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Win Tickets for Lang Lang and the SF Symphony at Opening Gala 9/9/09!
This contest is now closed - thanks for all your wonderful, creative entries!
What’s your favorite piece of piano music, or piano concerto, and why?
Come up with the most compelling, interesting, entertaining answer – in writing, music, video, or any other way you want to tell us your story – and you and a guest could be the lucky winners at the fabulous 2009-10 San Francisco Symphony Opening Gala September 9 with guest pianist Lang Lang!
Prizes include two tickets to the gala, including the pre-concert Champagne promenade and post-concert party, a portrait of you and your guest taken at the festivities, and a $200 gift certificate to Repeat Performance, the SF Symphony’s terrific resale shop.
Just join the Symphony’s social network at http://community.sfsymphony.org and join the Area 88 - For Piano Fans group by Wednesday, September 2. Post your entry as a reply here – remember, it can be a video, an audio recording of you performing, an essay, a love letter, a series of photos – anything you think expresses how you feel about your favorite piece of piano music – and that’s all there is to it! Your imagination is your only limit. Entries will be judged by members of the SF Symphony staff, and the most creative entry wins the prize. Winners will be notified after September 2. We’ll feature the winning entry on the home page of the San Francisco Symphony social network.
Have fun, good luck, and we look forward to seeing your responses – and to seeing you this season at the San Francisco Symphony concerts at Davies Symphony Hall!
What’s your favorite piece of piano music, or piano concerto, and why?
Come up with the most compelling, interesting, entertaining answer – in writing, music, video, or any other way you want to tell us your story – and you and a guest could be the lucky winners at the fabulous 2009-10 San Francisco Symphony Opening Gala September 9 with guest pianist Lang Lang!
Prizes include two tickets to the gala, including the pre-concert Champagne promenade and post-concert party, a portrait of you and your guest taken at the festivities, and a $200 gift certificate to Repeat Performance, the SF Symphony’s terrific resale shop.
Just join the Symphony’s social network at http://community.sfsymphony.org and join the Area 88 - For Piano Fans group by Wednesday, September 2. Post your entry as a reply here – remember, it can be a video, an audio recording of you performing, an essay, a love letter, a series of photos – anything you think expresses how you feel about your favorite piece of piano music – and that’s all there is to it! Your imagination is your only limit. Entries will be judged by members of the SF Symphony staff, and the most creative entry wins the prize. Winners will be notified after September 2. We’ll feature the winning entry on the home page of the San Francisco Symphony social network.
Have fun, good luck, and we look forward to seeing your responses – and to seeing you this season at the San Francisco Symphony concerts at Davies Symphony Hall!
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Permalink Reply by Laszlo J. Lengyel on -
A note of clarification- Of course I did not learn in two weeks to play Liszt's Rapsoday no. 15, but I did put together a version of my own, that was, I guess, good enough to impress that old guy. Just didn't want anyone to get the idea I'm some kind of hiden genious talent out there. :) Laszlo
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Permalink Reply by Linda Mahnken on
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I created a webpage for this 9/9/09 SF Symphony contest http://www.geocities.com/limages2004/hr2/hungarianrhapsody2.html
but tried to replicate it to paste in the blog format below as follows:
Hungarian Rhapsody.
Which one? Number 2!
This marvelous piece
Is my favorite, it's true.
It's loved by the young.
It's loved by the sages.
This toe-tapping tune
Grabs the hearts of all ages.
It's been played by Lang Lang,
Horowitz and Bugs Bunny.
A version by Borge
is really quite funny.
It starts off so regal,
Yes, indeed, very grand.
But hold on to your seat ‘cuz
there's much much more planned.
It's frisky! It's playful!
In parts it gets frantic!
It's dashing! It's daring!
At times it's romantic.
The piece never fails
to astound and inspire.
It leaves my pulse racing
And spirit afire!
When trying to learn it
A wry question lingers...
Is it possible Franz Liszt
Had more than ten fingers?
Have you heard it yourself?
If not, never fear!
There are dozens of versions,
You can hear some right here!
Contest Entry by Linda Mahnken for SF Symphony Opening Gala 9/9/09
Photos for this entry are original photos taken by Linda Mahnken.
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Permalink Reply by Wayne Feng on -
Last minute and late at night (hopefully by the 2nd means you get the 2nd to submit...) so here it goes...
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Waltz, Op. 18, Grande valse brillante, in E-Flat
by Chopin
We picked Waltz, Op. 18, Grande valse brillante, in E-Flat by Chopin because it is an amazing and whimsical piece which begs to tell a story. This video is our take on this story and somewhat based on a true story =)
The video tells a tale of how music can bring two very different people together, due to its universal nature, even when they don't fully understand each other.
It also shows that Lang Lang is so awesome that even stuffed animals love and appreciate his music.
Hopefully this video shows you how much we love this piece and why we love classical music in general (because of the creativity, imagination, and stories it can inspire). If not, then we hope that you at least get a chuckle out of it!
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The video is located at the following YouTube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AQS-2Ora8s&fmt=22
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Permalink Reply by Vicki Hsieh on
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My email is vickih09@gmail.com. I have attached my short story below. Thank you!
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Piano Song Story.wps, 23 KB
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Permalink Reply by Kristne Miranda on
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My favorite piano piece of all time has got to be Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata with Rostropovich and Britten. These two masters of the cello and the piano, respectively, with so much passion... the whole thing goes through your spine, like all great pieces of music will. I read once that music makes you feel what words cannot describe, I thought of this piece when I read that.
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Permalink Reply by Vicki Hsieh on
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Oh, I'm so sorry! I realize I saved my story in a format that wasn't Microsoft Word...here it is attached again. I had submitted the same entry in the wrong format on Sept 2, so I hope this still qualifies! =] Thank you.
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Piano Song Story.doc, 29 KB
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Permalink Reply by Jean Shirk on -
If you haven't seen the fantastic, creative winning entry for our Opening Gala contest, check it out here. Congratulations to Wayne Feng, our winner! He got two tickets to hear MTT lead the orchestra at the 2009 Opening Gala concert last night, with special guest pianist Lang Lang, plus a $200 gift certificate to our resale shop, Repeat Performance, on Fillmore Street, and a professional photo portrait by Kristen Loken Anstey. Congratulations again, Wayne! Thanks again to everyone for entering - your creative, passionate answers are a joy to read and share. See you all at the SF Symphony concerts this season!
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