Built with Soundpaint's Tenor Sax, 8Dio's Solo Trumpet, Spitfire Audio's Bass from Chamber Strings and The Crow Hill Company's Small String Gestures and Shimmer Guitar.

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Smokey Room Inspirations

Menakutkan

Menakutkan (Acoustic)

Cosy Blankets

Cradle Song

Cascada Melódica Apacible

Lines Situation

The ballade of the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries had its roots in poetry. Chopin’s First Ballade in G minor is believed to have marked the earliest application of the term in the musical domain. It was during this time that Clara also composed her Ballade Op. 6 No. 4; together with her two Mazurkas, she played this work to Chopin in November 1836 — all were met with approval, even admiration. 

As typical of the musical genre as it came into being, Clara’s Ballade is both lyrical and narrative, with each statement of the theme increasingly embellished. Pensive in character, this ballade eventually ends in quiet resignation.

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Performed live on a fortepiano by Ignaz Pleyel (1843)
Cornell University
February 21, 2024

Clara Wieck-Schumann Ballade, Op. 6 no. 4 (Pleyel fortepiano, 1843)

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Paris

An orchestral composition about a journey, filled with trepidation and uncertainty, but also determination.

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The Way Through

Thou Art Holy (Courtney) Tenor

Souls of Saturday Night

Time Escape Meditations contains melodic escapes from time and space. Each composition is an orchestral portal into different dimensions and galaxies for pensive musings and other imaginative reflections. 

7. Sad

Air J.S. Bach

Composer of electronic and contemporary classical music. For 2025 I'm working on a four-part project that should (hopefully) be released at intervals during the year.
Contact: chrismwhitemusic@gmail.com

The Way Through

Chris M. White