcherepnin - Op.5 Bagatelles, #6, 4 and 10

Barbara Brown:

Dvorak - Poetic Tone Pictures Op.85, #3 “In the Old Castle / Na starém hradě”

Satomi Sano

Beethoven Sonata No.9, Op.14, 1st movement

Francine Goteiner:

Debussy - Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum from "Le Coin des enfants"

Ardonna Manous:

Brahms – Intermezzo Op. 119 #1

Margaret Bloomfield:

John Ireland – The Darkened Valley

Sylvia Gray:

Chopin - Mazurka Op. 33 #4

Chopin - Etude Op. 10 #3

Chopin - Etude Op. 10 #12  "Revolution"

Next gathering: 3:30PM on Saturday, Aug. 1st at Clay's house

Courageous Performers – May 2015

Saturday, May 30th @ Collin’s house

Mihoko Kato:

Tcherepnin Op.5 Bagatelles

Linda Woody:

Reading interesting article about piano performance anxiety
Khachaturian - Popular Dance

Debussy – Golliwogg’s Cakewalk

Collin Murphy:

Debussy - Preludes

"La fille aux cheveux de lin"

"Bruyères"

"Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir"

George Olsen:

Schumann -Kinderszenen, Op.15

"Ritter vom Steckenpferd" (Rocking Hourse)

"Kind im Einschlummern" (In Slumberland)

Francine Goteiner:

Debussy - Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum from "Le Coin des enfants"

Barbara Brown:

Dvorak - Poetic Tone Pictures Op.85, #9

Ardonna Manous:

Randall Thompson - The Boats were Talking

Nancy DeClark:

Mendelssohn - 6 Kinderstucke (6 Pieces for Children) Op. 72, #6

Clay Davidson:

Chick Corea - Crystal Silence

Thelonius Monk - Round Midnight

Satomi Sano

Beethoven Sonata No.9, Op.14, 2nd and 3rd movements

Janet Liu:

Chopin - Waltz in A minor (Posthumous)

Judith Potts:                                                                                                      

J.S. Bach - Toccata in Cm

Sylvia Gray:

Chopin - Mazurka (Op. 7 #2 and #5)

Chopin - Etude Op. 10 #12 - "Revolution"

Viktors Berstis:

Chopin - Barcarolle, Op. 60

Next gathering: 3:30 PM Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ Sylvia and Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – April 2015

Saturday, April 18 @ Linda Woody’s house

Nancy DeClark: 
Haydn - Sonata in E-flat major

Collin Murphy:

Debussy - Prelude "Canope" from Book 2

Francine Goteiner:
Granados - Spanish Dances #4 Villanessa

Luciana Diniz:

Tom Jobim - Canção do amor demais

Florence Deutsch:

George Enescu - Adagio From Suite No 1, Op 3

Viktors Berstis:

Chopin - Ballade No 1

Sylvia Gray:

Chopin - 4 Mazurkas (Op. 67 #4, Op. 41 #2, Op. 30 #2, and Op. 7 #1)

Mihoko Kato:

Ravel - Menuet from "Le Tombeau de Couperin"

Linda Woody:
Debussy – Golliwogg’s Cakewalk

Clay Davidson:
Stella by Starlight and Autumn Leaves

George Olsen:

Schumann – “The Poet Speaks” and “About Strange Lands and People” from Scenes from Childhood for the piano, Op. 15

Sergio Bothelho:

A. Barrios – La Catedral

Florence Deutsch and Sergio Botelho (Duo Becar):

Ernesto Nazareth – Odeon

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Alin Deutsch

Rob Timmons

Next gathering: 3:30 PM Saturday, May 30th, 2015 @ Collin's house

Courageous Performers - March 2015

Saturday, March 21st @ Sylvia and Viktors' house

Sylvia Gray:
Chopin - Waltz Op.69 (Posth) No.1

Nancy DeClark: 
Haydn - Sonata in E's, Hob XVI/52

Collin Murphy:
Debussy - Prelude "Minstrels" from Book I

Barbara Brown:
Schubert - Op.94 No.2 from "Six Moments Musicaux"

Satomi Sano:
Badarzewska-Baranowska - Maiden's Prayer

Dan Findlay:
Bach - Prelude in C from Well-Tempered Clavier (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier)

Gerson Robboy and Betty Booher:
Cindy Walker - Thingamajig
Irving Berlin - Pack up your sins

Judy Potts:
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 31 #2, 2nd and 3rd movement

Linda Woody:
Grieg - Nocturne

Clay Davidson:
Chopin - Op. 28 No.15 Prelude "The Raindrop"

Mihoko Kato:
Ravel - Menuet from "Le Tombeau de Couperin"

Viktors Berstis:
Schumann - Op. 28 No.2 from "Romanzen"

Florence Deutsch:
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Introduction to Prelude No. 1 (From "Bachianas Brasileiras" No.4)

Luciana Diniz:
Tom Jobim - Eu Não Existo Sem Você

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Mr. Deutsch
Mr. Diniz
Nanette LaBerge (Mrs. Findlay)

Next gathering: Saturday, April 18th, 2015 @ Linda's house

Courageous Performers

Saturday, Feb. 21st @ Sylvia and Viktors' house

Clay Davidson:
Stella by Starlight and Autumn Leaves

Nancy DeClark: 

Haydn - Sonata in E's, Hob XVI/52

Collin Murphy:

Messiaen -  'Chant d'extase dans un paysage triste' (Song of Ecstasy in a Sad Landscape) from "Preludes"

Linda Woody:

Grieg - "Folkevise" (Popular Song) Op. 38 #2

Mihoko Kato:
Scarlatti - Sonata in F minor, K 466

Ardonna Manous:

Rachmaninoff - Dasies

Satomi Sano:

Lennon & McCartney - Medley (sort of): Lady Madonna, Imagine, Let it be

Francine Goteiner:

Isaac Albéniz - Preludio

Luciana Diniz:
Chopin - Valse KKIVb/II in A minor

Marc Rose:
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 55, #1 in F minor

Sylvia Gray:

Chopin - Etude Op. 10, #9

Viktors Berstis:
Bach - Goldberg Variations

Next gathering: Saturday, March. 21st, 2015

Courageous Performers

Saturday, Jan. 24th @ Sylvia and Viktors' house

Collin Murphy:
Debussy - Preludes Book II,  #3, "La Puerta del Vino"

Jill Heimensen:
Chopin - Winter Wind Etude

Nancy DeClark: 
Bach - Toccata in C minor (1st half)

Linda Woody:
Grieg - Op. 12 #2 Waltz, #1 Arietta, #4 Elfin Dance 

Barbara Brown:
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 13, “Pathétique” 2nd Movement: Adagio

Mihoko Kato:
Scarlatti - Sonata in F minor, K 466

Gerson Robboy and Betty Booher
Brecht and Weill - Tango Ballad
Irving Berlin - You'd be Surprised

Francine Goteiner:
Granados - Preludio

Clay Davidson:
Chick Corea - Crystal Silence

Judy Potts:
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 31 #2, 3rd movement

Viktors Berstis and Sylvia Gray:
Schubert - Fantasie in F minor, Op. 103, D 940

Ardonna Manous:
Bach - Selection from French Suit
Quilter - Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, Arranged by Stephen Hough

Susan Mosedale:
Reading "The Art of Practice" by Madeline Bruser

Satomi Sano:
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 27 #1, C# minor

Next gathering: Saturday, Feb. 21st, 2015 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house