April 23, 2017, Portland Oregon
On April 23rd, a group of WEKA members and friends gathered at the lovely home of a Portland early keyboard enthusiast for an afternoon of delightful activities.
We met in a large, beautiful music room with excellent acoustics, well equipped with a fully and authentically restored 1840 Stodart Grand Piano and a 1986 Zuckermann Franco-Flemish harpsichord.
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Nine performers shared their talents with the group, providing a lovely variety of repertoire on both the instruments, as well as a clavichord brought by one of the performers.
Excellent food was enjoyed. Attendees spent time discussing their interests and shopping for bargains from a large collection of used music scores and books which had been donated toward WEKA’s support.
PERFORMERS
Cascadia Piano Trio: Lori Stole (violin) Portland Columbia Symphony and Newport Symphony; Suzanne Rague (cello) Vancouver Symphony and the board of Friends of Chamber Music; Paul Hanau (piano) principal trombone and occasional piano/celesta for Beaverton Symphony Orchestra. Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in Bb major No. 7, Op. 97: Allegro moderato; Scherzo. Listen
Paul Hanau – Lifelong amateur devotee of piano/ harpsichord, occasional builder of instruments. Franz Schubert – Impromptu in Gb, Op 90. No. 3. Listen
Gregor McGee – Student of Leta Huang, Junior Linguistics major at Reed College. Girolamo Frescobaldi – Toccata Prima, Libro Primo
Ellen Wasil – Student of Margaret Irwin-Brandon; Executive Director of Portland Piano International. Three short selections from Elizabeth Rogers Hir Virginall Booke
Angeline Case-Stott – Professor Emeritus, University of Memphis, in Piano and Harpsichord; WEKA Board Member. CPE Bach – Sonata in G Major (1783) Wq 65/48: Adagio e sostenuto; Andantino. Listen
Alice Sheu – Portland pianist/harpsichordist – JS Bach – Toccata in D Major BVW 912
Karen Hudson-Brown – Piano tuner/technician, 30 years in Charlotte, NC. Playing her own instrument: Fretted Clavichord by Paul Y. Irvin, 1984, after Hubert 1784. JS Bach – Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach: Minuets in G-g-G. Mary Lou Paschal – Suite on the Augmented 4th for Clavichord. Herbert Howells – Lambert’s Clavichord. JS Bach – WTC Book I: Prelude Bb Major. Listen
Hannah Brewer – Portland organist/accompanist. Johann Kuhnau – Biblical Sonata No. 4: “Hezekiah’s Sickness and Restoration”