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05-23-2012, 03:34 PM
Wanamaker Grand Court Organ Day
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Macy*s at The Wanamaker Building
1300 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
10:00am-11:15am: The day opens with a showing of Rick Seifert's spectacular tribute to the Wanamaker Organ in ornate Greek Hall on the 3rd floor. Guided tours of the console and select organ chambers on the 2nd and 4th floors will also be given during this time. FREE!
11:30am-1:00pm: Saturday's music begins with a Grand Opening Concert broadcast live on Jill Pasternak's "Crossover on WRTI-FM. This broadcast is also transmitted around the world live on the Internet at WRTI.ORG. Peter Richard Conte and guests Peter Krasinski and Robert Plimpton will be featured in thrilling organ masterworks. FREE!
2:00pm-3:30pm: A silent film showcases the acclaimed Friends Wurlitzer in Greek Hall. Peter Krasinski romping through the Harold Lloyd classic comedy "Speedy." "Speedy," the bespectacled Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) was one of the great comedians of the silent era, a natural acrobat, skilled at playing a happy-go-lucky fellow with a knack for getting caught up in reckless situations. In "Speedy" (1928), Lloyd's character, Harold "Speedy" Swift visits Coney Island in its heyday, and frolics on the wild amusements with his girl Jane (Ann Christy). Wonderful vintage scenes of 1920s Coney Island amusements are included. Next Speedy becomes a cab driver with a very important customer-Babe Ruth himself. The film ends as connivers are trying to put the horse-drawn trolley company run by Jane's grandfather (Bert Woodruf) out of business. $10 cash at the door.
5:00pm-6:00pm: A spectacular Diamond Jubilee musical tribute to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is held, marking the Queen's 60 years on the throne. Our musical tribute to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee features Peter Richard Conte, Rudy Lucente and the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ Festival Chorus and Brass Ensemble. The music presented marks the occasion with high and majestic Anglo-American musical ceremonial as only possible on the Wanamaker Organ. FREE!
8:30pm-10:00pm: Peter Richard Conte and Robert Plimpton pay tribute to Robert Elmore in a ticketed Grand Evening Concert that features Elmore masterworks including his fiery Concerto for Organ, Brass and Percussion. An especially large brass ensemble will take part in another Friends musical spectacle. Hearing the Wanamaker Organ at night is an incredible experience. Its awesome majesty and infinite subtleties can only be fully appreciated in the absolute hush of an empty store. Tickets are $40-$50 and must be purchased online at www.wanamakerorgan.com in advance.
For more information:
The Friends of the Wanamaker Organ
www.wanamakerorgan.com
484-684-7250
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Macy*s at The Wanamaker Building
1300 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
10:00am-11:15am: The day opens with a showing of Rick Seifert's spectacular tribute to the Wanamaker Organ in ornate Greek Hall on the 3rd floor. Guided tours of the console and select organ chambers on the 2nd and 4th floors will also be given during this time. FREE!
11:30am-1:00pm: Saturday's music begins with a Grand Opening Concert broadcast live on Jill Pasternak's "Crossover on WRTI-FM. This broadcast is also transmitted around the world live on the Internet at WRTI.ORG. Peter Richard Conte and guests Peter Krasinski and Robert Plimpton will be featured in thrilling organ masterworks. FREE!
2:00pm-3:30pm: A silent film showcases the acclaimed Friends Wurlitzer in Greek Hall. Peter Krasinski romping through the Harold Lloyd classic comedy "Speedy." "Speedy," the bespectacled Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) was one of the great comedians of the silent era, a natural acrobat, skilled at playing a happy-go-lucky fellow with a knack for getting caught up in reckless situations. In "Speedy" (1928), Lloyd's character, Harold "Speedy" Swift visits Coney Island in its heyday, and frolics on the wild amusements with his girl Jane (Ann Christy). Wonderful vintage scenes of 1920s Coney Island amusements are included. Next Speedy becomes a cab driver with a very important customer-Babe Ruth himself. The film ends as connivers are trying to put the horse-drawn trolley company run by Jane's grandfather (Bert Woodruf) out of business. $10 cash at the door.
5:00pm-6:00pm: A spectacular Diamond Jubilee musical tribute to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is held, marking the Queen's 60 years on the throne. Our musical tribute to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee features Peter Richard Conte, Rudy Lucente and the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ Festival Chorus and Brass Ensemble. The music presented marks the occasion with high and majestic Anglo-American musical ceremonial as only possible on the Wanamaker Organ. FREE!
8:30pm-10:00pm: Peter Richard Conte and Robert Plimpton pay tribute to Robert Elmore in a ticketed Grand Evening Concert that features Elmore masterworks including his fiery Concerto for Organ, Brass and Percussion. An especially large brass ensemble will take part in another Friends musical spectacle. Hearing the Wanamaker Organ at night is an incredible experience. Its awesome majesty and infinite subtleties can only be fully appreciated in the absolute hush of an empty store. Tickets are $40-$50 and must be purchased online at www.wanamakerorgan.com in advance.
For more information:
The Friends of the Wanamaker Organ
www.wanamakerorgan.com
484-684-7250