An Evening of Music from Russia and Eastern Europe

Circle Friday, December 18th on your calander for an evening of music
from Russia and Eastern Europe.

For those new to our recitals, we try to compliment our composers with food from their countries. Right now, I'm thinking beets...cabbage....saurkraut.............turnips....Vodka................................Duck blood soup......perogies.....halushki.......stuffed caggage rolls... and capuska! We all seem to come up with wonderful things to eat and drink. If you can't cook, bring a bottle of wine! Cheese balls and crackers are always welcomed. Listed below are a few of the potential compositions you might hear:

Two Mazurkas....one by Chopin, and one by Mikhail Glinka

Arabesque by Anton Arensky

Prelude by Dmitri Kabalevsky

Four pieces for piano and violin by Shostakovich

Roumanian Folk Dances for violin and piano by Bela Bartok

An art song by Rimsky Korsakov - "The Rose Has Charmed The Nightingale."

Slavonic Dance No. 2 by Antonin Dvorak

Tango by Biljana Krstic

A few selections from the Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky

A duet of Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells

Several Czech, Croatian, and Polish Carols

FOOD NEWS! I just heard from my sister Annie who will be bringing several people from the Beaver Falls area. she plans to bring stuffed cabbage! Her friend, Carolyn, whose family is from Croatia, emailed that she already knows what she is bringing. It's something her grandmother made called mlince, fried sweet donuts. Marie said that she has her mother's recipe for haluski, made with cabbage and dumplings, rather than noodles. Marie also plays piano and plans to perform something.

German night was great fun!

German night was a blast! Great music and lots of laughs. Plenty of German beer and wine along with the food made the evening a wonderful experience. Thanks to all who played, and to all those who had to sit through it! Das is goot.

An Evening of Classical Music - Octoberfest

I just had a tasty mug of beer today at The CHURCH BREW WORKS. That really got me in the mood for our German party. I even bought a Bavarian flag for the event. The date to post on your calender is Saturday, October 24. The theme is German.

If you are new to our evenings of parlor music, we choose a

specific country or two, then play the music of composers born

in that country. In addition, we ask those who attend to bring

either some wine, snacks, or food from that country. This month being German, I expect some

fine Riesling, Munster cheese (?) maybe some brauts and sauerkraut! Last time we did German

we had a Black Forest and a Bavarian type of cake! Marlene plans to bake a buttery cake. Nobody goes home hungry or thirsty!

We meet at 8:00 and socialize, eat, and drink for awhile. We begin the music around 9:00. It's all very informal. Dessert and coffee about 10:00. Most people are home by 11:00. If you can

come, email me or just tell me if you see me. My email is: farrell39@comcast.net

Here is a tentative list of some of the music:

I plan to play "Soaring" by Robert Schumann

Don Fellows and I will play an arrangement of Franz Schubert's Military March

Mariann and I will play two Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms

A new guest, Sena Jane Thompson will play a movement of a Bach unaccompanied suite for violin.

Marlent Vrscak plans to sing two or three works by Sigmund Romberg.

Donna Deeney will also play a movement from a Bach Partita for violin.

Katie Farris will play a movement from a Beethoven Sonata

Mariann and I may have a few lighter German duets.

Another new guest, Henry Doktorski III will perform some special numbers on his accordion. One being the "Liechtensteiner Polka" with audience participation!

And who knows who else might show up and perform!

If you are new to our parlor music party and don't know where we live, just email me and I will send you directions. We can only invite 18-20 people because of space restrictions, so let me know asap.

Bob and Mariann Farrell

Welcome to an evening of American piano music! Mark your calender for Saturday,
May 9th at 8:00. As always, bring something
good to share, like a bottle of American wine,
American cheese and crackers, or some good
old fashion hot American food.

Here is a list of some of the music you will hear:

Two Colonial Keyboard Tunes
by J.S. Darling

Two Selections from THE SOUTHLAND
"The Moaning Pines" and "The Frolic"
by Harry T. Burleigh

Lullaby and Rialto Ripples Rag
by George Gershwin

In Evening Air and Sentimental Melody
by Aaron Copland

The Soiree Polka
by Stephen Foster

The Washington Post March
by John P. Sousa

Put On A Happy Face
from Guys & Dolls

Satin Doll
by Duke Ellington