Name: Carolan's Concerto - arr. David Vesey by David Vesey
Duration: 2 min 49 s
Description: An arrangement of one of Turlough O'Carolan's composition, "Carolan's Concerto" for solo piano by David Vesey. This year, 2020, marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of O'Carolan, and these arrangements hope to commemorate the Irish composer.

Rhapsody is one of my first substantial pieces and is mainly influenced by music of Rachmaninov and Godowsky. Many parts of the piece sounds as if it was an improvisation to resemble the tradition of jazz and to add to the variety and colour of the composition. 
Although, there are no tempo restrictions, my only motivation for each section is to freely express the surprising element of never ending chord progressions and constant change of musical material.

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Rhapsody by Santa Ignace

Piano Improvisation with Georgina on two pianos.
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Piano Improv with Georgina

This piece is directly inspired by the grand Sonata of my most famous composer Rachmaninov. I took the score in front of me and used sections which I then developed and changed in my own style and colour. I would try and use the chordal or melodic material as an example and change it into something similar which would then resemble the specific motif. I find it very satisfying and challenging at the same time. It also helps me understand the structure and style of Rachmaninov in a more depth and allows me to play with keys, meter and chord progressions.
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Recorded by Gabriel Liotta
Cork, Ireland

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Rachmaninov Sonata Transformed

This is a second movement of Rhapsody. This movement was intended to have less intensity with only several outbursts. It is supposed to resemble several composers, including Schubert and Mendelsohn. In general, I enjoy writing music in a non structured way so, therefore, this was more of a challenge to me.

Recorded by Gabriel Liotta
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Rhapsody Second Movement

Rachmaninov Prelude in G sharp Minor 
Piano: Santa Ignace
Recorded: January 2020
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Rachmaninov Prelude G# Minor

An arrangement of the traditional tune the "Cúil Aodha Jig" for multiple pianos.

Cúil Aodha Jig - arr. David Vesey

An arrangement of the O'Carolan Tune, "Lord Inchiquin", influenced by baroque composers such as Domenico Scarlatti.

Lord Inchiquin arr. David Vesey

An arrangement of one of Turlough O'Carolan's most well known tunes, "Carolan's Draught" for solo piano by David Vesey.

Carolans Draught - arr. David Vesey

An arrangement of one of Turlough O'Carolan's composition, "Carolan's Concerto" for solo piano by David Vesey. This year, 2020, marks the 350th anniversary of the birth of O'Carolan, and these arrangements hope to commemorate the Irish composer.

Carolan's Concerto - arr. David Vesey

An Original Piece created by Santa Ignace

This composition involves memories of old melodies created while half asleep or while in a deep state of thinking. It follows the guidelines of the title and serves a pseudo theme for a piece as it mirrors the sadness and tragedy that never really leaves after entering the space of mind.

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Recorded by Gabriel Liotta
Cork, Ireland

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Carolan's Concerto - arr. David Vesey

David Vesey

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