A magical Club Night with a wonderful atmosphere and superb keyboard playing. It was a joyous occasion and a sad occasion as our member, Kuniko Nakatani, will be going back home to Japan at the end of November and so this was a celebration of her wonderful musical contributions for the Club over the last 6 months as well as celebrating her recent Birthday.
The arrival music was played by John Beales and followed by Ian Jackson on piano. Next up Laurie Conder entertained the audience playing his Roland G-70 keyboard. To finish the first half of the Programme, Kuniko Nakatani gave an extended cameo concert on our Clavinova CVP-509. The choice of music she played said it all really such as: Con te Partiro (Time to say Goodbye) and Memory. We were also treated to some serious concert pieces such as Chopin's Fantaisie - Impromptu which she played magnificently such that the whole house stood spontaneously to applaud her World class performance of this difficult but beautiful piece of music. As well as celebrating Kuniko’s Birthday we also presented her with a memento of our affection (a greenstone Koru necklace).
Our guest artist was the professional musician and pianist, Peter Parkinson, who entertained marvellously using a Korg Pa588 digital arranger piano. Peter demonstrated the wonderful style and arrangements on the instrument as well as playing some straight music (without rhythms) showing off the gorgeous layered sounds that this instrument is capable of. Peter is the Manager for Music Planet Botany Downs (located inside the Danske Mobler store) and specializes in quality acoustic pianos.
A big thank you to the Committee and support staff for a terrific job as always to make the evening go so smoothly. The Club will post some YouTube embedded videos of the evening is due course so watch this space!
The Video Clips:
Click on the Play button below to watch Ian Jackson playing the Club’s Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 on Club Night.
Click on the Play button below to watch Laurie Conder playing his Roland G-70 keyboard on Club Night.
Click on the Play button below to watch Kuniko Nakatani giving a piano recital using the Club’s Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 on Club Night.
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