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

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I am delighted to introduce our 11th quarterly Adult Beginners' Forum Recital. So, pull up a chair and have a listen.

I would like to take this opportunity to ask the audience to please refrain from commentary in this recital room.

A separate room has been provided for the purposes of intermezzo discussion. Please take any and all comments to the General Discussion Room and all critical discussion to the Critical Discussion Room .

Thank you.

A template has been created for those who wish to provide individualized feedback:

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In addition to the zip files linked below, mahlzeit has added a feature to his program that creates an online streaming player. Just click on the link to hear all the recital pieces without having to download the zip files:

Online Streaming Player

For the convenience of forum members, mahlzeit's program has normalized the files for consistent volume and standardized the ID3 tags in a collection of zip files. This makes it easier to create personal CDs and playlists.

These zip files have been posted at the following URLs:

Recital 11 Zip File 1
Recital 11 Zip File 2
Recital 11 Zip File 3
Recital 11 Zip File 4
Recital 11 Zip File 5
Recital 11 Zip File 6
Recital 11 Zip File 7


The zip files, along with past recitals, have also been uploaded to:

http://www.esnips.com/web/PWRecitals


Let me express my greatest thanks to five very special people: mr_super-hunky for coming up with the idea of our online recitals, which have proven to be more successful than any of us ever dreamed; Bob Muir for working out the technical details of pulling together the recital and doing so tirelessly for the first six, count 'em, six, recitals; LaValse for hosting the zip files and recital software on his server; Copper for also hosting the zip files and trouble-shooting help; and last but not least, mahlzeit for writing the absolutely fantastic web-based recital program that we are using. THANK YOU MAHLZEIT!!!

AGAIN: DO NOT REPLY OR POST ON THIS THREAD!!

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">01</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Mark... </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Jersey Shore </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://icons.iconator.com/201/ICONATOR_5884c69e92bd370d608089bf578db8f0.gif"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">19 months 16 with a teacher </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_11/01. Mark... - Prelude in D minor.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Prelude in D minor </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Muzio Clementi </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">Alfred Adult method Book 3 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Kawai ES4 Digital Piano </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Audacity on 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">Although this piece is short side, it is a very interesting piece and was very challenging. I still would like to clean it up more and really get it down. I look forward to playing this on a really good acoustic grand some day. Thanks for listening...Mark...

PS: If this turns out to be the first submission, I promise you it gets much better... </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">02</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Mateusz 'Mati' Papiernik </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Lodz, Poland </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://private.maticomp.net/avatar.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">3.5 years of whole piano experience, 8 months really seriusly (from late December 2007) with
digital piano and 88 weighted keys. For 3.5 months with a teacher, but due to summer break, not much work done. Until that time, self-taught. </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_11/02. Mateusz Mati Papiernik - Sonata No. 14 Moonlight in C minor, Op. 27 No. 2 Adagio Sostenuto.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Sonata No. 14 'Moonlight' in C# minor, Op. 27 No. 2: Adagio Sostenuto </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Ludwig van Beethoven </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">05:40 </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">Kawai CN 21 / TruePianos </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Recorded with Audacity using TruePianos 40-day trial computer piano synthesizer. </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">As in all my performances, it's far from good to my ears. Honestly, it's sloppy, with at least three very bad slips. I went on a summer break with no piano there and then remembered that recital is coming. I went home for two days to record the piece, but after three weeks break I felt I no longer can play it as I could before. My fingers didn't want to cooperate. It's the last take from these two days, perhaps the best one. Not the best I ever did though. I hope it's not that bad after all, and... well, here it is - enjoy! Critical feedback seriously wanted. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">03</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Monica K. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Lexington, Kentucky </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/27.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">4 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_11/03. Monica K. - Nuvole Bianche.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Nuvole Bianche </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Ludovico Einaudi </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">05:56 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Una Mattina sheet music collection </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Mason & Hamlin A </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H4, normalized through 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">The title of this piece translates, I think, into "White Clouds," or possibly "Female White Clouds" or "White Clouds Woman" (depending on which online translator you use), which makes a lot less sense. Learning this piece was one of those all-too-rare transcendent piano experiences for me; it came to me much more quickly than most pieces do. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">04</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Lisztener </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Columbus, Ohio </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/FranzLiszt.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Three years lessons altogether as an adolescent. Many years trial & error since then. </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_11/04. Lisztener - Whistling Away the Dark.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/watch?v=apvgXgyWdYo&feature=user">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apvgXgyWdYo&feature=user</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Whistling Away the Dark </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Mercer - Mancini </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">04:13 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Improvised from vocal </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Steinway acoustic </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Pair of Rode NT5 mics with Zoom H4 as phantom power </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 my first serious attempt at improvising. When I was a young teenager, I fooled around with "Blue moon" and "Heart and Soul" but never to the extent of creating a complete song. Since improvising is new for me, entering it in a recital seems to be the natural place to reveal my effort.

I hope you enjoy.

WHISTLING AWAY THE DARK

From "Darling Lili"
(Johnny Mercer / Henry Mancini)

Often I think this sad old world is whistling in the dark.
Just like a child, who, late from school walks bravely
Home through the park.

To keep their spirits soaring and keep the night at bay.
Neither quite knowing which way they are going, they sing
The shadows away,

Often I think my poor old heart has given up for good.
And then I see a brand new face, I glimpse some new
Neighborhood.

So walk me back home, my darling, tell me dreams really come true.
Whistling... whistling... here in the dark with you.

Often I think my poor old heart has given up for good.
And then I see a brand new face, I glimpse some new
Neighborhood.

So walk me back home, my darling, tell me dreams really come true.
Whistling... whistling... here in the dark with you. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">05</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">LisztAddict </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Florida, USA </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_11/05. LisztAddict - Prelude Op 28 No 13.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Prelude Op 28 No 13 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Chopin </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:18 </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">Pramberger JP-208 </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 had rice, tofu, beef, celery, carrot, onion, and tomato sauce for lunch. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">06</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Laura D </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Pennsylvania </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">3 1/2 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_11/06. Laura D - Tarantella.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Tarantella </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Albert Pieczonka </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:35 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Recital Winners Volume 1, compiled by Carole L. Bigler and Valery Lloyd-Watts, performed from memory </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">my teacher’s Mason & Hamlin BB </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H4 placed behind my right shoulder </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">No</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">This piece is the absolute most fun to play of any I have learned. Flying fingers all the way through, gigantic 4-octave scale prestissimo at the end, it is great! It is so fun to play fast. And it is really impressive to watch somebody play it.

I first saw this piece performed by one of my teacher’s better middle-school students (perfectly, by the way). Last fall I asked my teacher if I could learn it, because it looked like fun. She hmmmed a while and said “the middle section is really hard” but she let me do it. The first assignment was to learn just the melody (first note of each triplet) of the middle section, which needs to be brought out. There are tricky rhythms, right hand octave jumps back and forth at high speed (at 0:18-0:35 and 1:44-2:01), lots of dynamic contrast, and plenty of other fun stuff.

I learned this piece for my Guild audition in May. It was probably the hardest of the 10 pieces I did, and I know it needs to be better. My teacher says I need another year of familiarity with it. I recorded all my pieces soon after the audition, and just now listened to the recording. I was surprised at how good it actually sounds. I know there are sloppy spots and a couple of big memory problems in this recording, and of course I messed up the end of the big scale, but I am pleased at how most of it sounds. So here you go—sort of premature but I hope you enjoy it. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">07</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Mr Super-hunky </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Arizona </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f161/Mrsuperhunky/BravoChair.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">4 years, 3 mos. </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_11/07. Mr Super-hunky - Imaginations.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Imaginations </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Mr super-hunky </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">05:28 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Original composition </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Roland KR-7 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Direct 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">Ok, after talking about the melodies in my head for years now, I finally, for the very first time composed a 100% all original composition to give you a *sneek peek* at what is inside my wacky brain.

While this is not a technically demanding piece, there are a few tricky sections that took me a while to get down; especially the 10 note spreads throughout the piece.

I did everything possible when composing this piece to represent the major musical influences of the composers/artists I follow.

You will hear many 10 note spreads throughout the piece such as used in some of David Lanzs scores. (Cristoforis dream). You will hear numerous minor note progressions like Ludovico Einaudi does as well as hearing a musical journey with many different stages and different melodies/ meanings such as done by Nobuo Uematsu in his final Fantasy piano collections.

I wanted this piece to sound like a musical journey that could even be used as a movie soundtrack in places in which the melodies would follow along with the story line.

I am only scratching the surface with trying to get these thoughts/melodies in my mind transferred onto the keys forming a complete piece. With practice and more time, I hope to continue with these original compositions as it was so much fun to do as well as extremelly rewarding when the piece is finally finished. I really DO love doing this!. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">08</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Riddler (Ed) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Florida </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm318/riddlereader/staff.gif"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Two or three years of lessons as a kid; two years of jazz lessons as an adult; and a lifetime of noodling and playing by ear. </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_11/08. Riddler Ed - I Remember Clifford.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Home page link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://hometown.aol.com/riddlereader/index.html">http://hometown.aol.com/riddlereader/index.html</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">I Remember Clifford </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Benny Golson </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:41 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Lead sheet </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha P-120 </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">A beautiful melody - haunting is not too strong a word - written in honor of jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">09</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">John Frank </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Harrisburg, PA </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/38.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">2 3/4 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_11/09. John Frank - Etude, Op.10, No.3 Theme.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/watch?v=WhbdHJyMmyk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhbdHJyMmyk</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Etude, Op.10, No.3 (Theme) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Frederic Chopin (adapted by Palmer, Manus & Lethco) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:14 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Alfred's Adult All-In-One Course, Level 2 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha Clavinova CVP-301 (Digital Piano) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Digital to PC (via Presonus 1394 interface to Cubase LE 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">A shortened and simplified, but still very nicely arranged, version of one of the most beautiful of all classical works - probably the best of a number of excellent study pieces in Alfred 2 - the theme from the Etude was used as the basis for the popular song "No Other Love", a big hit in 1950 for singer Jo Stafford, a very talented lady with a lovely "smokey" alto - at the risk of distracting from my own recorded performance I think you'll enjoy hearing her simple, but elegant, rendition of this absolutely gorgeous adaptation of a classical masterpiece into a beautiful popular song, one with surprisingly sophisticated lyrics to match Chopin's wonderful melody - to do so please click on the YouTube link I provided above - very sadly, they don't write, or sing, songs like this anymore - hope you enjoy both of our versions, and thanks for listening! Regards, JF </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">10</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">True Beginner </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Virginia, US </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/smiley.gif"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Six months (since Feb 08) </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_11/10. True Beginner - Les Fleurs Sauvages Wild Flowers .mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Les Fleurs Sauvages ( Wild Flowers ) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Paul De Senneville & Olivier Toussaint </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">04:03 </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">Casio Privia PX </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">In my last recital I said this was one of my favorite piece along with Couleur Tendress. So here it is. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">11</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">laValse </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Mumbles, Wales, UK </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://www.sailwave.com/stuff/sheep2.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">~8. </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_11/11. laValse - Prelude Op 40 3.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Home page link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://lavalse.eu">http://lavalse.eu</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Prelude Op 40 #3 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Liadov </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:08 </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 U1. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Edirol R09, 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 have posted this in a piano bar previously. Sorry about that but my recial piece is not ready - sailing/summer/etc...

Liadov was a Russian composer and a contemporary (but older) of Scriabin's... </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">12</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Peyton </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Maine </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">on and off 40 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_11/12. Peyton - A House at the End of the World.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Home page link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.peytonart.com">http://www.peytonart.com</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">A House at the End of the World </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Peyton Higgison </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:53 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">My own composition </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Young Chang acoustic grand </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Metro </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 a song inspired by a recent painting I did. I sang and played together but did one additional track of harmony. Unfortunately there is a little clipping in the recording. Here are the lyrics.

If I could have but one place to live
a house at the end of the world.
And if I could have but one heart to give
that would be to you sweet girl.

And when all the world’s in darkness
but for one small patch of blue.
That’s where I shall build my house
and live with the love of you.

If I could have but one sound to hear
a sigh at the end of time.
If I could share but just one dream
that would be yours with mine.

And in the house of sighs and dreams
under that small patch of blue
at the end of the world when all has been said
I will dream in silence with you. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">13</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Ted Stanion </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Portland, Oregon </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/chopinOp28No6.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Several years of weekly sight reading lessons as a child. Thirty year hiatus. Three and a half 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_11/13. Ted Stanion - La fille aux cheveux de lin.mp3">click to download</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">02:33 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Melodious Masterpieces, Book 3 edited by Jane Magrath. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Samick-made Kohler and Campbell vertical. </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><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">This was a 'go-for-broke' recording made just hours before we left for Orcas Island. I just started playing and tried to concentrate on the music without thinking about my mistakes. What it lacks in technical merit, I hope it makes up for in musicality.

We skipped lunch to go tide-pooling. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">14</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">b528nf7 - Bill Moore </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">N. Potomac, Maryland </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">5 years experience - first 3 casual, last 2 pretty intense. </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_11/14. b528nf7 - Bill Moore - Piano Bar Theme.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/watch?v=LBPWfHeCaP8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBPWfHeCaP8</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Piano Bar Theme </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Henson/Pottle </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:30 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Derived from fake book score. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha Clavinova CLP 150 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Digital camera to youtube and converted to MP3. </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 an homage to the brave men and women who selflessly entertain the masses monthly in the Adult Beginners Forum Piano Bar. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">15</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Schubertian </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Boston (originally) / Dallas (now) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">1.5 years as 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_11/15. Schubertian - J S Bach - Prelude Fugue 15 in G Major WTC II.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">J S Bach - Prelude & Fugue #15 in G Major; WTC II </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">J S Bach </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:59 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Baerenreiter; Neue Bach Ausgabe </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Estonia 190 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H2/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">16</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Jinbo </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Lessons from 1994-1998 as adult, restarted lessons a year ago </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_11/16. Jinbo - Moment Musicaux No. 3 in F Minor.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Moment Musicaux No. 3 in F Minor </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Franz Schubert </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 C-113 upright </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Mobile phone </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 haven't played this to my teacher; all faults are my own... </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">17</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">dannylux/Mel </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Connecticut </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/sundesign.gif"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Two and a half years. Lots as 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_11/17. dannyluxMel - Kalinnikov Moderato in e flat minor.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Kalinnikov Moderato in e flat minor </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Vasliy Kalinnikov </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">04:08 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet music. PM me for a copy. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha P140 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Line out to computer line in, 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">In his short, difficult life, Vasily Kalinnikov (1866-1901) wrote only seven pieces for the piano. His Moderato in e flat minor is a dark, moody, lovely piece. The chief difficulty with this piece is that the melody is played by the fifth finger of the right hand, while the other fingers of the right hand play the accompaniment. This is a great piece for teaching the fingers to sing and to learn to play the spaces between the notes, where the very soul of the music lies. Hope you like it. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">18</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">bluekeys </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Virginia, USA </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://mysite.verizon.net/mdavidso1/midi/bluekeys02.gif"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">1 Year 11 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_11/18. bluekeys - Mariage Damour.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Home page link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://bluekeys-diary.blogspot.com/">http://bluekeys-diary.blogspot.com/</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Mariage D'amour </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Senneville and Toussaint </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:40 </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 YDP 223 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Midi out, rendered to MP3 in Reaper using TruePianos VST. </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">What can I say? My teacher digs this super romantic crap, so I've got a mess of it in my rep. Next time I'll shoot for something with a little edge to it. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">19</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Casyopea </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Spain </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/97.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Eight 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_11/19. Casyopea - Prelude in C Major BWV 846 from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.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/watch?v=mu7ow_JEKfk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu7ow_JEKfk</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Home page link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/casyopea1977">http://www.youtube.com/user/casyopea1977</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Prelude in C Major BWV 846 (from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Johann Sebastian Bach </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:20 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">http://www.free-scores.com/partitions_telecharger.php?partition=218 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha P-140 </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">I fell in love with this Prelude the very first time I listened to it! One day I hope I'll be able to play the Fugue that comes after... *dreamy*

Awww! The paella I just ate for lunch was so great! </td></tr></tbody></table>