Musician Malcolm Kogut has been tickling the ivories since he was 14 and won the NPM DMMD Musician of the Year award in 99. He has CDs along with many published books. Malcolm played in the pit for many Broadway touring shows. When away from the keyboard, he loves exploring the nooks, crannies and arresting beauty of the Adirondack Mountains, battling gravity on the ski slopes and roller coasters.
Friday, November 15, 2013
While crossing the Brooklyn Bridge with my sister, I fell on bended knee
and proposed she ride the Megabus back home with me. She accepted. We
then paid $10 for a lock engraved with our names on it, added it to the
thousands of other locks, then tossed the key into the river. She
later dumped me for the ever agreeable Morgan Freeman at Times
Square.
Hall of the Mountain King Edvard E-Grieg-ious This recording is
from my practice session one day before my Hallowe'en Organ Recital.
For this number I don't have a performance copy because some dummy
forgot to press the record button at the beginning of the recital.
Moonlight Sonata Ludwig van Beeth-baked-his-nephew-in-the-oven
This
recording is from my practice session one day before my Hallowe'en
Organ Recital. For this number I don't have a performance copy because
some dummy forgot to press the record button at the beginning of the
recital.
From the program: Many of you know that I’m a fan of
closing my eyes while listening to music. I’d like to encourage you to
do that here. You won’t miss anything, I promise. Remember some happy
moment from your childhood: Washing the dishes with Mom; “Helping” Dad
to mow the grass; Your brother putting the chain on your bike; Breaking a
bone falling off the bike and your friends signing your cast; Being hit
by a baseball and getting a shiner but telling your friends “You should
see the other guy.” We are not successful in spite of our handicaps
and failures but because of them. It is our disadvantages which will
make us stronger than everyone else. With tenacity you overcome them.
Our sense of self grows out of difficulty and how it is navigated.
So,
flex those ocular cavity folds and reminisce about those happy “bad”
times which made you who you are today. If somnolence befalls you,
BONUS!
Gymnopedies Erik Satan-ie How many of you have had that nightmare
where you were in school with only your underwear on or were completely
naked? The Gymnopaedia, in ancient Sparta, was a yearly celebration
where naked Olympians displayed their athletic skills through the medium
of war dancing. The custom was introduced in 668 B.C. with a parade of
the naked athletes, oiling their bodies so as to highlight the beauty
of their muscles and physique. So, if you have ever had the urge to run
naked through the church, now is the time to do it with impunity. Do
it with pride for your country (no gold medals will be given out for
being Great or Swell).
To buy or steal the sheet music for this piece: http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=57993
Fughetta on “Itsy Bitsy Spider” - Halloween Organ Recital This
recording is from my practice session one day before my Hallowe'en
Organ Recital. For this number I don't have a performance copy because
some dummy forgot to press the record button at the beginning of the
recital.
I could fight a grizzly bear, track a cobra to its lair, kill a
crocodile who dares to cross my path. However, the following critter,
measuring up to half an inch, can send me into apoplectic frenzy.
Flight of the Bumblebee Nikolai Rimsky-the-Russians-are-coming-Korsakov
