Performing Arts

justinsanner.com Front Page Piano Instruction Bio Article Performing Arts Listen to the Widor Toccata E-mail Justin Listening: Click here to listen to pianist Stephen Hough and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Andrew Litton conducting) play the third movement of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 3 in d minor Op 30 - Finale: Alla breve, from the CD Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos (CDA67501/2) on the outstanding Hyperion label. Click here to listen to organist, Christopher Herrick, play the Widor: Toccata from Symphony No 5 in F, Op 42 No 1 from the CD Organ Fireworks IX (CDA67228) on the Hyperion label. Click here to listen to pianist, Angela Hewitt, play the Bach (arr. Wilhelm Kempff): Sinfonia in D major from Cantata No 29, BWV29 from the CD Bach: Arrangements (CDA67309) from Hyperion. Hyacinth Bucket (No, it IS "Bouquet") of 'Keeping Up Appearances' "Beautiful day, isn't it? Completely conducive to contemplating cozy charismatic country cottages."---Hyacinth in conversation with Elizabeth Warden from next door. "I'm Often Mistaken for Aristocracy." ---Hyacinth		The Performing Arts "Culture is necessity, in the reason even a human right " ---Sir Simon Rattle Videos: Daddy Yankee - Ella Me Levantó Justin performs his own piano transcription of Ella Me Levantó by Puerto Rican reggaetón/hip-hop artist Daddy Yankee. Click here to watch video. Manuel Ponce: Intermezzo From the Sanctuary City of San Francisco, pianist Justin Sanner performs an Intermezzo by the Méxican composer Manuel Ponce. The acrylic artist is Dean Johnson. Click here to watch video. Rain (from The Seasons) - an improvisation by Justin Sanner. Justin performs his improvisation titled Rain from his improvised set of pieces titled The Seasons. Click here to watch video. Brahms - Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen Performed by pianist Justin Sanner. Click here to watch video. My Heart Will Go On from Titanic Performed by pianist Justin Sanner. In this performance, Justin is performing his own piano transcription of this piece. Click here to watch video. Ernesto Lecuona La Cárdenense Performed by pianist Justin Sanner. Click here to watch video. Heitor Villa-Lobos Valsa da Dor Performed by pianist Justin Sanner. Click here to watch video. Rachmaninov Etude-Tableaux Op. 39, No. 2 Performed by pianist Justin Sanner. Click here to watch video. A Pesar de Todo by Manuel Ponce Performed by pianist Justin Sanner. Click here to watch video. Träumerei by Robert Schumann Performed by pianist Justin Sanner. Träumerei is from Robert Schumann's Kinderszenen Op 15. Click here to watch video. Misty by Erroll Garner Performed by pianist Justin Sanner. Click here to watch video. Since we're living in a time where war and lies are an obsession with some useless and worthless politicians---and here in the States it doesn't matter whether they have a "R" or a "D" behind their name---it seems most appropriate that attention should be paid to the late, pacifist, Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. Below is some information regarding this work: Pacifist Benjamin Britten's War Requiem: The War Requiem, Op. 66 was not meant to be a pro-British piece or a glorification of British soldiers, but a public statement of Britten's anti-war convictions. It was a denunciation of the wickedness of war, not of other men. The piece was also meant to be a warning to future generations of the senselessness of taking up arms against fellow men. The War Requiem was written for the reconsecration of Coventry Anglican Cathedral, and was first performed there 30 May 1962. Coventry Cathedral had been destroyed during the Battle of Britain in World War II. The Requiem is truly a large-scale work, calling for huge musical forces. It is scored for three soloists, a chamber orchestra, a full chorus and main orchestra, and a boys' chorus and organ. The performers are divided into three distinct planes, often physically separated. Closest are the tenor and baritone soloists and the chamber orchestra. They portray the victims of war. For additional information, please visit this link: War Requiem. Below are two recordings of the War Requiem. Whenever possible, I suggest supporting your local, independent CD outlet. Benjamin Britten conducts the London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Chorus Highgate School Chorus Melos Ensemble London The Bach Choir Soloist: Galina Vishnevskaya, Sir Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Simon Preston Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the Atlanta Boys Choir with soloists: Lorna Haywood, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Benjamin Luxon This CD won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Choral Recording and for Best Engineered Recording, Classical. * * * San Francisco's Waterfront Pavilion The Waterfront Pavilion will be a cultural facility that will become the permanent home of the historic 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition pipe organ. The Organ was built by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Connecticut for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 for the sum of $50,000. It has a four-manual console, 7,500 pipes and 117 ranks. The pavilion will be built in a newly-constructed park located at the crossroads of Market, Steuart and Embarcadero streets, across from the Ferry Building in San Francisco. Construction of the multipurpose pavilion will cost approximately $3.5 Million (as of 2001). In addition, an endowment of approximately $3 Million is needed to maintain the organ as well as sustain the creation and performance of free, regularly scheduled programs, designed to reflect San Francisco's mosaic of cultures. This endowment is key in ensuring that the glorious sounds of this organ will be heard well throughout the twenty-first century and beyond. This innovative project is a collaboration between the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the Friends of the Waterfront Pavilion. The "Friends of the Waterfront Pavilion" will produce free outdoor organ concerts as well as other performing arts programs year round. The pavilion is being designed by the Roma Design Group led by Boris Dramov, the designers of the Martin Luther King Memorial in the District of Columbia. The design harmonizes with the spectacular view of the bay and incorporates the pavilion's raison d'être, which is to present world class music and performing arts, free to the people of San Francisco. justinsanner.com © 2008				Links: Norman Scribner's Choral Arts Society of Washington Pianist Joanna MacGregor Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, founded and conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner Jon Nakamatsu I've had the pleasure of hearing two performances by Jon Nakamatsu. He plays beautifully, I enjoyed his playing very much and I found him to be a very warm, approachable, humble, not the least bit arrogant, easy to talk with and a very down-to-earth person. These are some of the qualities I admire and appreciate in an artist. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus is one of the finest orchestra choruses in the world. Congratulations to the ASO Chorus for their 13th Grammy Award for "Best Choral Performance" for their recording of Berlioz/REQUIEM, conducted by maestro Robert Spano (Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses). Interested in a splendid recording of Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony? I highly recommend the Telarc recording (CD-80588) with Maestro Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the 200-Voice Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus impeccably prepared by Norman McKenzie, ASO Director of Choruses. I have heard many recordings of this choral symphony, but this recording by the Atlanta forces is the absolute finest performance I have heard on CD.