Archive for May, 2021

June 6 Meeting

May 19th, 2021

Program

As a first step back toward normality, we had an in-person outdoor meeting on Sunday, June 6, in Hopewell Boroough. For those who could not be there in person, our moderator, Gad Berger presented a one-way Zoom “broadcast” of the on-site performances.

Program

The Hopewell Guitar Ensemble (Rick Florio, Jeff Griesemer, & Valerie Nelson)

  • Berceuse – Isaac Albéniz
  • Chorale – J.S. Bach.

Valerie Nelson & Rick Florio

  • Early in the Morning – Eythor Thoriaksson
  • Ponteio IV – Celso Machado

Rick Florio

  • Flamenco Rhythms/Palos – Various

Irene Ey (soprano) & Robert Ey

  • Spanish is the Loving Tongue – Trad., arr. Richard Dyer-Bennet

  Ray Butler & Kevin Lutke

  • Invention in A minor ( 2 Part inventions) – J.S. Bach
  • Pe’ De Moleque ( Samba Chora ) – Celso Machado

Kevin Lutke

  • Cancion De Cuna (Duex Themes Populaires Cubains) – Leo Brouwer

 Gad Berger

  • Bit.Trip Runner 2 Theme – Matthew Harwood, arr Gad Berger
  • Mazurka en Sol – Francisco Tarrega
  • Grauna – Joao Pernambuco

Ken Kraus

  • O Mio Babbino Caro (aria) – Giacomo Puccini, arr., Bridget Mermikides 
  • Somewhere in Time Theme –John Barry and B.A. Robertson, arrangement in G enhanced by Ken Kraus

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Adios a Ocumare – Angel Maria Landaeta, arr. A. Lauro
  • Preludio de Adios – Alphonso Montes
  • Danza Brasilera – Jorge Morel

Jeff Griesemer

  • Let Us Break Bread Together – African American spiritual,  arr. Jeff Griesemer

Our theme for this meeting is Togetherness: duos or ensembles (if anyone has been able to get close enough with others to practice), songs of love and romance, or any other music about bringing people together.

The cost of using Zoom in June is covered by a generous contribution from Valerie Nelson in loving memory of Hilda Samuel, her grandmother, who was a silent movie pianist in Brooklyn.

May 16 Meeting

May 4th, 2021

Program

Ray Butler

  • Blackbird — Beatles (melody/chord, in a country western swing)
  • Bye Bye Blackbird —Ray  Henderson

Gary Lee

  • Lullaby for the First Born — Nick Webb and Greg Carmichael

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Prelude No. 5 — Bryan Johanson
  • Squares Suspended — Andrew York

Stella Kosim

  • Gavotta Choro – Villa Lobos

Ming Chao

  • Nocturno — Slavko Fumic

Jeff Griesemer

  • Let Us Break Bread Together — African-American spiritual, arr. Jeff Griesemer

Ken Kraus

  • Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade — Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Bridget Mermikides
  • Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 (BWV 1007), Prelude — JS Bach,  arr. Jeffrey McFadden

The cost of using Zoom this month is covered by a generous contribution from Jeff Griesemer.