Performance by MaryBee from Recital #23 - 2011-08-15

• Performer: MaryBee
• Location: Cleveland, OH
• Experience: 40 years on my own, the last two years with a teacher
• Composer: Debussy
• Piece: Clair de Lune, from Suite Bergamasque
• Duration: 337
• Music Link: click to play
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• Music Source: sheet music, free at www.pianostreet.com; played from memory here
• Instrument: Charles Walter 1520 upright
• Recording Method: Tascam DR-08; converted to MP3 using Audacity
• Info: This is the third Debussy that I've performed in an ABF recital. Like all his pieces so far, it takes me a while of learning the music before I start to like it. But it's now firmly at that stage where I'm in love with it. In this one, I particularly like that each section has its own distinctive character, yet each one flows so beautifully into the next. My concentration while learning this piece was in getting the rhythm right, trying to keep the arpeggios smooth and even, and (as always) bringing out the melody lines. I had to use both the soft pedal and the sustain pedal here, and I still need to work on keeping those straight. I've had this on my to-learn list for over a year, ever since my sister-in-law told me it's one of her favorites and asked if I could play it for her. I'm going to try to play it next month for her birthday.