Concert at the Olive Public Library, one of the "
Trail Mix" series. The Olive Library is a beautiful building on Route 28A (going right onto 28A just after the IGA supermarket, for 3½ miles). Spacious, it has a large room off the main library area, where a grand old piano is kept.
It was cold and crisp as the concert started at 2.30 a winter's afternoon. The program was:
- Mozart - Fantasia in f minor KV 608
- Schubert - Fantasia in f minor op. 103
- Schumann - Pictures from the East op. 66
- Gottschalk -
- Souvenir de Porto Rico op. 31
- Manchega - op. 38 (Etude de concert)
- Rakhmaninov - Vocalise op. 34, 14 (Arranged for two pianos by A. Ovsyannikov)
- Shostakovich - Concertino in a minor op. 94 for two pianos
President Lincoln heard Gottschalk play, and praised him. Rachmaninov (name, as is so common with Russians, can be spelled different ways) is a particular favorite, very romantic and lyrical. The Shostakovich piece was a rousing finale. As the concert unfolded snow began falling; it was a slow, slippery ride back to Chichester.
