My concert, just past
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:20 pm
I see there hasn't been a lot of activity on this topic, but I thought I'd mention that I gave a Covid-era concert this past Saturday, September 26.
I sat indoors at my grand, windows open, and my hand-selected audience of about two dozen friends sat outside on our lawn.
Fon-Fon!
Piano Masterpieces of Latin America
and Beyond
Graham Christian, piano
Folhas d’Album IV (Album-Leaf) J. Octaviano Gonçalves (Brazil;1892-1962)
El Velorio (The Wake); Se Fué Y No Vuelve Más (Gone, Not to Return); No Me Tocques (Touch Me Not)
Ignacio Cervantes (Cuba; 1847-1905)
Valse Lente (Slow Waltz) Henrique Oswald (Brazil; 1864-1931)
Pensée Fugitive (Fleeting Thought) Alexandre Levy (Brazil; 1864-1892)
Fon-Fon! (Honk-Honk!)
Ernesto Nazareth (Brazil; 1863-1934)
Valsa da Dor (Waltz of Sorrow)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (Brazil; 1887-1959)
Cancion y Danza IV (Song and Dance)
Federico Mompou (Spain/Catalonia; 1893-1987)
Mazurka No. 1
Manuel Ponce (Mexico; 1882-1948)
10 Preludios: La Dama Dama (The Fine Lady); La Flor de Caňa (Cane Flower); Rimoron; Margarita; Bordando para la Reina (Embroidery for a Queen) Una Niňa Bonita (Pretty Girl); Cuantas Estrellas (Such Stars!); Un Domingo de Maňana (Sunday Morning); La Torre (The Tower); En Un Coche Va la Niňa (Girl in a Coach)
Carlos Guastavino (Argentina; 1912-2000)
~brief intermission~
3 Preludi
Renzo Massarani (Italy/Brazil; 1898-1975)
Aquel Buenos Aires: Tango; Vals Criollo;
Milonga
Pedro Saenz (Argentina/Spain; 1915-1995)
Montmartre (Waltz)
Wim Statius Muller (Curaçao; 1930-2019)
At Midnight
Hal Isbitz (Santa Barbara, California; 1930- )
--
Graham Christian
SPERATE MISERI
CAVETE FELICES
I sat indoors at my grand, windows open, and my hand-selected audience of about two dozen friends sat outside on our lawn.
Fon-Fon!
Piano Masterpieces of Latin America
and Beyond
Graham Christian, piano
Folhas d’Album IV (Album-Leaf) J. Octaviano Gonçalves (Brazil;1892-1962)
El Velorio (The Wake); Se Fué Y No Vuelve Más (Gone, Not to Return); No Me Tocques (Touch Me Not)
Ignacio Cervantes (Cuba; 1847-1905)
Valse Lente (Slow Waltz) Henrique Oswald (Brazil; 1864-1931)
Pensée Fugitive (Fleeting Thought) Alexandre Levy (Brazil; 1864-1892)
Fon-Fon! (Honk-Honk!)
Ernesto Nazareth (Brazil; 1863-1934)
Valsa da Dor (Waltz of Sorrow)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (Brazil; 1887-1959)
Cancion y Danza IV (Song and Dance)
Federico Mompou (Spain/Catalonia; 1893-1987)
Mazurka No. 1
Manuel Ponce (Mexico; 1882-1948)
10 Preludios: La Dama Dama (The Fine Lady); La Flor de Caňa (Cane Flower); Rimoron; Margarita; Bordando para la Reina (Embroidery for a Queen) Una Niňa Bonita (Pretty Girl); Cuantas Estrellas (Such Stars!); Un Domingo de Maňana (Sunday Morning); La Torre (The Tower); En Un Coche Va la Niňa (Girl in a Coach)
Carlos Guastavino (Argentina; 1912-2000)
~brief intermission~
3 Preludi
Renzo Massarani (Italy/Brazil; 1898-1975)
Aquel Buenos Aires: Tango; Vals Criollo;
Milonga
Pedro Saenz (Argentina/Spain; 1915-1995)
Montmartre (Waltz)
Wim Statius Muller (Curaçao; 1930-2019)
At Midnight
Hal Isbitz (Santa Barbara, California; 1930- )
--
Graham Christian
SPERATE MISERI
CAVETE FELICES