This evening I went to the Classical Concert Series at the UTMB (University of Texas Medical Branch). Tonight was piano music played by the Russian pianist Zoya Shuhatovich. She is a great pianist. She has a light touch and a nice tone.
On the concert was the Sonata in A Major, K. 331 by Mozart.
Not much to say. It is Mozart. Good background music.
Arabesque, op. 18 by R. Schumann.
A lot of noodling. No real direction in the piece.
Polonaise-Fantasia, op. 61 by Chopin.
A Chopin piece I had not heard before. There is a reason why.
I mainly came to the concert to make some community contacts, hear a good musician and to here Pictures. I have heard Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky played on a piano from a recording but I had never heard it live. I like the way she played it. I still prefer the orchestrated version by Ravel. It is much fuller and larger sounding that the composer probably had in his head that the piano does not achieve as well as the orchestra does.
It was good concert.
I had to get to school for a committee meeting at 9a. It is too early for a meeting. Ya I know for some of you that is not early but after getting only 6 hours of sleep each night this week it is early. At noon there was a faculty luncheon/development about WebCT. It is an online network and website that the college uses. The teacher can post syllabus, grades, notes and other stuff with it. The problem is that the school has to set up my account and then each of the students have to have an account set up. It is easier of me just to copy something and give it to them in class. The other problem is that is takes too long to set up the grade book on the site. Way to much clicking. The grade book I use on my computer does not take long to set up. WebCT is good for teachers teaching online classes and since I do not want to teach online classes I do not have to worry about it.
I mainly when for the free food. They had enchiladas, rice and beans. They were good. And for desert they had brownies. I can never pass up brownies so I had 2 of them.