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larchmontmark commented 1 week ago

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Seymour Bernstein's Guernica from New Pictures at an Exhibition played by Mark Cannon

Mark Cannon, a dedicated amateur pianist who is passionate about modern music such as Scriabin sonatas, also learned how to capture the mood and sp...

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larchmontmark said:

BTW, why it's DARK like that (and sorry that you can hardly see!) ......we had the lights lowered way down, partly 'for effect' but mainly because the Guernica painting was being projected in the front of the auditorium -- it can be seen at 1:22. This was way before anything like YouTube (January...

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  Seymour Bernstein's Guernica from New Pictures at an Exhibition played by Mark Cannon

  Mark Cannon, a dedicated amateur pianist who is passionate about modern music such as Scriabin sonatas, also learned how to capture the mood and sp...

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  larchmontmark said:

  Thank you, Nancy! :-)

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  Gregg Giannotti on WFAN

  Gianotti making great impressions of Mike Francesa and Joe Benigno

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  larchmontmark said:

  He just fooled me with his Coughlin. :-) (with Steve Somers)

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larchmontmark commented 1 month ago

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Bob Mecklenburger LIVE on Cafe Improv

Bob Mecklenburger performs on Princeton's legendary TV show Cafe Improv.

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larchmontmark said:

Hi Bob! Great to see that you're doing your great music again! (Or maybe is it "still"....)

BTW this is Mark, an old friend from Cornell/Risley. :-)

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larchmontmark commented 4 months ago

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Chopin Nocturne Op. 48 No. 2

Performed by me Vhorowitz123 on 12/16/07 in Moscow. This piece took me 5 months to learn in order to get it perfect. Hope you enjoy and subscribe...

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larchmontmark said:

OK FOLKS, HERE YOU GO. :-)

This performance is IDENTICAL (when I say identical, I mean identical) to this one by the concert pianist named Andrei Ivanovich. (Take out the 2 spaces near the beginning of the web address.)

ww w.ama zon.com/Nocturne-F-Sharp-Minor-Op-48/dp/B001VSM5DK

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  Chopin Nocturne Op. 48 No. 2

  Performed by me Vhorowitz123 on 12/16/07 in Moscow. This piece took me 5 months to learn in order to get it perfect. Hope you enjoy and subscribe...

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  larchmontmark said:

  OK, vhorowitz, we're calling BS. What's the story? :-)

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larchmontmark commented 4 months ago

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Chopin Nocturne Op. 48 No. 2

Performed by me Vhorowitz123 on 12/16/07 in Moscow. This piece took me 5 months to learn in order to get it perfect. Hope you enjoy and subscribe...

41,413 views

larchmontmark said:

BTW, the reason I suspected something was because of HOW GOOD this performance is -- way, way better than we'd usually expected to find from someone who says something like "This piece took me 5 months to learn in order to get it perfect" -- not that there's anything wrong with the 5 months, just...

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  Chopin Nocturne Op. 48 No. 2

  Performed by me Vhorowitz123 on 12/16/07 in Moscow. This piece took me 5 months to learn in order to get it perfect. Hope you enjoy and subscribe...

  41,413 views

  larchmontmark said:

  HEY, WAIT A MINUTE! :-)

  What's the deal about Andrei Ivanovitch being the performer (he's a lot older than 25, and he's an internationally-known pianist) but you say it's by you?

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  Mary Anne Huntsman - Frederic Chopin - Sonata in B minor, op. 58 1st Movement

  Mary Anne Huntsman performs Frederic Chopin's Sonata in B minor, op. 58, 1st Movement, Allegro maestoso, at the University of Utah School of Music ...

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  larchmontmark said:

  "Not up to par" is baloney. :-)

  This is BRILLIANT. We might prefer some things to be done differently (and I do!), but that's almost inevitable with music like this. I was glad to find something of Mary Anne's here after seeing her play some of Liszt's Mephisto Waltz on CNN. And BTW this isn't a ...

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larchmontmark commented 5 months ago

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WA Mozart 6 Variations on Clarinet Quintet KV 137 Van Oort Piano

on a copy of Walther Piano 1795

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

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larchmontmark said:

P.S. I meant curious and VERY GLAD to find the performances!

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  WA Mozart 6 Variations on Clarinet Quintet KV 137 Van Oort Piano

  on a copy of Walther Piano 1795

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

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  larchmontmark said:

  I hope Bart is looking on here -- or anyone else who might answer this!

  Bart -- I was pleased to meet you at the fortepiano competition in Ithaca and was curious to find so many performances of yours here. I'm wondering about this piece: Is it really "K. 137"? I see that a Divertimento is usually...

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  Richie Petrie: Little Drummer Boy

  Richie Petrie (aka Larry Mathews) performs an inspired rendition of "The Little Drummer Boy" from the Dick Van Dyke Show Christmas Special (Season ...

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  larchmontmark said:

  @Buskieboy -- :thumbs-up:!!

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  Richie Petrie: Little Drummer Boy

  Richie Petrie (aka Larry Mathews) performs an inspired rendition of "The Little Drummer Boy" from the Dick Van Dyke Show Christmas Special (Season ...

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  larchmontmark said:

  I'm so glad to see the posts here! I had been disappointed to find this other thing, on another site: "What many fans consider the low point of the show, Ritchie's off-key rendition of 'The Little Drummer Boy,' is generally cut from the syndication prints." When I first saw the episode, I remembe...

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larchmontmark commented 6 months ago

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The Cliburn 1981: The 6th Van Cliburn Intl Piano Competition

Watch 6 1/2-minute clip of the the television documentary "The Sixth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition" shows a back-stage look at the pe...

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larchmontmark said:

@wrdpianist -- He said, "......to be Mickey Mantle"!

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  World's Fair Subway Special - TV commercial for NYCTA

  Full version of the ad for NYCTA's service to the 1964-65 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Not only were the new picture window marri...

  38,085 views

  larchmontmark said:

  Thanks for posting this!

  And BTW.....I wonder if whoever WROTE the song was the same person who wrote the YOGI BEAR theme: youtube.com/watch?v=1pqyax6gwzQ

  You gotta admit, the 'style' is just about the same.....you can morph between them without really noticing. :-)

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  Alexander Korsantia

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  larchmontmark said:

  To Alexander: "You don't know me, but".....I'm attending the Boston amateur competition as a listener [Alexander is head of the jury] and was curious to look for you on here. I got a great deal out of your teaching on this Mozart sonata!

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  Mark Fuller Semifinal Performance

  Bach-Busoni, Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004

  Bach-Busoni, Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004

  Rachmaninoff, Etude-Tableau in C minor, Op. 39, No. 1

  Interna...

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  larchmontmark said:

  Mark: This may seem silly, and maybe it is...... :-) but, you played wonderfully, and as you know there was much feeling that you should have been in the finals. Who knows why someone did or didn't advance, but.....do you realize you went a full 3 minutes over the time limit? I'm wondering wheth...

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  Albany Medical College Match Day 2010

  Watching me open up my envelope and celebrating my match!

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  larchmontmark said:

  Wow! We're so glad you uploaded this, and that it's still on! Please don't ever think of taking it down! :-)

  ("By accident" you have lots of Zack L. and his family on there! And we're loving it!)

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  Walter Gieseking plays Scriabin Sonata n. 9 op. 68 "Black Mass"

  rec. live 1947

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  larchmontmark said:

  Did he have a train to catch? :ha:

  When I saw the timing "5:55" I thought for sure this must be just an excerpt, or that there are "cuts." But it's really the whole sonata!

  While I think he does rather race through it, and that thereby much is lost, this is a remarkable performance, and the recor...

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  Sokolov plays Scriabin - Black Mass Sonata: Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 (1912-13)

  Piano Sonata No. 9 "Black Mass", Op. 68 (1912-13)

  A late piano sonata in one movement by Russian composer and pianist Alexander Scriabin (1872-191...

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  larchmontmark said:

  Thank you for posting this! I didn't know that Sokolov has played this piece. I've been a big fan since seeing his "Le Tic Toc" (Couperin) which I consider the most remarkable 2 minutes of piano I've ever seen. This is a wonderfully original and personal performance of the Scriabin 9th -- and of...

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larchmontmark commented 7 months ago

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Cliburn Amateur Mark Cannon.MOV

TheaterJones covers the Sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, May 23-29, 2011 at Texas Christian University's Ed Landreth...

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larchmontmark said:

Hey, I need more HAIR!

And BTW if I'd known this was gonna be on here I woulda given better answers! :-)

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  Marisa Galvany asks, "Who is Stefan Zucker?"

  Here's STEFAN ZUCKER with ROSINA WOLF (reported to be his mother). I don't know- but she was a sweet lady.

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  larchmontmark said:

  Anyone else notice how much he looks like ANDY KAUFMAN on here?

  Makes you think....... :-)

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  Sofronitsky Plays Scriabin Impromptu à la Mazur Op. 2 No. 3

  Sofronitsky Plays Scriabin Impromptu à la Mazur Op. 2 No. 3, recorded in 1953

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  larchmontmark said:

  Thanks for posting this!

  It was through this video that I 'discovered' this piece.....liked it so much that I immediately got the score and learned it, and will be playing it in the amateur Van Cliburn competition this month.

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  The Dick Van Dyke Show-Laurel and Hardy Sketch

  From The Sam Pomerantz Scandals.

  I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING!!!

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  larchmontmark said:

  "Did you know"......the 'other guy' is the actor who played Sgt. Garcia in the "Zorro" series!

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  Mendelssohn: Double Piano Concerto in A-Flat Major

  Concerto for Two Pianos in A-Flat Major

  Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

  At the pianos: Love Derwinger & Roland Pöntinen.

  With: The Nieuw Sinfonietta...

  1,581 views

  larchmontmark said:

  Fabulous performance of a piece that deserves more attention!

  By the way: I think it would be good to also post the movements separately, especially the last movement.

  Thanks for posting!!!

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  ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN

  This is the trailer for our film coming up on BRAVO this fall

  2,690 views

  larchmontmark said:

  P.S. Nice setting, though. :-)

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  ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN

  This is the trailer for our film coming up on BRAVO this fall

  2,690 views

  larchmontmark said:

  Pardon my saying so :-) but I don't see how he's doing it any different than the usual way. I don't doubt he's THINKING of it differently -- but I don't hear any difference. And he doesn't describe or explain how it's any different.

  I'm astonished that people seem to be buying it. Does anyone r...

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  Chau-Giang Thi Nguyen - Waltz in C sharp Minor

  Chau-Giang's Concert at Disney Hall, March 5th, 2009.

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  larchmontmark said:

  Not to be unkind :-) but while sort of interesting, this is pretty awful.

  The only way to feel it's good is not to have heard it played really well.

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larchmontmark commented 10 months ago

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Schubert: Impromptus D 935 Opus 142 N° 2 in A-flat Major

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larchmontmark said:

@OrangeSodaKing -- Not on my computer it ain't! And I even listened 3 more times, with the volume way up and the speaker against my ear. :-)

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  Schubert: Impromptus D 935 Opus 142 N° 2 in A-flat Major

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  larchmontmark said:

  Beautiful!

  But do you realize, you "chopped off" the first note! (I'm sure Perahia didn't.)

  And it's an important note. :-)

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  Argentina Apollo vs Bob Boyer 1

  Classic professional wrestling match from the 1960's

  7,857 views

  larchmontmark said:

  @elc1960: Yes, sorry of course to hear of Mortier's passing. Re his being 'lower mid-card' around '69, I'm actually very surprised because just a few years before, he was as high as there was, and as I said in the earlier post, he was close to invincible, at least in his TV matches against the "j...

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  TEDxWoodsHole - Roy Gould - Other Worlds: Searching for Earthlike Planets from the Classroom

  Just a few years ago, the Earth was one of only nine planets in the known Universe. Today, planets have been discovered around 1,000 stars beyond o...

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  larchmontmark said:

  Hey Roy!! (If you're looking here)......I stumbled on this while looking for things on the subject because of recent articles in the media about the Kepler mission. I don't expect you to remember me -- we shared a couple of MUSIC THEORY courses at Cornell, about 200 years ago. :-)

  We disagreed a...

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  Stan Musial and Ted Williams

  Two of te greatest players of all-time coming to the decline of their careers, and teaching the rookies a thing or two.

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  larchmontmark said:

  @Scoclamor -- Good guesses! But those definitely aren't Jensen and Ashburn. I'm pretty sure the Boston guy is FRANK MALZONE, almost for sure. The Philly guy is probably JACK SANFORD.

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  Mark Cannon plays Scriabin Sonata #9 ("Black Mass ")

  This was an entry in the 2009 Cliburn YouTube amateur piano contest. I am proud to have participated and I thank my friends and listeners for their...

  7,591 views

  larchmontmark said:

  @OrangeSodaKing -- Huh.......you mean you don't want to just watch this one over and over? :-)

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  Ave maria Video solo.wmv

  This is being sung and played by Larry Gowell from Auburn, Me. If you are interested in him coming to your chruch or nursing home in Maine give h...

  192 views

  larchmontmark said:

  P.S. .....and trumpet too???

  Thumbs up!!

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  Ave maria Video solo.wmv

  This is being sung and played by Larry Gowell from Auburn, Me. If you are interested in him coming to your chruch or nursing home in Maine give h...

  192 views

  larchmontmark said:

  Very moving -- a pleasure!

  I've played piano for this but would never be able to attempt singing it also!

  -- Mark C.

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larchmontmark commented 1 year ago

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Chopin Waltz no. 19 in A minor, Op. Posth. Shirley Kirsten, Piano with Aiden the Cat

Watch Aiden yawn at the very last frame of video.. .

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larchmontmark said:

Beautiful, sensitive!

I love it!

(Found this indirectly from your posts on Piano World.)

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  Immaculate Reception - original broadcast

  Replayed during halftime of the AFC Championship game for the 1997 season.

  457,817 views

  larchmontmark said:

  The views on this video seem so CLEAR that it's hard to understand how the facts are still considered a mystery by a lot of people.

  The ball *had to* hit Tatum.....and it seems like there's no doubt Harris got the ball without it hitting the ground.

  Great view!

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