Saxophonic Organum

"The four Temperaments" are a way of classifying personality types.
The four types ( which go back to the Ancient Greeks) are 
(1)The Choleric (Active extroverted go-getter 'type  1a')
(2) Melancholic ( introverted sad pessimistic deep thinking)
(3) Phlegmatic (neither introverted nor extroverted but placid unruffled by life's ups and downs but capable of deep insights)
(4) Sanguine (Extroverted cheerful optimistic active)

The Four Temperaments

Synaesthesia. This refers to music that excites the Imaginination visually or in other sensory modes 
Whilst in music the primary response to the sound is aural, non-auditory sensations can occur owing to a sort of metaphorical excitement of sensations other than the purely aural, for example visual qualities or qualities associiated more with the sensation of touch (e.g soft, velvety, vibrant, harsh 'blending' of sound) so combining to give complex multi sensations ranging across all the senses. The music in this playlist excites such responses in the composers experience and so he hopes and believes it will do so in others'

Synaesthesia Suite for Virtual Orchestra

tracks from 2021 and 2022

Legend of a Stoic in a World in Crisis.

Acknowledging all care and suffering in a tangled web of foreboding and passion the stoic endures, bringing to his humanity a gentle but resilient forbearance.

Legend of a Stoic December 2022

This piece is a revision of my miniature 'Allegro for Winds' with a part added for Violins to fill out the texture a bit.

Allegro For Winds with Violins REMIX 9 january 2022

Four Sketches for Violin Horn and Piano with accompanying Harpsichord and Celeste
1 Earth 
2 Air
3 Fire
4 Water

Four Sketches for small ensemble 'The Elements' February 2022

Intrduction and allegro moderato for Viola, Horn,Trombone, Clarinet, Piano and Percussion.

Introduction and Allegro Moderato REMIX II April 2022 (emastered)

A gentle lullaby with the rythm of a small boat rocking to and fro in the ocean swell. (Originally uploaded 2 years ago under the title '20 Jamuary 2020 Toccata REMIX II')

Boat Song 2 April 2022 Remix III (Mastered)

Above Dreams

Above Dreams (DEMO)

This is a variation of a sort on a musical fragment which appears in the theme music for the TV series 'All Creatures great and Small' and also in the first movement of my Tripartite Fantasy and is constructed as a free flowing set of improvisations on a simple basic idea This simple idea is treated in a linear polyphonic way resulting in a texture which moves between consonant and dissonant harmony ending on a C major chord.
This is an updated revision of the original track using different samples.
This version was mastered by John Cafarella

Dr M Sort Of A TV Theme (Revised 5 December 2023)

A short allegro movement in neo-classical style.
There will be an extended version available later this week
This version was mastered by John Cafarella.

Allegro Modeato for Orchestra

Allegro Presto Assai (23 December 2023)

Call Me Up

A short prelude on the opening theme of the Prelude in D sharp Minor from book II of the well Tempered clavier by Bach (JS)

19 April 2020 Variations on a theme of J S Bach Remix

This piece moves through its various phases at a slow and deliberate pace overcoming difficulties encountered along the way and moving on to a relaxed ending. This remix contains edited segments improving the voice leading which in some places is unusual to say the least. The track has also been updated using the Soundcloud automatic mastering service.

19 April 2020 Solemn Aria (Mastered)

A rondo-like piece for virtual orchestra with saxophone quartet. Tempo moderate to fast. Extensivley revised May 6.

29 April 2020 Saxophonic Remix XXV for Virtual Orchestra and Saxophones

A short prelude for small orchestra modeled on the sound of a pealing bell

The Phlegmatic: (A Pealing Bell)

Edge Ostinato is a short but intense piece for strings at a moderate to fast tempo

Edge Ostinato Remix XXII

Andante Tremolando et Cantabile is a song like prelude featuring tremolo effects in the string section.
This piece uses the Native Instruments sampler Kontact with the notation softare Sibelius.
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Andante Cantabile et Tremolando_VI

The first in a quartet of pieces reflecting the four temperaments. 'Carillion for the Optimist'. A brief and intense incantation to and celebration of  the humanl 
spirit.

The Sanguine: (The Optimist, a Carillon)

Melancholic of temperament he is endowed with light.

The Melancholic Remix IV

The Four Tempaeraments: Choleric

The third in a projected set of four pieces for virtual orchestra reflecting on the emotional makeup of human being as found in the classification of the four temperaments which originated in the ancient world.

The Choleric REMIX

This piece was conceived while listening to a broadcast of contemporary classical music. It evolves from some simple material by developing themes and motifs (with repetition)and moves from a sombre opening through various darker and lighter moods towards an ending which indulges in a light banter between the orchesrtra and the listener.

The Moon at Noon. (Edited)

'Bittersweet' is so called because it explores traditional harmonic structures together with more piquant harmonies combining the former with the latter to form a complex but incisive framework for the essential 'bitter-sweetness' of  and ambiguity of human existence as many experience it living in modern times.

Allegro Presto Assai (23 December 2023)

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