Patriotic Piano / Johnson

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Label
Centaur Records
Release Date
October 6, 2017
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN FOSTER SOUSA
    • PERFORMER
      Kirsten Johnson
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 06, 2017
    • UPC
      044747359823
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CRC3598
    • LABEL
      Centaur Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. The Washington Post March (arr. for piano)

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson

    2. Yankee Doodle with Variations

      Composer: James Hewitt

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson

    3. Dixie's Land with Brilliant Variations, Op. 1250

      Composer: Charles Grobe

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson

    4. 7 Variations on God Save the King in C Major, WoO 78

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson

    5. Semper Fidelis (arr. for piano)

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson

    6. Funeral March in Memory of President Lincoln, Op. 9, "Solemn March"

      Composer: John Knowles Paine

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson

    7. Union, Op. 48

      Composer: Louis Moreau Gottschalk

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson

    8. The Stars and Stripes Forever

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson

    9. Patriotic Medley

      Composer: Kirsten Johnson

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson

    10. O! Susanna with Variations, Op. 124

      Composer: Charles Grobe

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson

    11. Old Folks at Home, "Way Down Upon the Swanee River"

      Composer: Stephen C. Foster

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson

    12. Columbia Reigns Over The Ocean with Variations, Op. 100

      Composer: Charles Grobe

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson

    13. 24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59, No. 1: No. 10. Deep River

      Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson

    14. The Battle of Manassas

      Composer: Thomas Bethune

      Performer: Kirsten Johnson


This new release is a rousing program of patriotic works for piano by John Philip Sousa, James Hewitt, Charles Grob, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, and more. Kirsten Johnson was born in America, but has lived in the United Kingdom since 1994. While she is now a dual-national, she remains very proud of her American heritage and roots. Recording this album was a very important task for her, and one that she did not take lightly. A multi-instrumentalist, she began on piano and recorder, then added clarinet, organ, and harpsichord to her arsenal. A mentor once told her, “You’re a musician first and a pianist second,” a mantra by which she has lived out her professional career.