Brooklyn, October 5, 1941

A high-octane solo piano piece written by Annie Gosfield, and performed by pianist Blair McMillen. Performed with baseballs and a baseball mitt, "Brooklyn" was written in remembrance of a highly controversial event in baseball history: the "dropped third strike" by Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth. This enabled the batter to advance to first base, the Yankees scored three runs later that inning, and moved on to win yet another World Series.

The performance here is "Brooklyn" performed in an historic 19th-century NYC (Lower East Side) gymnasium, before a packed house and with the composer in the audience.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• baseball
• live
• concert
• contemporary
• music
• piano
• World
• Series
• 1941
• Brooklyn
• Dodgers
• Yankees
• Blair
• McMillen
• Annie
• Gosfield

[DrSanders00]

annie gosfield is amazing, but i'm not too fond of this track. burnt ivory & loose wires was amazing. hatemusic, you should buy her first album for sure. it's great.

[just2w4tch]

I think a piano sounds that way when you're tearing it apart for the scrap heap no?

[guitarmutt]

Wow, that's an interseting comment since both Bach and Chopin pushed the bounds of music in their day. Bach was definitely using counterpoints and harmonies and melodies that few of his day were. Plus, his music was ignored and forgotten in the early 20th century. He wasn't really rediscovered, as it were, until the 70's. Why is that? Was his music too old and boring? Maybe it was too challenging.

I love this piece, and I love this composer, and I love Chopin and Bach too.

[Hatemusic]

The world is insane! I guess guys like Johann Sebastian Bach and Chopin were just wasting their time with their obsession with beauty and logic and rare harmonies and melodies. Excuse me while I check into the local lunatic asylum to escape this present day world of 'music' ...

[erikmyxter]

Annie Gosfield is amazing!!