One Aspiration - f

2006-02-06T18:01:00.000-08:00

At the end of this blog I mention expectations about next week - well next week was here this morning and it was quite a lot less than I'd hoped for. However, never say die and all that. I'll try again next monday.

Jan 30, 2006 Concert at S___ Manor

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I began this recitation with The Reader's Digest Family Songbook which has very simply-to-play arrangements of many old standards. Unfortunately, as you will see, I reached a patch of Gershwin tunes that wore me out for a minute. However, I recover...

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Tk01 - If You Were The Only Girl In The World

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Tk02 - I Wonder What's Become Of Sally?

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Tk03 - Pretty Baby

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Tk04 - April Showers

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Tk05 - Smiles

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Tk08 - I'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover

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Tk06 - It's A Long, Long Trail

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Tk07 - My Buddy

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Tk09 - Charleston

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Tk10 - In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town

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Tk11 - For You

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Tk12 - Poor Butterfly

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Tk14 - Til We Meet Again

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Tk15 - When Day Is Done

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Tk13 - If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight

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Tk16 - Happy Days Are Here Again

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Tk17 - The Man I Love

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Tk18 - Embraceable You

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Tk19 - Someone To Watch Over Me

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Tk20 - Fascinatin Rhythm (failed attempt)

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Once the Gershwin got me worn out, I decided to fall back to a book of J.S.Bach's Two-Part Inventions

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Tk21 - Bach Invention No.2 in c minor

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Tk22 - Bach Invention No.3 in D Major

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Tk23 - Bach Invention No.4 in d minor

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Tk24 - Bach Invention No.13 in a minor

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Here I switched to volume II of 'The Essential Andrew Lloyd Webber', the section from the musical 'The Phantom of the Opera'.

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Tk25 - The Next Time You Fall In Love

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Tk26 - All I Ask Of You

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Tk29 - The Point Of No Return

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Tk28 - The Music Of The Night

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Tk27 - The Phantom Of The Opera

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Tk30 - Think Of Me

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Tk31 - Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again

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These next three tunes are from a Jerome Kern Songbook:

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Tk32 - Look For The Silver Lining

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Tk33 - They Didn't Believe Me

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Tk34 - Why Do I Love You?

At this point

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I return to the Reader's Digest Family Songbook for a final Cole Porter tune.

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Tk35 - Begin The Beguine

At the end

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I always try to improvise a little something. It's easier than sight-reading and it makes for a change. The brevity and sloppiness of this one I take as a sign that I had given my all during the preceding pieces and was on my last legs (or fingers, if you like).

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Tk36 - Improv by XperDunn

A Happy Return

2006-01-31T08:02:00.000-08:00

After more than a month away, due to fatigue, I was pleased to have recorded something I could take a little pride in. This was important to me, since the inclination to pack it in was foremost in my mind. I am now ready to continue next Monday.