Courageous Performers - December 2023

December 16th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis
Schumann - Kreisleriana, 8th Mov.

2.  Liz Ruckh
Granados - "Mazurka" (#9 from Spanish Dances)

3. Corey Johnson (Vn) and Andrew Cowles-Heriot (Pf)
Cécile Chaminade - Romantiques

4. Andrew Cowles-Heriot
Liszt - "Eglogue" from Première année: Suisse

5. Linda Woody
Elton John - Daniel

6. Satomi Sano
Francis Poulenc - Nocturne #8

7. Yu-Yun Su
I.J. Paderewski - Menuet Op.14, #1

8. Emery Wang
Bell Carol arr. by David Hicken

9. Alex Mayall 
Greig - Notturno
Liszt - La Cloche Sonne

10. Nancy Good (Cl) & Corey Johnson (Vn)
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen

11. Ginny Adelsheim (Pf and Jingle bells)
Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride

12.　Marjorie Walters
Emanuel Chabrier - Habanera

13. Sylvia Gray
J.S. Bach - Prelude in A♭ from WTC I

14. Nick Fontana
Beethoven - Sonata Op.10, #1

Music Appreciator:
Francine Goteiner
Dave Becker

<<Next gathering: the Date has been changed again>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 1/27/2024 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers - November 2023

November 11th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis
Schumann - Kreisleriana, 2nd Mov.

2. Donann Warren (Vo) and Sylvia Gray (Pf)
Sylvia Gray & Francis Hicks - Composed Art Song 
"The Islands of 41 years"
"Tools"
"Someday I Want to Tell You"

3. George Olsen
Bach - Allemande from French Suite IV

4. Satomi Sano
Beethoven - "Tempest" Sonata, Op.31, 3rd Mov.

5. Katrina Hedberg
Mozart - Rondo in Am

6. Richard Anslow
Schumann - Träumerei from “Scenes from Childhood”, Op.15

7. Peter Sullivan
Debussy - Cloches à travers les feuilles from Image Book 2, #1

8. Alex Mayall 
Greig - The Watchman
Rachmaninov - Prelude in B, Op.32 #11

9. Margaret Bloomfield
Ernesto Ponzio - DON JUAN (Arr: Pablo Estigarribia)

10. Francine Goteiner
Ravel - Miroirs V "La vallée des cloches"

11. Ginny Adelsheim
Mompou - Cancione e Danza

12. Lisa Corcoran
Bach - Arioso (Piano transcription)

13. Dave Becker
Jerome Kern - Yesterdays

14. Stacey Minkoff (Vn) and Sylvia Gray (Pf)
Lili Boulanger - Nocturne

15. Nick Fontana
Boris Lyatoshinsky - Prelude #1, Op. 38

16. Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
Bach - Prelude from D Major Suite

Music Appreciator:
Marjorie Walters

<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 12/16//2023 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers - October 2023

October 14th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

Sylvia Gray
Mompou - Pajaro Triste

Donann Warren (Vo) and Sylvia Gray (Pf)
Sylvia Gray - Composed Art Song "Someday I Want to Tell You"

Francine Goteiner
Debussy - "Des pas sur la Neige" from Book I Préludes

Nick Fontana
Saint-Saëns/Liszt/Horovitz - Danse Macabre

Stan Hoff
Chopin - Mazurka #47 in Am, Op.posth.68 #2

Reiko Isono
Tchaikowsky - Sentimentaler Walzer, Op.51 #6

Ginny Adelsheim
Ravel - Menuet from :Le Tombeau de Couperin"

Music Appreciator:
Margaret Bloomfield

<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 11/11//2023 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers - September 2023

September 23rd, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

Sylvia Gray
Haydn - Sonata in E♭ (Hob XVI:52), 3rd mov.

Francine Goteiner
Debussy - "Voiles" from Book I Preludes

Reiko Isono
Beethoven - Bagatelle Op.33, #4
Schumann - Theme and Ver.1 from "ABEGG" Variations 

Viktors Berstis
Schumann - Kreisleriana, 1st mov.

Judy Potts
Scarlatti - Sonata in Fm (K.466)

Margaret Bloomfield (Pf) & Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
Max Bruch - Kol Nidrei
Ernest Bloch - Suite "From Jewish Life"

Music Appreciator:
George Olsen

<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 10/14//2023 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers - August 2023

August 19th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis
J.S. Bach – Sheep May Safely Graze (arr.)

2. Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
J.S.Bach - Sarabande in C
The Beatles - When I'm 64
J.S.Bach - Gigue in Cm

3. Satomi Sano
Beethoven - "Tempest" Sonata, Op.31, 2nd mov.

4. Reiko Isono
Ginastera - #2 from “Three Danzas Argentinas”, Op.2
Tchaikovsky - Chant Sans Paroles, Op.2, #3

5. Francine Goteiner
Schumann - Vogel als Prophet, Op.82, #7 (from Waldszenen)

6. Lisa Corcoran
J.S.Bach - Prelude and Fugue #24 from WTC II

7. Judy Potts
Haydn - Sonata #31 in A♭, Presto

8. Shaoming Greene
Chopin - Prelude Op.28, #13

9. Marjorie Walters
Schubert - Sonata in B♭, 2nd mov. Andante

10. Anne Denis
Mel Bonis - Barcarolle, Op.71

11. Stacey Minkoff (Vn) and Sylvia Gray (Pf)
Clara Schumann - Three Romance Pieces, Op.22

12. Nicholas Fontana
Rachmaninoff | Earl Wild - Sorrow in Springtime, Op.21, #12

Music Appreciator:
Margaret Bloomfield

<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM - 6 PM play on Saturday, 9/16//2023 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

 

Courageous Performers - July 2023

July 8th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis
J.S. Bach – Sheep May Safely Graze

2. Art Ungar (Bon), Nancy Good (Cl) & Rico Gellman (Cl)
Inez Pleyel - Trio in E♭、Op.20 #2

3. Yu-Yun Su
Beethoven - "Waldstein" Sonata, Op.53, 3rd Movement

4. Satomi Sano
Beethoven - "Tempest" Sonata, Op.31, 1st Movement

5. Francine Goteiner
Debussy - Les Collines d'Anacapri

6. Liz Ruckh
Field - Nocturne #13

7. Stacey Minkoff (Vn) and Sylvia Gray (Pf)
Bizet - Habanera from "Carmen"
Massenet - Méditation from "Thaïs"
Yradier - La Paloma

8. Jerry Bobbe (Cello) & Lisa Corcoran (Pf) 
J.S.Bach - Gamba #2, Adagio & Allegro

9. Judy Potts
Haydn - Sonata #31 in A♭, Adagio

10. Ginny Adelsheim
William Bolcom - Graceful Ghost Rag

11. Emery Wang
George Winston - Variations on the Kanon by Pachelbel

12. Stacey Minkoff (Baritone ukulele)
J.S. Bach - Prelude from Cello Suite

13. Anne Denis 
Clementi Sonata in F#m, 1st movement

14. Nick Fontana
Reger- Fugue

Music Appreciator:
Margaret Bloomfield
Dave Becker

<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 8/19//2023 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers - May

 May 27th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis
Bach - Air from Orchestral Suite #3

2. Sylvia Gray (Pf) & Stacey Minkoff (Vn)
Mozart - Piano | Violin Sonata #6 (K301)

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

4. Margaret Bloomfield, Jesse Isaac and Obadiah Wright
A. Bardi (arr. P. Jaurena) - El Baquiano
Charlo (arr. D.　Schissi) - Tu Pálida Voz

5. Peter Williams
Chopin - Nocturne in D♭

6. Reiko Isono
Chopin - Etude Op.10, #3

7. Corey Johnson (Vn) and Jeff Denton (Pf)
Brahms - Piano | Violin Sonata #2, Op.10, 2nd mov (Andante, Vivace)

8. Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
Ernest Bloch - Schelomo

9. Richard Anslow
Schumann - Träumerei from “Scenes from Childhood”, Op.15

10. Dave Becker
Bruce Hornsby - Harbor Lights

11. Nick Fontana
Chopin - Prelude Op.28, #24

12. Jeff Denton
Bach - Fugue in D#m from WTC I

Music Appreciators:
Marjorie Walters
Ginny Adelsheim

<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 7/8/2023 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers - April 2023

April 15th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis
Bach - Air from Orchestral Suite #3

2. Satomi Sano
Samuel Barber - Excursions #2, "In slow blues tempo"

3. George Olsen
Mendelssohn - "Spinning Song" from Song without Words, Op.62, #4

4. Nancy Good (Cl) & Corey Johnson (Vn)
Michel-Joseph Gebauer - Allegro

5. Peter Williams
Beethoven - Sonata #17, "Tempest", Mov.3

6. Judy Potts
J.S. Bach - French Suite #5 in G, IV. Loure & V. Gigue

7. Sylvia Gray (Pf) & Stacey Minkoff (Vn)
Mozart - Piano | Violin Sonata (K304), I. Allegro and II. Menuetto

8. Margaret Bloomfield (Pf) & Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
Saint-Saëns - The Swan
Elgar - Salut d'Amour

9. Francine Goteiner
Debussy - Ondine from Preludes Book II 

10. Marjorie Walters
Schubert - Impromptu, Op.90, #1

11. Lisa Corcoran
Scarlatti - Tocatta in Dm

12. Daniel McClure
Debussy - "Reflets dan l'Eau" from Images Book I 

13. Reiko Isono
Chopin - Etude Op.10, #3

14. Nick Fontana
Albert Pieczonka - Tarantella 

Music Appreciator:
Phil Walters

<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 5/27/2023 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers - March 2023

March 11th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

1. Sylvia Gray

Grieg – From Early Days, Op.65, #1

            Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op.65, #6

            Kobold, Op.71, #3

2. Reiko Isono

Schumann - Vogel als Prophet from Waldszenen, Op.82, #7

3. Francine Goteiner

Scarlatti - K162

4. Daniel McClure

Gliere - Prelude, Op.43, #1

5. Stan Hoff

Mendelssohn - Song without Words in A

6. Jerry Bobbe (Cello)

Ernest Bloch - Schelomo

7. Nick Fontana

Rachmaninoff | Earl Wild - Where Beauty Dwells

8. Viktors Berstis

Bach -  Air from Orchestral Suite #3

9. Ginny Adelsheim

Bach - Cadenza Brandenburg 5

Music Appreciator:

Margaret Bloomfield

Marjorie Walters
George Olsen

<<Next gathering>>

3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 4/15/2023 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers - February 2023

 February 11th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis
Bach - Goldberg Variations #13

2. Chuck Whitman & Corey Johnson (Mandolin), and Viktors Berstis (Pf)
Bach - 2nd movement from Double Violin Concerto in Dm

3. Satomi Sano
Bartok - Out Doors #1 - "With Drums and Pipes"

4. Ginny Adelsheim
English Folk Song - May Day Carol (arr. by Deems Taylor)

5. Sylvia Gray
Grieg – Lyric Pieces Op. 62, #2, "Dank (Gratitude)"
Bach - Prelude & Fugue No.3 in C#

6. Nancy Good (Cl),  Corey Johnson (Vn), and Sylvia Gray (Pf)
Ave Maria arr. by Kat Trio

7. Margaret Bloomfield 
Bach - Prelude in C# minor from WTC Book I

8. Nick Fontana
Bach - Fantasia & Fugue (BWV 944)

Music Appreciator:
Dan Arrayan
Marjorie Walters

<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 3/11/2023 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house

Courageous Performers - January 2023

January 14th, Hosted by Sylvia and Viktors

1. Viktors Berstis
Chopin - Polonaise Op.44

2. Sylvia Gray
Grieg – Lyric Pieces Op.62-1 "Sylph" and Op.71-5 "Norwegische Tanz"

3. Corey Johnson (Mandolin)
Bach - Prelude and Gigue from Cello Suite No.1 in G 

4. Corey Johnson (Vn), Jonathan Ramirez (Cello), Isabelle Haulin (Pf) and Nancy Good (Cl)
Quartango (Transcribed by Isabelle) - Androgyne

5. Jonathan Ramirez (Cello) and Isabelle Haulin (Piano)
Saint-Saëns - "Swan" from Le carnaval des animaux

6. George Olsen
Shostakovich - Prelude #1 from 24 Preludes and Fugues

7. Jerry Bobbe (Cello)
Bach - Bourrée in C and E♭

8. Satomi Sano
Chopin - Etude, Op.10-12

9. Nick Fontana and Chong Kee Tan (Duet)
Schubert - Fantasy in Fm

10. Nick Fontana
Happy Birthday Variations by Shuwen Zhang

Music Appreciator:
Marjorie Walters
Alexa Dellinger

<<Next gathering>>
3:30 PM chat, 4 PM play on Saturday, 2/11/2023 @ Sylvia & Viktors' house