GARY LLOYD NOLAND performs his ELEGY IN HOMAGE TO OUR FOUR-LEGGED LOVED ONES for piano. This piece was composed in memory of my two beloved cats, Kiwi (1995—2011) and Pansy (1995-2013). It was also composed for the purpose of consoling anyone grieving the loss of a beloved feline or canine companion or any other furry friend. It is meant to serve as a companion piece to Alkan's Funeral March on the Death of a Parrot. For more information on the composer, please visit his website at: garynolandcomposer.com

ELEGY IN HOMAGE TO OUR FOUR-LEGGED LOVED ONES for piano

My FUNFARE FOR SANITY (Op. 129, July 1st, 2022) for brass quintet (two trumpets, horn, trombone). I started composing this piece in the early days of June, 2022 in anticipation of submitting it for consideration by a committee for a possible performance on a Cascadia Composers concert by a local brass quintet. After several days of intensive work in an effort to meet the deadline (which was about a week thereafter) I learned that I was ineligible to submit it on account of having already had a piece of mine performed on the previous Cascadia Composers concert a month earlier, which was just as well, since this quintet still needed work. I would have called it "FANFARE FOR SANITY" but didn't like the assonance in its title, thus: "FUNFARE," which is, perhaps, more evocative of its festive mood. I could be wrong, but assume that where one encounters "sanity," one also tends to encounter peace, harmony, and justice—all conditions of which are sorely needed in these troubled times. Prithee listen and enjoy!. Responses from listeners are more than welcomed. For more information on the composer, please visit his website at: garynolandcomposer.com

FUNFARE FOR SANITY for brass quintet Op. 129 (2022)

Pianist ANDREAS Z. performs SCHMALTZ for piano (Op. 1, No. 8) by GARY LLOYD NOLAND. For more information on the composer, please visit his website at: garynolandcomposer.com.

SCHMALTZ for piano (Op. 1, No. 8)

BURLESQUE for piano, Op. 1, No. 20 performed/recorded by composer Gary Lloyd Noland on a Bösendorfer Grand in a Harvard Music Department classroom in Autumn, 1983, using an inexpensive cassette recorder. The cassette recording was digitally transcribed on February 13th, 2023 (almost forty years later), so the recording quality is a bit degraded. This recording is presented for historic, not commercial, purposes, as it offers insights into how the composer interpreted his own score (funky piano technique notwithstanding).

BURLESQUE for piano, Op. 1, No. 20

Composer Gary Lloyd Noland performs PRAELUDIUM for piano from his TWENTY PIANO PIECES, Op. 1, No. 1 (1983). For more information on the composer, please visit his website at: garynolandcomposer.com

PRAELUDIUM For Piano, Op. 1, No. 1

SUDDENLY (Acoustic remix)

Pianist Randall Hodgkinson performs SIX AND A HALF PIANO PIECES, Op. 8, by Gary Lloyd Noland. Brief cameo appearance by the composer at the end of #6 (Proverb). Titles of pieces are: 1) Allegro, 2) Kirchnerism, 3) Sinfonia, 4)Allemande, 5) Canon, 6) Proverb, 6 1/2)Aaeeetta Garrlicca!!! This set of pieces was recorded at the home of Paul Matisse (grandson of Henri Matisse and stepson of Marcel Duchamp) in Groton, MA, just outside of Boston in November, 1987.

SIX AND A HALF PIANO PIECES, Op. 8 (1986)

Soprano Hayley Boggs and pianist Victor Hugo Morales perform composer Gary Lloyd Noland's setting of Heinrich Heine's poem "Aus meinen Tränen Sprießen" from his FOUR HEINE LIEDER, Op. 19, No. 1. For more information on composer Gary Lloyd Noland, please visit his website at: garynolandcomposer.com

AUS MEINEN TRÄNEN SPRIESSEN from FOUR HEINE LIEDER, Op. 19, No. 1

El Vals De Irisnalda Y Nicolás

Photo : Marielle Lemaire - Ariège - France

Marcher, c'est des captures d'images, des sentiments qui se composent, se transforment, se ruminent en de douces pensées. Dans l'enlacement continu du parcours, cette source de satiété physique offre une richesse grandissante à l'esprit. La pérégrination ancre nos sens dans cette réalité.

Walking is capturing images, feelings that are composed, transformed, ruminated in sweet thoughts. In the continuous embrace of the journey, this source of physical satiety offers a growing richness to the spirit. The journey anchors our senses in this reality.

Ce projet se compose d'un prélude, d'une pièce principale, de cet interlude suivi de son postlude.

3 - Sur Le Chemin - Avec Franck Douvin

This is a waltz I composed for my wonderful Mother "Helga," who has always been my "Wiener blut!" I recorded this onto a nice rack mount studio CD recorder, using a small mixer, and my 88 key Kurzweil K2500 keyboard. If anyone is interested in performing any of my works live, please contact me. All my works are fully scored, and copyrighted. Thank you for listening! 

In the past few years, I have composed a series of Piano Waltzes for all the women in my family including, my Aunt Ingrid in Vienna, my sister Karen, sister Kathy, and my dear Grandmother from Vienna, Maria. I will post more of these pieces when I have time. I hope you enjoy my music, and thank you for listening....Peace!
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Helga's Waltz in Db (Piano) Gerald Wilhelm Braden

Gerald Wilhelm Braden / Composer