June Recital!
JOIN US FOR our June Community Concert!
PROGRAM
LIVE
Alexander Weymann : Debussy: Preludes 1 No.VIII "La fille aux cheveux"
Rashmi Lahiri Schumann: Melodie from Album for the Young
Priya Viseskul : John Ireland: Menuet from Downland Suite
Michelle R Beethoven: 1st movement from Sonatina in G major
cdales Chopin Nocturne op.62 no.1
Bryan Sable : Repertoire TBD!
Nadja Beethoven: Pathetique Sonata ?
Monika Tusnady Mozart: Sonata
Sam Philip Glass: Etude #6
Judy Kuan Beethoven: Live or Recorded?
Andrea LeVan Brahms: Intermezzo op.118 no.2
Derek McConville : Lili Boulangeer: Cortege
Sindre Skarelven : Chopin: Ballade no.3
Recordings:
Letizia Tchaikovsky: "June"
Thurmond R Brahms: Ballade op.10 no.3
Heng-Pin Chen : Manuel Ponce: Intermezzo no.1
Sachi Edward MacDowell: Op.51 to a Wild Rose
Gail Starr : Bach: Prelude and Fugue Bk.1 in D major
Ching Lee Goh : Bach/Kempf: Siciliano from Flute Sonata
Fingers Lan : Schumann Kreisleriana op.16
Libby Craig : Bach: Siciliano
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General information and Guidelines below!
Reply to this topic with your name and repertoire selection if you would like to perform! If you don't know what you want to play yet, you can always just let us know your intent!
ABOUT TONEBASE COMMUNITY CONCERTS:
These events are NOT live-streamed OR recorded, but are private zoom meetings where tonebase members can share their hard work and perform for each other!
These concerts can be played LIVE, or if you can't attend, you can submit a recording!
This is a GENEROUS and SUPPORTIVE space.
Performing is one of the best ways to push yourself, and really evaluate the work/progress you have made!
Repertoire is open to any piece!
Memorization is NOT required.
You can play select movements, or even sections of pieces! No need to perform a complete work!
Playing the piano is fun, but sharing your music with others is one of life's great joys. Join in on the fun and cheer each other on!
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I’m beginning to learn basic ensemble playing, partnering with my friend Martha who plays the flute. So, my submission for this recital is a recording of our duet. It‘s the second movement from Bach’s Flute Sonata in E-Flat Major (BWV 1031), also called the Siciliano. (Another friend recorded this for us on an iPhone, just using the video setting.)
I’d frankly been hesitating to join the recital this time, after learning that Ching Lee Goh would be performing Kempff‘s arrangement of the same Siciliano. But I’m hoping some may find interesting the contrast between the original flute sonata (played here with piano in place of harpsichord) and Kempff‘s more complex, solo piano arrangement. (The beautiful Kempff arrangement is high on my bucket list, but it‘s still way beyond my ability to play!)
Here‘s the link: https://youtu.be/Zv_hB1ofcAs?si=0V4AeLQrcOxkiH8a
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Libby Craig A beautiful and sensitive performance, Libby. And what a spectacular space to perform and record in.
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Peter Golemme Peter Golemme Thank you! I also love this little recital hall inside the conservatory in SF. (Martha and I take a group piano class in the Continuing Ed division there.)
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Ok I’m going for it! I had my follow-up post surgery visit and got my stitches out yesterday and the Dr cleared me to play again with no restrictions on large reaches or trills, etc…..so I’m going to still join and perform live and play:
Brahms - Intermezzo in A Major Op 118, No 2
I’ve got some catching up to do to polish this up but it’s really close
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Andrea LeVan So glad you are feeling all better!
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Andrea LeVan Yay! I'm so glad all seems to be well. I look forward to hearing you play.
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Andrea LeVan Great news, I always love hearing Brahms Intermezzi!
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Since I won't be at home to play live, here is the P&F I've been TRYING to learn for many weeks. Book 1, D major. It still has to "bake" for a while longer, so I'll leave it alone and see if it magically improves on its own!
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Gail Starr You are sounding great!! Thanks for sharing!
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Gail Starr Love it! You do sound amazing!
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Gail Starr I can hear the improvements from the first time I heard you play this on Tonic! Great work.
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Michelle R Thank you!
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Gail Starr Well done, very clear and lively!
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Gail Starr That's beautiful! Very fluently played!
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Gail Starr That's great Gail. Really clean and clear details and very nicely nuanced throughout. A nice, bright, quick tempo for the Prelude, which is often played too fast IMO, and which I know from experience is very difficult to maintain while playing the motives so smoothly and consistently. I also like the 'overdotting' in the fugue, have spent much time wondering whether I should play it that way, & you make a convincing case for that! and the slight extra weight for the first note of the subject, maintained consistently throughout, -- beautiful. Really well done! can't wait to hear your other WTC offerings, and don't forget to post on our Bach thread as well!
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Gail Starr Really beautiful, Gail! I like very much your Bach playing: with steady fine rhythm, splendid clarity in the phrasing and catching expressive energy. Bravo, love it!
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Gail Starr absolutely beautiful! Your clarity of line is beyond admirable. If this still needs to bake, I can’t imagine what it will sound like once it is cooled and served! Bravo!
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Bryan Sable Nearly ready for cooling and frosting, but since I won't be home tomorrow afternoon I won't be able to play the "new" version live, LOL~
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Juan Carlos Olite Your kind words ALWAYS make me feel better, dear friend!
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Peter Golemme So glad you like the "overdotting"...I came up with that to make it (hopefully) sound more regal. I don't know if it is considered "correct" or not, though.
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Michelle R You have stuck through ALL phases of my pieces on Tonic, dear friend. You deserve a Tonic medal (and some cookies).
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Gail Starr mmmmm….cookies!
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Gail Starr such a beautiful job Gail! So much personality expressed in both and you play them with such ease! Just awesome!
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Gail Starr I wouldn't worry about whether the over-dotting is certainly considered correct -- it certainly works here. Baroque keyboardists were given a lot of freedom in rendering performances,. Magdalena Stern-Baczewska recommends over-dotting in appropriate places inher lesson on the dance suites, and I think Dominic says the same thing in one of his Bach livestreams. This fugue is very much like an overture and I think the over-dotting enhances that feeling of stateliness.
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Peter Golemme Thank you! I did hear both Magda and Dominic mention that. Have you played this one?
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Gail Starr Yes I have played this one, though not ever having brought it up to performance level. But it's on my list to do so as I endeavor to slog through the entire WTC and learn & record as many as I can during my remaining days on this good earth. I've got 3 that seem to be about as good as they are ever going to get, & I'll be posting them on the Bach thread so that I can then move on to some others..
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