Last Thursday was my second piano recital since I started taking lessons last April (wow, nearly a year has gone by!). I was pretty nervous again, but not as bad as last time. I made some mistakes (including completely demolishing the ending to the first piece), but overall it was really pretty good. By the time I got to my last piece, there were a few parts where I felt like I was actually able to play with feeling and convey some emotional meaning instead of concentrating only on the notes.

And for those of you who weren’t able to make it, here are some recordings I made at home of the pieces I played:

Chopin – Prelude in C minor
Bach – Invention 1
Beethoven – Fur Elise