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 interest and support.

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• Mark
• Cannon
• Scriabin
• Sonata
• #9
• Black Mass
• Bosendorfer
• Cliburn

[OrangeSodaKing]

Why don't you post more videos?

[larchmontmark]

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

[TheAtma]

Well done.

How long have you been playing?

[larchmontmark]

Thanks for asking and being interested!

How long? All my life!!

I think you need to be playing that long to play this piece! :-)

[TheAtma]

@larchmontmark

Hmm, understandable. I've been playing for years. Only recently have I taken it a bit more seriously than usual.

On a side note: my German friend said that Boesendorfer means "the naughty people from the village".

I found that fairly amusing.

[larchmontmark]

LOL! I'd never thought of that, and it never occurred to me to wonder what it might mean, despite 3 years of German in school. :-)

And yeah -- that's sort of what it would mean. I think some different translations would be possible, but none of them are real desirable :-) and anyway what you said is pretty close.

Amusing indeed. (Good job!)

[pianistboy2000]

This is so amazing!

[marian444]

Wonderful sound and playing

[OrangeSodaKing]

@larchmontmark Oh silly me, how could I be so rude? ;)

What I meant is, I want to see a video of you playing Tchaikovsky 1 with an orchestra. Hopefully sometime I'll be able to play Brahms' 1 with an orchestra and show you! :)

[WilfriedHLingenberg]

@TheAtma :-))) Never thought of that either, despite 41 years of being German ... :-) Even more close would be: "person from the village of the evil people".

And Mark: I am constantly coming back to your marvellous Scriabin, as you see ... :-)