The Wedding Tapes.

My sister Kristin was married on March 6th, and I was lucky enough to be involved in the proceedings. She asked me to play prior to ceremony itself, while people were walking in and being seated. Since I had never played for such a large number of people - 185 - I was a little nervous about having a minor freak-out just prior and leaving her in a lurch. In case of such an eventuality, I recorded the pieces ahead of time and put them on my iPod.

The freak-out didn't happen and I successfully played everything prior to the ceremony. But I have the recordings, so I thought to post them. Of course, there are minor mistakes here and there, but on the whole they're decent. Enjoy..

• Consolation (Mendelssohn)
• Bagatelle (Beethoven)
• Klavierstucke (Lizst)
• KV283, mvt.2 (Mozart)
• Sostenuto (Chopin)
• Prelude in Emaj (Chopin)
• Prelude in Amaj (Chopin)
• Prelude (Ravel)
• Waltz in Amaj (Brahms)
• Arietta (Grieg)
• An Important Event (Schumann)
  

Germany Performance Video

View via YouTube here.

As most anyone reading this knows, I spent 2 weeks this summer at a music festival near Hinterzarten, Germany. I played twice in the end-of-festival concert - a solo performance, and a chamber piece with a cellist. This is a video of my solo performance. I play 5 pieces, 4 of which are already posted on this blog.

"Prelude" by Ravel
"Novelette" by Kabalevsky
"To a Wild Rose", "From an Old Trystin' Place" and "From an Indian Lodge" by MacDowell.

Watching this 5 months later, I realized that I played these pieces faster than I intended (esp with the Indian Lodge). But I thought the performance was largely a success.