Name: Faded Memory by Jeffrey J. Torres in Sweet Dreams
Duration: 3 min 23 s
Description: A simple, contemplative piano track with some light orchestration.

Ah, relaxing, so well played... Great work!

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This started out as an improvisation around a motif and ended up a mostly-written piece. 

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Préludes Op.11 No.21

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A simple, contemplative piano track with some light orchestration.

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Faded Memory

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Movement I: Moderato—Allegro moderato

The Piano Concerto’s first movement unfolds in a full-fledged sonata form, launched by a dramatic introduction of imposing solemnity, in which Jandali draws inspiration from two genres of vocal music. The mawwāl is one of the most widespread genres of sung poetry in the Arab world—especially popular in the Syrian cities of Homs, Ḥama and Aleppo—performed in improvisatory style often with its rhymes extended by elongation of its vowels. The adhān is the call to prayer that can be heard five times a day from mosques throughout the Muslim world. Jandali colors these improvisatory-sounding melodic phrases with drumrolls, piano flourishes, and gut-pounding chords. These subside into a sparer texture highlighting the piano and plaintive string fragments led by cellos resonating in their lowest register.

The somber drama of the introduction provides the perfect foil for the dance-like first theme of the exposition, bringing to mind the age-old concept of “laughter amid tears” so often depicted in the music of Eastern Europe, of the Middle East, and of persecuted peoples of many cultures. The piano presents both this lively theme, based on a samā'i (instrumental piece) in the Bastah Nikar maqām (melodic mode) by Alī Darwīsh (1884–1952), as well as the lovely, lyrical second theme, which draws on an old samā'i in the Shahnaz maqām. Such a thematic contrast is not only typical of Western sonata form but also helps to convey the great spectrum of emotions that relate to the Syrian experience. Jandali heightens the contrast with a pronounced slowing during the transition that stems the rhythmic pressure of the first theme.

A compact development section builds gradually from a mysterious hush to a tremendous climax and the powerful return of the first theme. Quiet descends again to introduce an extended piano cadenza, which shows just as wide a range of emotions as the entire movement. The coda, containing a haunting recall of the main theme by the violins in octaves, begins slowly and, like folk dances of many cultures, builds momentum to a whirlwind conclusion.

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03/01/2021

Malek Jandali | Piano Concerto No. 1 Movement I Moderato—Allegro moderato

Elegy
The warmly nostalgic Elegy, the only work on this album without piano, dates from the summer of 2013, composed in New York City and recorded in London on May 21, 2014, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of David Firman. Again, following his basic aim to preserve Syrian culture, Jandali bases the piece on an old Syrian tune, in this case drawing on the form of a tahmīla in the Saba maqām. A tahmīla is a dance form in a simple 4/4 or 2/4 meter that alternates between short improvisational solos and composed ensemble refrains in a call and response format. In this context flute, clarinet, and horn take on significant roles, with an especially lovely flute solo making a tender statement over steady pizzicato midway through the piece. Gently sustained countermelodies add texture, leading to a lush presentation of the main melody. Toward the end Jandali introduces a heartrending violin solo, which dies away to an ethereal final utterance by the flute.

02/20/2021

Elegy

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