Piano World Home Page Forums Our Most Popular Forums Adult Beginners Forum Recital 11 -- August 15, 2008

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">40</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">gerg aka Greg </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/40. gerg aka Greg - Nocturne Op. 37 No. 2.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Nocturne Op. 37 No. 2 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Frederic Chopin </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">05:12 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Schirmer's Vol. 39 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">1893 Knabe 6'2 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Conventional home studio setup to PC-based DAC </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">This is the cleanest take I can get right now. It is not perfect as I've been out of practice for too long, but is the best I have to offer.

I have not revisited the score in quite some time; anything missed (apart from standard amateur artifacts/mistakes), critical feedback welcomed.

I hope you enjoy this piece. It has long, long been one of my favorites. I share it as a gift of love through song as my own meager contribution to Recital #11. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">41</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Fillanzea (Emily) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Brooklyn, NY </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">3 years as a child, on and off since then (mostly off). </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/41. Fillanzea Emily - Sunburst Waltz.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Sunburst Waltz </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">00:38 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Faber & Faber Piano Adventures, level 2B Performance Book </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha P85 digital piano </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">42</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">RobM </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">UK </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="https://www.pianoworld.com/Uploads/files/peterpiano.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Roughly 11 months of actual experience + many years of 'playing about' with a keyboard. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/42. RobM - Suteki Da Ne.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Suteki Da Ne </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Nobuo Uematsu </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:49 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet Music - FFX Piano Collections </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Roland RD-300SX </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Recorded straight into Adobe Audition (more advanced program than Audacity) in a single take. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I found this very tricky to learn at first because its almost entirely made up of triplets in the left hand, but it proved to be a great practice in developing this rhythm. A few errors have slipped in to this recording and the timing is off in several places, but on the whole I'm quite pleased as I managed to record it in a single take (the 3rd attempt, due to Audacity crashing) and I only finished learning it a short while ago. With a little more time I'm sure I can polish it up to more of a performance standard, but this will have to do for this recital.

For lunch, I had a pasty. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">43</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">tekkie </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Silicon Valley, CA </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">2 years </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/43. tekkie - Opus 18.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Opus #18 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Dustin O'Halloran </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:38 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Dustin O'Halloran Piano Solos Song Book </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha CP33 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">digital to PC </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">44</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">PianoN00b (Yang) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">California </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">1 year + 20 days (estimated) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/44. PianoN00b Yang - Midnight Rhapsody.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Video link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/jetkid03">http://youtube.com/jetkid03</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Midnight Rhapsody </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Melody Bober </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:32 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Friend gave me the music sheets. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Keyboard Kawaii CA51 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">The first piece that I heard from the girl that I love... </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">45</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">joangolfing </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">6 years </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/45. joangolfing - Hymn to Joy.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Hymn to Joy </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Beethoven, Piano arr. by Jeanne Cotter </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">06:11 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">G.I.A. Publications, After The Rain: Music for Solo Piano, Jeanne Cotter </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Roland FP-4 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Akoustik Piano's Steinway Hamburg D
Wave to MP3 using Musicmatch Jukebox
Audacity (normalized) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">46</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Paul Cast </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">New England </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">3 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/46. Paul Cast - Sonatina Op.36 No.1 Allegro, Andente, Vivace.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Sonatina Op.36 No.1 Allegro, Andente, Vivace </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Muzio Clementi </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:51 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sonatina Album for the Piano, Alfred Masterwork Edition </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha Clavinova CLP-230 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I understand this is a practice piece, not a performance piece. Still, for me it represents one step in the long journey of learning piano, and a critical evaluation by members of Piano World would be appreciated. Personally I don't think I play it very smoothly, especially the third movement, but in the recording I am trying to play as fast as I accurately can. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">47</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">mahlzeit </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Breda, The Netherlands </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://www.hollemansproductions.com/avatar.gif"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">About 3 years. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/47. mahlzeit - Diminished.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Home page link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.originalsolopiano.com">http://www.originalsolopiano.com</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Diminished </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">myself </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:16 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">I was just playing around with diminished chords. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">A fancy Yamaha grand. Don't know the model. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">iPhone with QuickVoice recording software. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">Last weekend while on vacation we found a piano store, so I just had to play the fanciest grand they had. I recorded it on my brand new iPhone.

This is the very first thing I played after I sat down. There was more, but the rest of the recording had too much talking in it so I kept only this part. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">48</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Seaside_Lee </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Blackpool, England </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">4 years 10 months </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/48. Seaside_Lee - How Deep Is Your Love.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">How Deep Is Your Love </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">The Bee Gees? </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">05:51 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Play by ear </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Casio PX 320 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">Couldn't decide what to submit and decided to record some things just to see what I could come up with?, after a while I eventually started playing around with this song and ended up with about 6 minutes of "fooling around" (for y'all to suffer) - and as its extra long I'm sure Monica will love it so, seeing as she loves the Heebeegeebees so much! LOL </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">49</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">TX-Dennis (Dennis Turner) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Texas </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://myweb.cableone.net/rxbetty/icon.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Over 40 years on and off, but more off than on. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/49. TX-Dennis Dennis Turner - In The Still of the Night.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">In The Still of the Night </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Cole Porter </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:32 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet music with some improv </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Kawai GE-30 (slightly out of tune) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Recorded with Zoom and normalized with Audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I'm still not really happy with this recording, but time is growing short . . . </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">50</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Piano*Dad </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Virginia </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="https://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/Avatars/schroeder.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">I played when I was a kid, and came back when I had a kid. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/50. PianoDad - La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Video link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/dhfeld">http://www.youtube.com/user/dhfeld</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Home page link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://dhfeld.people.wm.edu/">http://dhfeld.people.wm.edu/</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Claude Debussy </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:43 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Debussy Preludes, Schirmer edition </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Grotrian 192 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H4 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">This is one take, so there are things I might want to change or improve. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">51</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">GregF </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Couple years in elementary school. 18 months back at it after 30 year break. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/51. GregF - Pastorale Op.100, No. 3.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Pastorale Op.100, No. 3 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Johann Burgmuller </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:46 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet Music </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha Digital: YPG-625 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Ipod using Micromemo attachment </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">This piece is in a book put out by Alfred publishing called Burgmuller, Czerny and Hanon - 32 Piano Studies Selected for Technique and Musicality. Basically, you work on some Czerny & Hanon excercises that lead to a Burgmuller piece employing some of those techniques. I really enjoy it and it is supplmenting my Alfred Adult Book 2, which is not the most exciting in the world. Anyway, I hope the variations in dynamics came through. I promise I really played this well for my teacher this past week, but the red dot was battling tough this time. Thanks. GregF </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">52</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Mistaya (Caroline) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Alberta </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">accordion and then piano as a teen - taking lessons again for 20 months. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/52. Mistaya Caroline - Notturno op.54 no.4.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Notturno op.54 no.4 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Edvard Grieg </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">04:19 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">sheet music </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Estonia 168 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H4 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I know you've all heard this piece many times - but it's all I've got ready - and I seem to be learning the same pieces as Ted S. I did play this at a live recital, and managed to get through it with only one wobble - and I was pretty pleased - low expectations and all that. There is hope. I think these recitals have made a difference to reducing performance anxiety for me. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">53</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">IPIBAHN (Sandy) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Canada </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">7 years </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/53. IPIBAHN Sandy - Jazz Hymn.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Jazz Hymn </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Christopher Norton </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:28 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet music </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Roland Digital </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Digital to PC </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">It's been a sad summer for me with my dog passing so I've found myself playing mostly slow mellow pieces. This was my favourite. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">54</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">DeepElem (aka Buck) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">2 years 2 months </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/54. DeepElem aka Buck - Cinema Paradiso.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Cinema Paradiso </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Ennio Morricone </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:31 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Leadsheet </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha S90ES </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I love the sound and feel of this song. My version is a bit short. I've tried many variations but nothing really strikes me like just sticking to the main theme and that is a fairly brief theme. However with the huge amount of wonderful music we get in these recitals, I'm not worried about this being a bit short. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">55</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Greywullf </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">20 yrs, 6 mo. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/55. Greywullf - No. 3 Canzone Amorosa.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">No. 3 Canzone Amorosa </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Ethelbert Nevin </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:28 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet Music:
Op. 25 Un Giorno in Venezia by Ethelbert Nevin
Alba
Gondolieri
Canzone Amorosa
Buona Notte
C 1898 John Church Company

Op 25. A Day in Venice
Dawn
Gondoliers
Venetian Love Song
Good Night </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">1910 Chickering Grand 6'4" </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H4, Audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">56</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Jeff (Opus45) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">North Carolina, USA </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Some noodling as a kid (many years ago) plus a few years
of off & on playing around with different kinds of piano music as an adult </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/56. Jeff Opus45 - Barcarolle June, from the Seasons.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Barcarolle (June, from the Seasons) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Tchaikovsky </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">04:38 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">memorized from sheet music </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha CLP175 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Digital to PC & Synthfont </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">This piece is definitely a work in progress for me. I just recently memorized the notes
and haven't spent much time on polishing. Unless I'm able to sumbit a better recording before the
recital deadline, this recording contains a few wrong notes and a couple places
where I had to stop myself & start over. It is what it is...my playing with flaws & all.
For better or for worse, it has always been my habit to try to learn to play pieces that are more technically advanced than my capabilities. An unconventional approach, for sure. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">57</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">polostrings </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Hawaii </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="https://www.pianoworld.com/Uploads/files/procharlieavatar.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">2 yrs as child, lessons for 7 months biweekly </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/57. polostrings - Waiting for Arrival.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Waiting for Arrival </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">polostrings </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:51 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">polostrings original </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Kawai GM 10-K </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H2 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">This piece is inspired by my brother who is expecting his first child, and my sister who is adopting her first child. Both processes are very similar. They both entail excitement, patience, and fear. This piece is about the patience, 9 months for the birth, and who knows how long for the adoption. It takes me back to the birth of my long awaited son, whom we seemed to wait our whole lives for. He is the one who makes us a family. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">58</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Kawai, Hi </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Years ago took lessons, then away for awhile, now back to lessons about 7 months. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/58. Kawai, Hi - Raindrop Prelude.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Raindrop Prelude </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Chopin - Schaum </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:16 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Book of Chopin pieces modified by Schaum (I know, it's embarrassing) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Kawai G 10 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H2 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I heard the real Raindrop Prelude played in a Halo trailer on Youtube and forgot how much I liked this piece. I decide to tackle an easier version first. The subtleties and dynamics of this piece are still way beyond me, even in an easy piece. One day..... </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">59</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Mike White </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">90 miles West of New Orleans </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">lifetime by ear, self-teaching since around 2005? </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/59. Mike White - Scherzino Mexicano.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Scherzino Mexicano </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Manuel Ponce </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:46 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">sheet music </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha P-80 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">This is another one of those pieces that I really liked and decided to learn to play. My inspiration was a recording by John Williams on guitar. </td></tr></tbody></table>