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Wr thanks. I heard others saying they will be performing today on ABF. I wondered where I can get a hold of that show.
I think all you need to do is just check back on the thread occasionally - I expect they'll give a link to it.
It's not really a "show" - once online, it'll be there for you to hear whenever you want, for a good long while.
Thanks. Regarding "listening to it good long while", it all depends on if they do a good job. If not, that good long while might turn into "good short while".
Charles Peck (American)--Metropolitan Debussy--various pieces Grieg--various pieces
This coming Thursday, I am playing "background atmosphere music" for a Chamber of Commerce "Business After Hours" event being held at the Conover Square Mall (the old Schiller Piano Factory in Oregon, IL), where I have been working this past winter (my "off" season) at bringing some old pianos, which were built at that factory and recently collected for display there, back to practical playability. For the event, I'll be playing a 1925 Conover grand, and this, in order, is the playlist:
"April Showers," DeSylva/Silvers, 1921 "Prisoner of Love," Robin/Gaskill/Columbo, 1931 "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," Harbach/Kern, 1933 "Aren't You Glad You're You," Burke/Van Heusen, 1945 "Veil Dance," Wright, 1925 "Cuddle Up A Little Closer," Harbach/Hoschna, 1918/1932 "Deep Purple," Parish/DeRose, 1934/1939 "Ole Buttermilk Sky," Carmichael/Brooks, 1946 "Moonlight Becomes You," Burke/Van Heusen, 1942 "First, Last and Always (I Love You) (Fox-trot)," Davis/Akst, 1923
From "Jazz Favorites," arranged by Bill Boyd: "Alice In Wonderland," Hillard/Fain, 1951 "April In Paris," Harburg/Duke, 1932 "How High The Moon," Hamilton/Lewis, 1940 "In A Sentimental Mood," Ellington/Mills/Kurtz, 1935
From "George Shearing Interpretations for Piano, No. 3": "Blue Moon," Hart/Rodgers, 1934
From "Jazz Favorites," arranged by Bill Boyd: "My Favorite Things," Hammerstein/Rodgers, 1959 "The Nearness of You," Washington/Carmichael, 1937/1940
"It Only Happens When I Dance With You," Berlin, 1947 "Lover," Hart/Rodgers, 1933 "And Then You Kissed Me," Cahn/Styne, 1944 "Ivy," Carmichael, 1957
From "The Gem Dance Folio for 1927":
"Tell Me You Love Me (Fox-trot)," Hare/King, 1926 "Spring Is Here (Fox-trot)," Bennett/Carlton, 1926 "Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary (Fox-trot)," Sterling/King/Henderson, 1926 "Somewhere (Alone With You) (Fox-trot)," Davis/Greer, 1926 "Why Aren't Yez Eatin' More Oranges? (From Cal-i-for-NI-ay) (Fox-trot), Gaskill/Brown, 1925 "South Sea Dream Girl (Hawaiian Waltz)," White, 1926 "Lo-Nah (Fox-trot)," Green/Stept, 1926
"The Japanese Sandman," Egan/Whiting, 1920 "Nagasaki," 1928
From "The Wizard of Oz," Harburg/Arlen, arranged by David Nelson, 1939/1967: "Over the Rainbow," "The Merry Land of Oz," "If I Only Had A Brain," "Munchkinland," "Lullaby League and Lollypop Guild,"
From "Mary Poppins Souvenir Song Album," Sherman/Sherman, 1965 "Jolly Holiday," "Feed the Birds," "I Love to Laugh," "Let's Go Fly A Kite"
The list has shaped into a pleasant flow of keys and tempi. Many of these pieces are ones that I have been playing at for a while, others are new to me, but this is the first time I've worked so hard at polishing them up for that "once and done" level of play. It's been an interesting month, and I found I need to really buckle down in the B sections. I did a "dress rehearsal" of sorts today at a senior center where I play regularly, and half-way through my play list, someone requested "Fur Elise." I cracked up inside and obliged.
I've also been working on Handel Keyboard Suites Nos. 13 and 15, which I hope to record soon and post to Member Recordings, to mollify Hakki with something that comes from me other than vintage American pop music.
Been working on Bach WTC Book 1 prelude and fugue in C-minor. Got it memorized and pretty well under my fingers and am working on smoothing out the rough edges, figuring out an interesting interpretation and on speeding up the presto part of the prelude.
Just started Schubert Op 90 #3- the G-flat impromptu after seeing it posted on this forum in several places. Doesn't look to be as difficult as #2, which I used to play sorta' badly.
1999 Petrof 125-111 (upright) Casio Privia PX-330
Currently working on: Chopin Etude op 25 #2 and op 10 #5 Schubert Op 90 #2, #3 Playing by ear and "filling out" pop tunes
Scriabin Prelude In B major Op. 11 No. 11 Etude in C sharp minor Op. 2 no 1 Etude in C sharp minor Op 42 no. 5
I LOVE these pieces, I should go back and revisit them!! The op. 42 etude and the prelude always give me the sensation of flight...
Yeah, they are amazing pieces for sure! Though I am considering switching out Op. 2 No. 1. It is in the same key as the Op. 42, and there is this lovely Etudes, Op. 8 No. 8 in A flat.
Currently I am learning/practicing Beethoven's Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1.
I usually do five minutes of scales and Mozart's Andante in C major, K. 1a for warmup.
In my daily upkeep, I practice (so as to not "lose it"): Chopin - Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Mozart - Fantasy No. 4 in C minor, K. 475 Beethoven - Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1 Liszt - Consolation No. 3 in D-flat major, S. 172
And after finally coming to terms with the fact that I'm not capable of playing Beethoven's Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ("Appassionata"), I now only play certain parts of it - my favourite parts and the parts I can play.