The focus of the piano lesson was on the Brahms Rhapsody in G minor and the Bach Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major in WTC Part I. I should mention that I only had a few hours of sleep the night before so I wasn’t sure my memory would fail me today. As it turns out, I played all the notes ok except that I had forgotten to bring out some of the musical ideas I had worked on. Dr. N seemed happy about the progress of the piece (memorized) and at 4/5 of the tempo. –Bring out the melody more in section B (in most editions, starts on the 3rd page) and C. –Know when to sound more ‘impressionist’ in particupal passages. –Watch your pedaling. Remember when to use una corda vs. tre corda. For the Bach prelude, I played the left hand notes too loud and too portado. It should be more legato sounding and not sound so punctuated. Dr. N made the comment that I seem to trying a bit too hard when it should be rather facile, and this observation pertains to both pieces. I agreed with her assessment and will be less emphatic for the motives. Remember that the Fugue should sound more joyous. One of Dr. N’s professors once remarked that the subject should sing : “My name is J.S. Bach, I’m a jolly fellow…”. Verbalize the melody helps.