Piano Stuff

I recorded these about a year ago, then promptly forgot about them.

Happy 100th Birthday, Gian Carlo Menotti!

In honor of the composer of the first television opera (Amahl and the Night Visitors), we present to you a bit of culture.

The Telephone, an opera in one act, by Gian Carlo Menotti, heard in this 2000 recording, directed by Dr. Susan Treacy, with Celeste Ingram, soprano, Daniel Morton, baritone, and Yr. Obd. Svt., piano accompaniment.

F.U. News Moment of Culture

Le Boeuf sur le Toit - The Ox on the Roof

Darius Milhaud

Something Else Appropriate for the Day.

Marvel at my inability to keep a steady tempo.

I apologize for the mistakes. I learned it in less than 6 weeks.

Something Appropriate for the Day.

What We're Playing, YouTube Version

Well, Joe beat me to the punch, but yes, those are the pieces I recorded.  If you want direct links to the HQ versions, with MUCH better audio, here they are:

The Girl With The Flaxen Hair

The Graceful Ghost

Polonaise in A Flat

The Stars and Stripes Forever

But the reason I hadn't posted them yet, is that I was working on this, an embeddable custom player of all our music on YouTube, just for F.U. News (you may need to make your browser wider):

Here's a direct link to the playlist that goes into the player, which you can randomize, or copy to your own playlist (if you have a YouTube account, but of course you do so you can vote 5 stars on all our videos).

Jenny, post more piano videos!

UPDATE: Yay, Jenny posted more piano videos!:

Dawn

La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin

Secret Track

What Dave's Playing.

Apparently, Dave uploaded YouTube vids of all the pieces he played in WWP Vol. 1 about a month ago and didn't tell anybody, the jerk. So here I am, linking them because he's too lazy. 

La Fille aux Cheaveux de Lin.

Polonaise in Ab.

Stars and Stripes Forever.

The Graceful Ghost.

Be sure to watch them all in high quality!

Well, What I'm Playing, At Least.

Figured I should post these before I forget them, to prove that, yes I did in fact play them.

Asturias.

Bear Dance.

Polonaise.

The Moldau (Part1) (Part 2).

La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin.

Instead of waiting for that One Perfect Performance™, I just went with what I had, mistakes and all. I've decided I prefer the mistakes, as it makes the performance sound more human, and less like it was played by a robot. Also, it's waaaay to easy to obsess about the mistakes.

What We're Playing.

Volume 1

From What We're Playing

I meant to post this earlier, but for all of you poor saps who we deemed unworthy of receiving this on a physical medium, you too can bask in the greatness of Belland piano playing. Happy (belated) Christmahanukwanzakapiphone.

Linky.

Let me add that "Dawn", as performed by Mrs. Pickles is my new favorite piece, and that Dave should legally change his middle name to "Vladimir Horowitz".

Coventry Carol

Holy Innocents, pray for us!

The Holly and the Ivy

Happy Birthday George Gershwin!

Salve, Regina, Mater Misericordiae.



Ora pro nobis sancta Dei Genetrix. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Apparently, I have a piano lesson today.

From an e-mail I received:

from: Annie & Bruce Nalezny
to: joecool(at)gmail(dot)com
date: Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:12 AM
subject: today's piano lesson schedule
mailed-by: finepiano.com

Hi Joel,

Unless I hear from you , I will expect you at 5: 30 p.m. . I am not sure if you'd like to come at 3:15 p.m. instead: if you do , please call me at ( 510 ) 528-4657 before 1:00 p.m., o.k. ?

Annie

**End transmission**

Funny, I don't remember signing up for lessons.

An imaginary bag of marshmallows to the first person to identify this.