Danny Norbury - Goodnight

I'm away from the piano at the moment, so I thought I'd share this with everybody...

Compositional sketch for a modern Pastoral Appassionata String Quintet.  Primary composition sometime in November 2013.  Work in progress.

Somebody asked if this is a "sad" song.  Here is my answer:

It is not a "human emotion" song.   It is more a divine/nature/universe  song.  It does not have human emotions like happy/sad.  It has only what is.  It has only pure beauty. Like a waterfall.  Or a mountain.  Or a star. A waterfall is not sad.  Or happy.  It only is. It is simply pure beauty.

Pastoral = of or referring to nature or the creator

Appassionata = with passion  (but in this case, it is not passion like between a man and woman.  it is more passion of the creator for his creation or created for his creator.)

It is more of a spiritual music.  This is what I will do more of later in life. Like these guys:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_minimalism

I aspire to follow in their footsteps one day.

Somebody asked about the plug-ins used:

Solo Bass, Cello, Viola, Violin 1, & Violin 2 from NI Kontact (standard set from Komplete) for this sketch.  Sometime later I will ideally record the real thing... (Or at least use more advanced string libraries.) 6 Instances of 2CAudio Breeze (which I am the developer of) are used here to make the Kontact Strings sound reasonably good. 

http://2caudio.com/products/breeze

The strings samples themselves are not that good.  The reverb is!  :)  That's the trick here.



Many new solo piano compositions to share with you all soon!  Happy New Year!

Andrew Souter -- Pastoral Appassionata For String Quintet (Sketch)

Lawrence Wolfe, double bass; Marylou Speaker Churchill, violin, and Susan Almasy, piano perform Giovanni Bottesini's Gran Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass. Recorded live in Jordan Hall April 17, 1978. 

Bottesini: Tarantella Op. 9 No 2

Francesco Tristano & The New Bach Players: Bach Concerto BWV 1055 - I. Allegro

This track can be used for free on Youtube, social-media etc. If you credit us in your Youtube description: 'www.purple-planet.com', it should ensure you don't get any Content ID matches.

Mysterious, expectant, chords on tremolo strings with gentle orchestral washes create a laid-back, futuristic space style track with an element of discovery, reflection, adventure and beauty. Builds to two emotional climaxes. Track suggests drifting through space observing something special or amazing. Very useful for inspirational video, documentary or film scene, where a sense of enormity and vastness is needed.

Planetarium - Free to Use Music

Weiss - Sonata in F major - Courante

Tarrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra [for solo Piano]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Quartet No. 17 in Bb Major, K. 458 'The Hunt' - Allegro vivace assai

Everything Is Connected: Explore the music of CLOUD ATLAS - In Theaters October 26 
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From:  Cloud Atlas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

http://smarturl.it/Clo

The Cloud Atlas Sextet For Orchestra

Chopin's second Ballade is at one moment eerily placid and another frighteningly catastrophic: imagine a quiet waterfront suddenly engulfed by a horrific storm. It eventually passes, leaving hope for renewal in the wake of its utter destruction and havoc.

Chopin Ballade No 2 in F Major, Opus 38

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370 I. Allegro

I create things.  Musical things...  Technological things...

Production of my third solo piano album to complete the trilogy is underway now! Stay tuned...

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