Courageous Performers – December 2021

December 18th, Hosted by Sylvia & Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis    
J.S. Bach (Transcription by Kempff) - Sinfonia from BWV29, Ratswahl Cantata

2. Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
J.S. Bach - C Major Prelude

3. Sylvia Gray
Christmas Carols arr. by John Ness Beck
     I. What Child is This?
     II. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
     III. Appalachian Christmas Carol

4. Satomi Sano
Franz Gruber (arr. by Dennis Alexander) - Silent Night

5. George Olsen
Grieg –"Peasant's Song" from Lyric Pieces, Op. 65, #2

6. Linda Woody
Franz Gruber (arr. by Meier) - Silent Night

7. Lisa Corcoran
Debussy - Jardins sous la Pluie from "Estampes"

8. Nobue Kaite
Dussek - Sonatina Op. 20, #6, 1st Movement

9. Yu-Yun Su
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 53, "Waldstein", 2nd and 3rd Movements

10. Chauncey Canfield
J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations #18 - #21

Visitors: 

Bob Kao
Sylvia Ruggeri (Violist)
Margaret Bloomfield

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3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 1/15/2022 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – November 2021

November 14th, Hosted by Sylvia & Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis
J.S. Bach (Transcription by Kempff) - Sinfonia from BWV29, Ratswahl Cantata

2. George Olsen
Grieg – "Prelude" from Holberg Suite, Op.40

3. Satomi Sano
Samuel Barber - Excursions #2, Op. 20

4. Eileen Peterson
Ludovico Einaudi - Le Onde

5. Linda Woody
Chopin - Mazurka in C# minor, Op.6 #2

6. Liz Ruckh
Debussy -  Danseuses de Delphes from Prélude Book I, #1 

7. Nobue Kaite
J.S. Bach - Prelude #12 in Fm (BWV 881)

8. Yu-Yun Su
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 53, "Waldstein", 1st Movement

9. Hiroko Kunze
Gabriel Fauré - Capriccio from "8 Pièces Brèves", Op.84

10. Monica Sanders
Shostakovich - Prelude, Op. 34, #9
Chopin - Nocturne in C# minor, Posthumous

11. Signe Larson
William Gillock - Valse Etude

12. Sylvia Gray
J.S. Bach - 2 part Invention #13
J.S. Bach - 3 part Invention #3 and #15

13. Chauncey Canfield
Chopin - Etude, Op.10, #9
Debussy - Jardins sous la Pluie from "Estampes"

Visitor: 
Russell Taylor

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3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 12/18/2021 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – October 2021

October 16th, Hosted by Sylvia & Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis
J.S. Bach (Transcription by Kempff) - Sinfonia from BWV29, Ratswahl Cantata

2. Monica Sanders
Scriabin - Prelude, Op. 11, #15 in D♭ Major

3. Satomi Sano
Samuel Barber - Excursions #1, Op. 20

4. Lisa Corcoran
Schumann - Widmung de Myrthen, Op. 25 (arr. by Liszt - Liebeslied S 566)

5. Nobue Kaite
Auguste Durand - Valse Op. 83

6. Signe Larson 
Piazzolla (arr. by Tracy Xian) - Oblivion

7. Sylvia Gray
J.S. Bach - 2 part Invention #13
Kenji Bunch - Etude #2

8. Chauncey Canfield
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
  II. Fugue
  III. Forlane

9. Margaret Bloomfield
Schubert - Impromptu Op. 142, #2

10. Kris Long
Schumann - Träumerei from "Kinderszenen"

11. Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
J.S. Bach –  Sarabande and Courante from Cello Suite #5 in C minor

Visitors: 
Bob Kao
Russell Taylor

 
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3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 11/13/2021 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – September 2021

September 11th, Hosted by Sylvia & Viktors

Viktors Berstis
Bach (Transcription) - Wir danken dir, Gott, Wir danken dir. (BWV 29)

Signe Larson 
Schumann (Godowsky Transcription) - A Flower to Me Thou Seemest
Bob Rose - Jazz Prelude based on Chopin Op. 28, No. 4 

Margaret Bloomfield
Brahms - Intermezzo Op. 118, No. 2

Collin Murphy
Brahms - Intermezzo Op. 118, No. 1 in A minor

Nobue Kaite
Gabriel Faure -  Improvisation Op. 84, No. 5

Sylvia Gray
Bach - 2nd Partita, all movements

Visitors: 
Bob Kao
Russell Taylor

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3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 10/16/2021 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – August 2021

August 14th, Hosted by Sylvia & Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis
Scarlatti - Sonata LS28

2. Amie Belisle
J.S. Bach – Inventions 1, 2, and 3

3. Satomi Sano
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Parolibre

4. Lisa Corcoran
Leoš Janáček – "Good Night" from On an Overgrown Path
Schumann - "Sleeping Child" from Scenes from Childhood

5. Sylvia Gray
J.S. Bach – Allemande from Partita #2

6. Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
J.S. Bach –  Prelude from Cello Suite #5 in C minor

7. Margaret Bloomfield and Dianne Davies (Duet)
Dvořák - Slavonic Dances, Op.72: #2 and #8

 

Music Lovers:
R. Kao
Gary Abrahamsen

 

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3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 9/11/2021 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – July 2021

 July 17th, Hosted by Sylvia & Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis
J.S. Bach – "In Deepest Grief" (BWV244)

2. Satomi Sano
Schumann - Aufschwung (Soaring), from Fantasiestück Op.12, #2

3. Nobue Kaite
Chopin – Mazurka, Op.17, #4

4. George Olsen
Grieg – "Rigaudon" from Holberg Suite, Op.40

5. Collin Murphy
Brahms - Intermezzo in E♭, Op.117, #1

6. Chauncey Canfield
Debussy - Reflets dans l'eau

7. Drew Sato
Khachaturian - Sonata for Piano, 1st Movement

8. Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
J.S. Bach – Cello Suite #5 in C minor, Allemande & Gigue

9. Signe Larson
Alexandre Boëly - Character Piece, Op.46, #12

10. Hiroko Kunze
Ravel - Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn

Music Lovers:
Russell S. Taylor
Julie Volpigno
Margaret Bloomfield 
Sylvia Gray 

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3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 8/14/2021 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – June 2021

 June 19th, Hosted by Sylvia & Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis & Sylvia Gray (Duet)
Mozart – 2nd movement from Sonata for Two Pianos (KV 448)

2. Sylvia Gray
Grieg – #1 Sylph and #4 Bächlein from Lyric Pieces, Op.62

3. George Olsen

Grieg – Air and Gavotte from Holberg Suite, Op.40

4. Collin Murphy
Brahms - Intermezzo in A, Op. 118 #2

5. Ardonna Manous
J.S. Bach - Sinfonia #5
Elliot Griffis - Spider at my Window

6. Chauncey Canfield
Debussy - L'Isle Joyeuse

7. Eileen Peterson
Philip Glass - Glassworks　"Opening"

8. Drew Sato
Hiromi Uehara - Somewhere

9. Linda Woody
Schubert - Moment Musical Op. 94, #3

10. Nobue Kaite
Schubert – Impromptus, Op. 90, #3

11. Margaret Bloomfield and Dianne Davies (Duet)

Dvořák - Slavonic Dances, Op.72

• No. 4 (12) in D♭ major (Dumka)
• No. 6 (14) in B♭ major (Starodávný / "Ancient")
  
  

12. Satomi Sano
J.S. Bach - Preludio II in Cm from WTC I

13. Amie Belisle
J.S. Bach – Inventions 1, 2, and 3

14. Judy Potts
Mozart - Rondo in F (K. 494)

15. Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
J.S. Bach – Cello Suite #4 in E♭ Major (BWV 1010), Bourrée I & II

16. Signe Larson
Mel Bonis - Meditation

17. Lisa Corcoran
Chopin – Nocturne in C#m (Posthumous)

18. Marc Rose
Chopin - Prelude Op. 28, #7
Brahms - Intermezzo in A, Op. 118 #2

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3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 7/17/2021 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers – May 2021

 May 15th, Hosted by Sylvia & Viktors

Ardonna Manous
Barber – II. In slow blues tempo from “Excursions”, Op.20
Alberto Ginastera – La Danza de La Moza Donosa

George Olsen
Grieg – Sarabande from Holberg Suite, Op.40

Sylvia Gray
Grieg – #2 Dank (Gratitude) and #3 Französische Serenade (French Serenade)
                from Lyric Pieces, Op.62

Linda Woody
Vince Guaraldi - Cast Your Fate to the Wind

Eileen Peterson
Dirtmouth

Nobue Kaite
Liszt – Liebestraum No.3

Lisa Corcoran
Chopin – Nocturne in C#m Op.27-1

Satomi Sano
Debussy - Jardin sous la Pluie

Judy Potts
Chopin – Polonaise Op.26, No.1

Jerry Bobbe (Cello) and Margaret Bloomfield (Piano)
Tchaikovsky – Andante Cantabile (arr. by Fritz Kreisler)

Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
Bach – Allemande from Cello Suite No.4

Viktors Berstis & Sylvia Gray (Duet)
Mozart – 1^st movement from Sonata for Two Pianos (KV 448)

Supporters:
Jill Hendrickson
Nancy Good

Next gathering:
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 6/19/2021 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house