Michael Grant Piano Pieces From Movie "Fair Haven"
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Pianist and actor Michael Grant (as James) performs impressive interpretations of the 3 classical piano pieces used in the movie Fair Haven. The first two shown in this video were composed by Chopin and the third by Brahms. Michael plays marvelously on the living room piano…what a treat it would be to hear him playing in the concert hall.
(1) “Nocturne In B Flat Minor Opus 09 No. 01” - Michael uses a slightly slower and very deliberate approach that allows each note’s voice to sing, which gives the song a unique character not often heard by other pianists.
(2) After a spat with his father, Michael stomps away as the music begins before showing him playing with such vigor and intensity, giving new meaning to the parenthetical “Revolutionary” used to describe the piece entitled “Etude In C Minor Opus 10 No. 12 (Revolutionary)”. Again, Michael’s interpretation is just a bit different from that of other pianists that I have heard, and is profoundly filled with the emotion felt at this point in the movie.
(3) “Waltz In A Flat Major Opus 39 No. 15” - As both the opening and closing song for the movie, Michael is shown playing it near the close with the beauty and grace that his mother must have played it as well. This is also the moment of reconciliation between father (Richard, played by Tom Wopat) and son James, and is a fitting connection they have to their deceased loved one.
Key credits for the movie are shown at the end of this video, which features music from the musical score for Fair Haven, composed by Christopher Farrell (the score itself is another brilliant and beautiful component of the film). This part of the score used during the movie credits includes a beautiful reprise of the main theme in the Brahms piece which essentially the theme for the movie.
Where is this talented artist? Michael Grant you brought the character of James to life 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Actor, singer, pianist .... You are a wonderful artist.
He has some more film and TV credits since the movie Summer of Eight which followed Fair Haven, but he is very quiet & not very active on social media. That's one reason I put this video out, his music is hard to find. He started out very young playing the piano in Kingston, TN, and won several awards during his younger years before his family moved to CA.
@@DavidEppersonMusic He's very quiet. But with all that talent he could be shooting movies or musicals. It's hard to have an artist with so many talents. We have period tales, drama (he's good at dramas). And he sings. I hope nothing has happened to him to abandon a successful career. On social media he has been absent for a long time. Never interview , Michael seemed very shy. But on screen he is a show.
@user-it6hs1fn8x yes I forgot to mention he sings very well, too. He shared some covers of Colplay songs years ago, which were very good.
Loved this movie so much...so beautiful and so inspiring...I could listen to Michael Grant play piano all day...he is a very talented musician and actor....lots of love from Ohio 🎶❤💚🧡💜💙💛👬...
THANK YOU ALSO,
MICHEAL GRANT FOR SHARING YOUR MISICAL GIFT.
WARMEST REGARDS,
RUSSELL PAUL FERNANDO
ARTIST, PHOTOGRAPHER, FILMMAKER, AUTHOR
Where will this great artist be? Who knows where he is? When will we have more of his art?
I LOVED THE MOVIE, THE STORY, & THESE BEAUTIFUL PIANO PERFORMANCES. THANK YOU FOR PUBLISHING THESE.
You are welcome, I loved the movie, too, and the music as well. It is a bit hard to find much of Michael Grant performing (he is very very good) and this was a nice chance to put something together from the film for all to enjoy.
Thank you for posting this. A beautiful and touching film full of emotion, tension and love. The music was a perfect fit for this film and performed brilliantly by Michael Grant.
Totally agree!
Beautiful pianist.. loved Fair Haven
He Is awesome !!!
The most wonderful pianist I have known❤❤
2:44 = best part
Wow, thanx a lot!!!
My pleasure...lots of people want to see this and his piano playing is hard to find. Michael played quite well here is in the movie Fair Haven.
@@DavidEppersonMusic Yessss ❤️🎶🏳️🌈
Thank you for this! I was trying to find what the opening piece from the movie was called, and this helped me! :)
You're welcome; glad this helped answer your question. I am late to learning of this movie and have found it to be a real gem. I have had trouble finding out much about it, so may be posting a couple more items as well.
En Español.
What is the song called
Actually there are 3: The first two in this video were composed by Chopin and the third by Brahms. Most people like the 3rd one best.
(1) Nocturne In B Flat Minor Opus 09 No. 01
(2) Etude In C Minor Opus 10 No. 12 (Revolutionary)
(3) Waltz In A Flat Major Opus 39 No. 15
@@DavidEppersonMusic All three piece performances were great. I like the 1st piece performance best.