Courageous Performers – December 2018

December 29th, Hosted by Sylvia & Viktors

Viktors Berstis
Tchaikovsky | Pletnev - фея сахарной сливы (Sugar Plum Fairy)
                                       from The Nutcracker Suite

Eriko Bird
Schumann - Träumerei from Kinderszenen

Collin Murphy
Brahms - Intermezzo in Em, Op. 116

Ardonna Manous
Mompou - "Obscur" and "Les filles au la jardin"

Judy Potts
Scriabin - Three Preludes: Op. 11, #13, Op. 16, #3 and  #4

Sibyl Jarrett
Schumann - Abschied (Farewell), #9 from Waldszenen (Forest scenes), Op. 89

Francine Goteiner
French nursery rhyme : "Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman"
 - 12 Variations for piano, arranged by Mozart (AKA "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star")

Satomi Sano
Chopin - Nocturne #1, Op. 9-1

Signe Larson
Henrique Oswald - Il Neige!...

Lisa Corcoran
Brahms - Intermezzo #4, Op. 118

Marcus Eivers
Wagenseil - Ricercata
Zipoli - Giga

Sylvia Gray
Scarlatti - Sonata in C, K.159

Classical Beauties & the Beast
Stacey Minkoff (Violin), Sylvia Gray (Piano) and Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
Max Bruch – #1 & #3 from Acht Stücke (8 Pieces), Op.83

Jerry Bobbe (Cello) and Margaret Bloomfield (Piano)
Jules Massenet - Méditation from "Thaïs"

Next gathering: 3:30 PM on Saturday, 2/2/2019 @ Margaret's house

Courageous Performers – November 2018

November 24th, Hosted by Sylvia & Viktors

Viktors Berstis

Chopin - Etude Op.10, #1 and #4

Collin Murphy

Chopin - Nocturne in F#m, Op. 48, #2

Eriko Bird and Miki Tohnoe (Duet)

Moszkowski - Habanera

Yu-Yun Su

Chopin - Etude Op.10, #5

Francine Goteiner

French nursery rhyme : "Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman"

 - 12 Variations for piano, arranged by Mozart (AKA "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star")

George Olsen

Debussy - #4 "Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir"

                 from Préludes Livre I

Jerry Bobbe (Cello) and Margaret Bloomfield (Piano)

Elgar – "Chanson de Nuit" and "Salut d'Amour"

Koharu Sakiyama (Violin) and Miyuki Sakiyama (Piano)

Bruch - Violin Concerto #1, 1st Movement

Lisa Corcoran

Scarlatti - Sonata in A (K113)

Satomi Sano

Albéniz - Prelude (Asturias) from "Cantos de España", Op.232

Judy Potts

Mozart - Sonata in A (K331), 1st Movement

Sibyl Jarrett

Schumann - Contentechess, Op. 15

Miki Tohnoe

Kabalevsky - Sad Story, Op. 27-6

Gillock - In Old Vienna

Bob Rowell

Prokofiev - Romeo & Juliet at Parting

Sylvia Gray

Scarlatti - Sonata in Bb

Observers:

Haruka Sakiyama

Colleen Keyes

Next gathering: 3:30 PM on Saturday, 12/29 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – October 2018

October 27th, Hosted by Margaret

Chauncey Canfield
Schumann - Romance #2, Op.28

Sylvia Gray
Scarlatti - Sonata in D, L262

Viktors Berstis
Chopin - Etude Op.10, #1

Drew Sato
Beethoven - Sonata #30 in F, Op.109

Miki Tohnoe
Rachmaninoff - Prelude

Yoko Sakurauchi
Debussy - Arabesque

Yu-Yun Su
Schubert - transcription for solo piano by F. Liszt

Francine Goteiner
Debussy - Voiles from Préludes Livre I
Debussy - La puerta del Vino from Préludes Livre II

George Olsen
Brahms – Intermezzo, Op. 118, #4

Lisa Corcoran
César Franck | Harold Bauer - Prélude, Fugue & Variation

Signe Larson
Clara Schumann - Prelude & Fugue, Op.16, #2

Stacey Minkoff (Violin), Sylvia Gray (Piano) and Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
Max Bruch – Trio #3 from “8 Pieces”

Jerry Bobbe (Cello) and Margaret Bloomfield (Piano)
Rachmaninoff – Vocalise

Next gathering: 3:30 PM on Saturday, 11/24 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – September 2018

September 15th, Hosted by Sylvia & Viktors

Amie Belisle
Bach – Aria from Gldberg Variations

Francine Goteiner
Louis-Claude Daquin - Le Coucou
Cecile Chaminade - Scarf Dance

Michael Ortiz
Haydn – Sonata in D, 1st Movement

Judy Potts
Scarlatti - Sonatas: K380 in E, K69 in Fm and K159 in C

Signe Larson
Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

Satomi Sano
Stephen Sondheim - Send in the Clowns

Chauncey Canfield
Schubert - Impromptu #2, Eb Major

Jerry Bobbe (Cello) and Margaret Bloomfield (Piano)
Max Bruch – Kol Nidrei

Stacey Minkoff (Violin), Sylvia Gray (Piano) and Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
Max Bruch – Trio #1 & #2 from “8 Pieces”

Viktors Berstis
Chopin - Etude Op.10, #1

Baraba Brown - Audience & Clapper

Next gathering: 3:30 PM on Saturday, 10/27 @ Margaret's house

Courageous Performers – August 2018

August 4th, Hosted by Sylvia & Viktors  (Annual Summer Potluck!)

Viktors Berstis

Schumann - 2. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch form Kreisleriana, Op.16

Eriko Bird

Sugiyama - Doragon Quest Overture

Sylvia Gray and Yu-Yun Su (Duet)

Dvorak - Slavic Dance (II), Op. 46

"Clair de lune”, acrylic on wood panel, 12 x 36”   
by Collin Murphy

Ardonna Manous

Bach - Partita #2, Courante

Collin Murphy

Debussy - Clair de Lune

Francine Goteiner

Debussy - La puerta del Vino from Préludes Livre II

Sibyl Jarrett

Beethoven - Bagatell Op. 126, #2

Satomi Sano

Chopin - Ballade III

Signe Larson

Mozart - Rondo in D (K.485)

Yu-Yun Su

Granados - 2. Berceuse & 3. Lento con extasis from "Escenas Románticas"

Bob Rowell

Tchaikovsky - The Seasons - August (Harvest Song)

Lisa Corcoran and Collin Botsko (Duet)

Melody Bober - Colorado River Rapids (Southwest Landscapes)

Lisa Corcoran

Cear Franck - Prélude from Prélude, Fugue et Variation (transcr. Harold Bauer)

Stacey Minkoff (Violin), Sylvia Gray (Piano) and Jerry Bobbe (Cello) – “Classical Beauties & the Beast”

Max Bruch – Trio #1 & #2 from “8 Pieces”

Jerry Bobbe (Cello) and Margaret Bloomfield (Piano)

Ernest Bloch – Suite “From Jewish Life” (All = nos. 1, 2 & 3)

Chauncey Canfield

Bach – Prelude #3 from WTK Book I

Bach – Prelude #2 from WTK Book II

Judy Potts

Bach - Prelude in Am from English Suite #2 (BWV 807)

Miki Tohnoe

Beethoven - Tow Sonatine

Next gathering: 3:30 PM on 9/15 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – June 2018

June 30th, Hosted by Linda 

Collin Murphy
Brahms - Intermezzo in Bb, Op. 76, #4

Eriko Bird
French folk song: "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman"
 - Variations for piano, arranged by Mozart (AKA "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star")

Miki Tohnoe
Chopin - Barcarole

Michael Ortiz
Scriabin – III. Andante from Sonata #3 (1898)

Nancy DeClark
Mendelssohn - Song without Words, Op. 67, #1

Sibyl Jarrett
Beethoven - Bagatelle, Op. 126, #2 and #5

Yu-Yun Su
Granados - #5 and #6 from Escenas Románticas

George Olsen
Grieg - Lyric Pieces, Op. 12, #1

Reiko Isono
Chopin - Etude, Op.25, #1
J.S. Bach - Partita I, Praeludium

Ardonna Manous
J.S. Bach -  Sarabande from English Suite III

Chauncey Canfield
Debussy - Arabesque #1

Sylvia Gray
J.S. Bach - Sarabande from English Suite #6 in Dm (BWV 811)

Viktors Berstis
Chopin - Fantasie-Impromptu

Francine Goteiner
Debussy - Serenade for the Doll from Children's Corner
Debussy - Voiles from Préludes Book I

Linda Woody
Scriabin – Op. 16, Prelude No. 1 in B Major

Next gathering (and Potluck): 8/4 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – May 2018

May 26th, Hosted by Viktors and Sylvia

Viktors Berstis
Bach – “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” (BWV 659)

Francine Goteiner
Debussy - "La puerta del Vino" from Préludes Book II, #3

Sibyl Jarrett
York Bowen - Prelude #6 in Dm

Satomi Sano
Bartók - #11, #30 and #33 from "For Children" Book I
Shostakovich - #14 from 24 Preludes

Michael Ortiz
Chopin – Nocturne #13 in Cm, Op. 48, #1

Ardonna Manous
J.S. Bach -  Variation #13 from Goldberg

Collin Murphy
Debussy - Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon (1917)
                  (The title is from Baudelaire's poem "Le balcon". See below.) 

Yu-Yun Su
Anton Rubinstein - Barcarolle

Judy Potts
Padre Antonio Soler - Sonatas #21 and #84

Sylvia Gray
Mozart - Sonata #12 in F (K.332)
                 1. Allegro
                 2. Adagio
                 3. Allegro assai

Next gathering: 6/30 @ Linda's house

Le balcon
Mère des souvenirs, maîtresse des maîtresses,
Ô toi, tous mes plaisirs ! ô toi, tous mes devoirs !
Tu te rappelleras la beauté des caresses,
La douceur du foyer et le charme des soirs,
Mère des souvenirs, maîtresse des maîtresses !

Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon,
Et les soirs au balcon, voilés de vapeurs roses.
Que ton sein m'était doux ! que ton coeur m'était bon !
Nous avons dit souvent d'impérissables choses
Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon.

Que les soleils sont beaux dans les chaudes soirées !
Que l'espace est profond ! que le coeur est puissant !
En me penchant vers toi, reine des adorées,
Je croyais respirer le parfum de ton sang.
Que les soleils sont beaux dans les chaudes soirées !

La nuit s'épaississait ainsi qu'une cloison,
Et mes yeux dans le noir devinaient tes prunelles,
Et je buvais ton souffle, ô douceur ! ô poison !
Et tes pieds s'endormaient dans mes mains fraternelles.
La nuit s'épaississait ainsi qu'une cloison.

Je sais l'art d'évoquer les minutes heureuses,
Et revis mon passé blotti dans tes genoux.
Car à quoi bon chercher tes beautés langoureuses
Ailleurs qu'en ton cher corps et qu'en ton coeur si doux ?
Je sais l'art d'évoquer les minutes heureuses !

Ces serments, ces parfums, ces baisers infinis,
Renaîtront-il d'un gouffre interdit à nos sondes,
Comme montent au ciel les soleils rajeunis
Après s'être lavés au fond des mers profondes ?

                                                 - Charles Baudelaire

Courageous Performers – April 2018

April 21st, Hosted by Viktors and Sylvia

Viktors Berstis
Schumann - 2. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch form Kreisleriana, Op.16,

Barbara Brown
Tchaikovsky - "May" - Starlit Nights from The Seasons

Francine Goteiner
Mozart - Fantasia in Dm (K.397)

Collin Murphy
Chopin - Nocturne in C#m (Posth.)

Sibyl Jarrett
Chopin - Mazurka in Bm, Op. 33, #4

Jodi Krohn
Marvin Kahn - Spectrum

Amie Belisle
Chopin – Nocturne, Op. 48, #2

Michael Ortiz
Chopin - Etude in E, Op. 10, #3
Chopin - Prelude in G, Op. 28, #3

Bob Rowell
Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette

Ardonna Manous
J.S. Bach -  Prelude #8 from WTC Book I

Satomi Sano
Erroll Garner - Misty

Judy Potts
J.S. Bach - Prelude in Am from English Suite #2 (BWV 807)

Stacey Minkoff (Violin) and Sylvia Gray (Piano)
Jules Massenet - Méditation (Thaïs)

Sylvia Gray
Mozart - Sonata in F, #12 (K.332)


Observers:
Catherine Ortiz

Next gathering: 3:30 PM on Saturday, May 26th, 2018 @ Sylvia and Viktors’ house

Courageous Performers – March 2018

March 17th, Hosted by Viktors and Sylvia

Sylvia Gray
J.S. Bach - Armand from English Suite #6 in Dm (BWV 811)

Ardonna Manous
J.S. Bach -  Sarabande from English Suite #6 in Dm (BWV 811)

Judy Potts
J.S. Bach - Prelude from English Suite #2 in Am (BWV 807)

Margaret Bloomfield
J.S. Bach - Prelude #4 from TWC Book I

Viktors Berstis
Schumann - 1. Äußerst bewegt from Kreisleriana

Satomi Sano
Chopin - Waltz in Am (Posthumous)
Chopin - Etude Op. 10, #12

Collin Murphy
Debussy - Danseuses de Delphes from Préludes Livre I

Lisa Corcoran
Brahms - Intermezzo, Op. 118, #2

Michael Ortiz
Rachmaninoff -  Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39 #2


Observers:
Sibyl Jarrett
Mark Hankin (Cellist)

Next gathering: 3:30 PM on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 @ Sylvia and Viktors’ house

Courageous Performers – February 2018

February 17th, Hosted by Viktors and Sylvia

Viktors Berstis
Schumann - 1. Äußerst bewegt from Kreisleriana

Eriko Bird
Tadashi Hattori - Japanese Radio Calisthenics #1 (ラジオ体操第一)
                              FYI - Video sample of this exercise

Collin Murphy
Brahmms - Intermezzo, OP. 76, #7

Satomi Sano
Moszkowsky - Etude #6 in F

Francine Goteiner
Tchaikovsky - Nocturne Op. 19, #4

Ardonna Manous
Field - Nocturne #13 in Dm

George Olsen
Brahms – Intermezzo, Op. 118, #4

Miki Tohnoe
Mendelssohn - "Lieder ohne Worte" from Song without Words, Op.67-2

Miki Tohnoe and Eriko Bird
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto #2, 2nd movement (4 hands arr.)

Yu-Yun Su
Wagner | Liszt - Spinning Song from Opera "The Flying Dutchman"

Judy Potts
Beethoven - Piano Sonata, Op. 2, #3, 4th movement

Sibyl Jarrett
Tchaikovsky - Romance in F Minor, Op.5

Marcus Eivers
Eduard Poldini - Waltz Serenade
Georg Wagenseil - Ricercata

Jerry Bobbe (Cello) and Margaret Bloomfield (Piano)
Mendelssohn - Song Without Words, Op. 109

Stacey Minkoff (Violin), Sylvia Gray (Piano) and Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
Mendelssohn - 1st movements from Piano Trio #2 in Cm, Op. 66


Observers:
Kuo-Chung Hsu

Next gathering: 3:30 PM on Saturday, March 17th, 2018 @ Sylvia and Viktors’ house

Courageous Performers – January 2018

January 20th, Hosted by Margaret

Jerry Bobbe (Cello) and Margaret Bloomfield (Piano)

Max Bruch - Canzone

Nancy Good (Clarinet) and Margaret Bloomfield (Piano)

Isaac Albeniz - Tango

Viktors Berstis

Chopin - Prelude 17

George Olsen

Brahms – Intermezzo, Op. 116, #2

Lisa Corcoran

Bach - Prelude from English Suite #2

Yu-Yun Su

Chopin - Scherzo #2 in Bb minor, Op 31

Stacey Minkoff (Violin), Sylvia Gray (Piano) and Jerry Bobbe (Cello)

Mendelssohn - 2nd & 3rd movements from Piano Trio #2 in Cm, Op. 66

Ernesto Lecuona - Cordoba from "Suite Española"

Francine Goteiner

Debussy - Serenade for the Doll from the Children's Corner

Mateo Albeniz - Sonata in D

Observers:

Alfred Schultz

Marcus Eivers

Next gathering: 3:30 PM on Saturday, Feb 17th, 2018  @ Sylvia and Viktors’ house