Reorchestrated using solo string instruments for a more authentic Baroque feel and changed harpsichord to EWQL.
Performed by Finale 2014a (Baroque HP).
Orchestrated using mixture of EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Gold and Garritan Personal Orchestra 4.
MIDI downloaded from IMSLP (attributed to Michel Rondeau with Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.)

Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV 1050 - I. Allegro [solo instruments]

Music composed by Roger Eno and included in "Between Tides" album.

Transcribed and orchestrated using Notion and EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Gold.


Winter Music

Incorrectly ascribed to Guilio Caccini, this work was actually composed by Vladimir Fyodorovich Vavilov (Влади́мир Фёдорович Вави́лов) in 1970 and featured in his album "Lute music of the XVI-XVII cent." (Лютневая музыка 16-17 веков) released on the Melodiya label.

I listened to the original recording, transcribed it to Notion, then rearranged it for woodwinds, strings and harp, voiced using the EWQL Symphonic Orchestra.


Ave Maria (Vavilov)

To celebrate the completion of the Jazz Improvisation class I am taking, I have arranged Olhos de Gato, by Carla Bley (one of the pieces studied in class) for orchestra. I have created a string backing for the melody, then added the melody from "Memories of Tomorrow" (another piece studied in class) as a counterpoint, and also my own melody as a further counterpoint. Finally, I created a new ending, based on a descending harmonic progression.

The arrangement is scored in Notion, orchestrated using EWQL Symphony Orchestra Gold and mastered using Ozone 5.

Olhos De Gato (orchestral arrangement)

Inspired by watching Twin Peaks The Return, here is a short electronic track, done in Logic Pro X and Native Instruments Komplete 11. All sounds are created by me using a combination of Monark, Absynth, Massive and Reaktor.

A Twin Peaks dream

My first arrangement for 2018! This is a synth arrangement of the slow movement from Alessandro Marcello's beautiful Oboe Concerto in D minor, op. 1 using Logic Pro native instruments. It is a beautiful and tranquil piece that is perhaps not well known (even though JS Bach transcribed it for harpsichord).

Adagio (2nd movement) from Oboe Concerto in D minor Alessandro Marcello

My first project in Maschine 3 - a dance arrangement of Roger Eno's track from Between Tides album, with the speed doubled to 115bpm and the Focus kit from Prismatic Bliss.

Winter Music (electronic 115bpm)

Pieces played on my guitar

Guitar info: Encore classical guitar with Hannabach medium tension strings
Recording equipment: Audio Technica AT822 stereo mic, E-MU 0404USB, Sound Forge 10, izotope Ozone

Andantino Op. 44 No. 3 (Fernando Sor)

Andante in E minor (Fernando Sor)

This is the second movement from J S Bach's arrangement of Alessandro Marcello's Oboe Concerto BWV 974 (BC L194). It is not often performed, but after hearing Glenn Gould's amazing rendition of it, I had to learn how to play it. I didn't rely on the metronome as i wanted the freedom of varying the tempo, but I visually aligned to the target tempo at the start so the first 10 bars or so are pretty on the beat, after that ... Recorded using a Kawai MP10. The piano sound is a virtual Yamaha grand recorded at EastWest studios, with reverb based on QL Spaces (San Francisco Hall) and iZotope Ozone 8 mastering.

Bach: Adagio from Concerto for solo keyboard No. 3 in D minor

First piano recording done using a metronome - Bach's Prelude No 1. I have decided to play it at a slower tempo than usual, to highlight each note and to introduce micro rhythms within the bar and across bars. The piano is a virtual Bosendorfer 290 recorded at EastWest Studios, and the piece was played on a Kawai MP10 and then processed using Logic Pro X, QL Spaces and iZotope Ozone 8.

Bach - Prelude No 1 in C major WTC1

From the movie: Spirited Away
Recorded on Kawai MP-10

久石譲：いのちの名前 (Joe Hisaishi: The Name of Life) - Instrumental version -

Revoiced on a Steinway D (Galaxy II) using Sonar X1 Producer Expanded

久石譲：いのちの名前 (Joe Hisaishi: The Name of Life) - Instrumental version -  (revoiced)

In memory of Ennio Morricone, a string orchestra arrangement of Cinema Paradiso, transcribed by me into Finale.

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