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Solo piano renditions of original compositions by Jazz Pianist Bradley Williams

Fear (from The Magic Word) (excerpt) "Big Eyes Big Ears" Bradley Williams piano/composer

Spanish music with inspiration from Renaissance madrigals

08 Arietta: Andante nostalgico

7. Beyond The Shadow

XXXVII: tranquil meadows

Banda sonora original del curtmetratge "Tot s'aprofita"

Conversa final

Francesco Cilea’s opera Adriana Lecouvreur, with a libretto by Arturo Colautti, was composed between 1899 and 1902, drawing from the eponymous drama by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé. The work recounts the life of the historical figure Adrienne Lecouvreur, a Comédie-Française actress, and her rumored poisoning, linked to her affair with the Count of Saxony, betrothed to the Princess of Bouillon, her suspected murderer. Commissioned by Sonzogno, the opera premiered on November 6, 1902, at Milan’s Teatro Lirico, achieving resounding success and cementing Cilea’s status as a leading figure in Italian Verismo.
The opera’s intermezzo weaves themes from its four acts, adhering to classical opera conventions. Its orchestration is deliberately sparse, typically using strings and select woodwinds, offering performers and audiences a brief respite. In this wind ensemble adaptation, the intermezzo transcends its operatic origins, reimagined as a standalone symphonic work. The enriched instrumentation emphasizes contrapuntal interplay, highlighting individual voices within the wind orchestra. This transcription showcases the ensemble’s potential, challenging the historical undervaluation of such groups. By revitalizing this rarely performed opera, the arrangement promotes a renewed appreciation of its legacy.

Intermezzo from F. Cilea Opera "Adriana Lecouvreur" (for Symphonic Band)

My Light feat. Beyond (piano ver.) [karaoke version] - Adam Feldman

Préludes

Prélude No. 23 in F major

Second violin track in the Winter Session Album

Silent Nights - Winter Session 2 - Op.7 No.2

David Nadien (1926-2014) was one of the major American violinists of the 20th century. Beginning his career as a brilliant prodigy who performed the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the New York Philharmonic at the age of 14, he was one of the star pupils of the famed Ivan Galamian. Unanimously regarded by his peers as one of the outstanding violinists of his generation, Nadien rarely performed concerts. Due to his innately introverted and diffident nature and distaste for self-aggrandizement, he preferred to keep a low-key profile and ended up establishing himself as the foremost free-lance commercial violinist in the New York area. Nevertheless, in 1966, he was appointed by Leonard Bernstein to be concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. 
The recorded legacy of Nadien is sparse. Apart from an LP of the Franck and Debussy sonatas (reissued on Biddulph 85012-2), there are no commercial recordings of major classical repertoire. This live recital with Jacques Abram on CD offers an opportunity to hear Nadien in Classical sonatas by Mozart and Beethoven, as well as the romantic Franck Sonata. The violinist’s glowing tone and shimmering vibrato with luscious position changes is heard to wonderful effect in these stirring readings. 
The pianist Jacques Abram (1915-98) was a student of David Saperton at the Curtis Institute and Ernest Hutcheson at the Juilliard School, and made his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall performing the MacDowell Piano Concerto. Abram also championed a number of British works, premiering the Benjamin Britten's piano concerto and making the work’s first recording, as well as Arthur Benjamin's 1949 Piano Concerto ‘quasi una Fantasia’.


extract 2 MOZART Sonata movt 2

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7. Beyond The Shadow

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