From my album "Stephen Heller: Études Mélodiques, Op. 45", available in streaming services.

Score:
https://musescore.com/classicman/heller-opus-45-no-6

Stephen Heller: Études Mélodiques  Op. 45

Étude No. 6, Op. 45. "Danse Triste"

Stephen Heller:  Étude No. 6, Op. 45. "Danse Triste"

This is from a complete recording of all 30 of Leo Brouwer's etudes done in May of 2011.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/brantgrieshaber

Estudios Sencillos - 18

#pianoday2020

Composed for Piano Day 2020

“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.
"And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.
"And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed."
- Kitty O'Meara

© Nikos Spiliotis , 16th of March 2020

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The Earth Began to Heal - Piano Day 2020

Inspiration.MP3

Separation

Un nuovo modo di vedere le cose
Music composed and orchestrated by Franco Forconi
All rights reserved 2020

Un nuovo modo di vedere le cose

IRCAM Solo Instruments 2 - The Avant-Garde Solo Instrument Collection
www.uvi.net/ircam-solo-instruments-2

Featuring 16 orchestral instruments and 550+ traditional and experimental techniques performed by professional instrumentalists and recorded in the IRCAM Institute, this collection offers unparalleled depth, detail and creative sound resource.

IRCAM Solo Instruments 2 | Trio for Guitar

The Chaconne is a grand masterpiece of classical music, and to learn and perform it is also something of a journey, a rite of passage. It is akin to running an ultramarathon, thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, or some other large challenge at the end of which a person is transformed and developed. I was inspired to create a personalized transcription of this piece first by saxophonist Chien-Kwan Lin, and then again later by the brilliant spirit and mastery of harpsichordists Kris Bezuidenhout and Skip Sempe. This is the largest leap in my pandemic-project, a journey of internalizing all of the partitas by J.S. Bach, and eventually the sonatas as well. Please enjoy this brilliantly mastered and captured recording, engineered by Eric Messick, our little gift to the world during strange and challenging times.

Here is some additional information about the Chaconne, written by Betsy Schwarm and published online:

"In Bach’s Chaconne, the basic theme is four measures long, short and simple enough to allow for 64 variations. From a stern and commanding mood at the beginning, Bach gradually increases the complexity of his theme, mixing in various compositional effects. Some twists upon the theme are spacious and grand; others flow nimbly. Fast runs and large interval skips are frequent, requiring much dexterity from the performer. Bach also calls forth changes in emotional intensity, as some variations are dominated by long notes and others by many, more urgent short notes. Bach builds up his work over 256 measures, finally restating the theme at the end with new, even stronger harmonies."

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chaconne-by-Bach

Chaconne, from Partita No. 2 in D minor, by J.S. Bach (soprano saxophone)

Covid 19 has had a worldwide impact. The obvious statistic are those that have been infected & those that have died. Job losses, lockdowns & isolation have also taken a toll on people all over the planet. As a musician now unable to perform live & earn my living, I have turned to my main instrument, the piano, for an outpouring of emotion. This piece entitled "Struggle", is a piano improvisation during these unprecedented times.

Struggle

Everything changes, nothing is set in stone. No matter what, you have to remain honest with yourself.

To Remain

Sleep

Saxophonist with the US Army Band "Pershing's Own," member of Off on Four, co-founder of Global Premiere.

Chaconne, from Partita No. 2 in D minor, by J.S. Bach (soprano saxophone)

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