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.

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.

Program

Alex Cherfas

• Carcassi Etude No. 1, Op 60 — Matteo Carcassi
• Etude No. 6 — Fernando Sor (Andreas Segovia Twenty Studies for the Guitar edition)

Jim Tosone

• Edelweiss — Richard Rogers
• Here Comes The Sun — The Beatles, arr. S. Madsen
• Eight Days A Week — “”

Helen Shi-Yuen

• Yesterday — Beatles, arr. Yenne Lee

Daniel Zaurov

• El Cóndor Pasa (Flight of a Condor) — Daniel Alomía Robles (1871–1942)
• La Partita (Venezuelan Valse) — Carlos Bonnet (1892–1983) 

Robert Ey

• Give Me Your Hand — Rory Dall O’Cahan, arr. Glenn Weiser

Rick Florio

• Etruscan Preludes — Reginald Smith Brindle

Stella Kosim

• Three Catalan Folk Songs , arr. — Miguel Llobet
  • Canco del Lladre
  • El Testament d’Amelia
  • El Noi De La Mare

Ken Kraus 

• My Lady Hudson’s Allemande — John Dowland  
• Menuet to Cello Suite No. 1 — J.S.  Bach

The cost of Zoom meetings this month is covered by a generous contribution from Dana Hamilton.

Program

The theme for this meeting is Irish Music.

Valerie Nelson

• Etudes Simples No. 1 — Leo Brouwer
• Studio — Matteo Carcassi

Jim Tosone

• Sarabande (a Ida Presti) — Francis Poulenc, arr. Miguel Abloniz
• Brian Boru’s March — Turlough O’Carolan, arr. Jean-Francois Delcamp
• Blind Mary — Turlough O’Carolan, arr. Pascal Bournet

Ming Chao

• Roslin Castle — Trad, arr. David Russell)

Jeff Griesemer

• Slieve Russell — Traditional Irish Jig, arr. Jeff Griesemer

Rick Florio

• Airdí Cuan — Trad.,  arr. John Loesberg
• Sí Beag Sí Mór — Turlough O’Carolan, arr. John Loesberg

Helen Shi-Yuen

• Wild Mountain Thyme — Trad., arr. Scott Tennant.

Stella Kosim

• An die Entfernte — J.K. Mertz
• Be Thou My Vision — Trad. Irish

Paul Kennedy

• Wild Mountain Thyme — Trad., arr. Scott Tennant

Gary Lee

• Prelude to the Cantata Gottes zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit — Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Benjamin Verdery

The cost of Zoom meetings this month is covered by a generous contribution from Paul Kennedy.

Program

Jim Tosone

• Californication ­— Red Hot Chili Peppers, arr. Soren Madsen
• Time of Your Life ­— Green Day, arr. Soren Madsen
•  21 Guns ­— Green Day, arr. Soren Madsen

Robert Ey (guitar, Irish bouzouki, pennywhistle, bodhran) Corona Consort

• Saltarello ­— Anon., 14th century (based on an arrangement for guitar and recorder by Kent Murdick and Larry Hamberlin)

Gad Berger

• Unruhe — Johann Kaspar Mertz

Ken Kraus 

• Scottish Choro, Suite Popular, #2 — Heitor Villa-Lobos
• Gavotte, Suite Popular, #4 — “”

Ming Chao

• Preludi from Suite Valenciana — Vicente Asencio

The cost of using Zoom this month is covered by a generous contribution from Paul Kennedy.

Program

Alex Cherfas

• Etude No. 5 — Matteo Carcassi
• Etude No. 17 — “”

 

Jim Tosone

• Villanos — Gaspar Sanz, arr. F. Noad
• Minuet in G — Anonymous, arr. F. Noad
• Minuet in Em — Robert de Visee, arr. F. Noad

 

Gad Berger

• Mary Had a Dark Little Lamb — arr., Gad Berger

 

Helen Shi-Yuen

• Canço del Lladre — arr. Llobet
• Villancico de Navidad — Barrios

 

Ben London

• Prelude and Allemande from Suite No. 33 in F Major — S.L. Weiss

 

Jeff Griesemer

• Georgia On My Mind — Hoagy Carmichaeland Stuart Gorrell, arr. Richard Drueding and Jeff Griesemer

 

Stella & Robert Vierschilling

• Intermezzo Opus 117 No 1 — Johannes Brahms, Transcribed by Ferdinand Rebay

Ming Chao

• La Serenor, from Collectici Intim — Vicente Asencio

 

Ray Butler

• Prelude for lute BWV999 — J. S. Bach, arr. as milonga by Ray Butler

The cost of using Zoom this month is covered by a generous contribution from Paul Kennedy.

Program

Alex Cherfas

• Study # 18 Op 60 — Matteo Carcassi

Jim Tosone

• Galliard — Alonso Mudarra, arr. F. Noad
• Sarabande in G — Lodovico Roncalli, arr. F. Noad
• Gavotte — “”

Robert Ey (guitar, Irish bouzouki, bodhran, pennywhistle)

• Jenny Pluck Pears — John Playford, based on an arrangement by Allan Alexander

Gad Berger

• The Parting Glass — Trad, arr. Laura Snowden
• Trip Runner 2 Theme Song — Matthew Harwood, arr. Gad Berger

Helen Shi-Yuen

• Cançó del lladre (Song of the thief) — arr, Miguel Llobet

Paul Kennedy

• Be Thou My Vision — Traditional/Irish (Slane), arr, Jonathan Roth

Rick Florio

• Gallarta — Alfonso Mudarra
• Soneto — Enriquez de Valderrabano
• Tant que Vivray — Miguel de Fuenllana

Stella Kosim

• Jesus Loves Me — W.B. Bradbury, arr. Jeremy Choi
• Unruhe — Mertz

Jeffrey Wilt

• Maria Luisa — Julio Sagreras, arr. Rev. Pierre Schneider

Ming Chao

• Recitativo from Suite Compostelana — Federico Mompou

Ray Butler

• Six World Music Versions of Greensleeves — arr, Ray Butler

1. Celtic Improv in F. Cutting lute version
2. Jazz Waltz
3. Flamenco/Salsa
4. Rhythmn and Blues
5. Bluegrass
6. Brazilian Samba

The cost of using Zoom this month is covered by a generous contribution from Helen Shi-Yuen.

Program

Valerie Nelson

• Allegro — Mauro Giuliani
• Andante — Ferdinando Carulli

Jim Tosone

• Galliard — Anthony Holborne (arr. F. Noad)
• The Night Watch — Anthony Holborne (arr. F. Noad)
• Tarleton’s Resurrection — John Dowland (arr. F. Noad)

Ben London

• Aire de Zamba — Agustin Barrios
• Marcia — J.S. Bach

Chris Freitag

• Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de Logy — Sylvius Leopold Weiss

   I wish to dedicate this performance to the memory of my first classical guitar teacher, Manuel Estevez Cano, who died in Spain from COVID in December.

Ming Chao

• Coral from Suite Compostelana — Federico Mompou

Jeffrey Wilt

• I Dream of You — Per-Olov Kindgren

The cost of using Zoom this month is covered by a generous contribution from Helen Shi-Yuen.