Orchestral Compositions from 2020- 2023

Orchestral Compositions from 2022 and 2023

Tracks from 2022/2023

fave listenings of this month ..

in the pic: Katia and Marielle Labèque

"musica assoluta" (maggio 2023)

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.

Solemn Aria 19 April 2020 Remixed 4 July 2022 (Mastered)

Night of Golden Stars
A neo-classical  piece for (virtual) Orchestra featuring French Horn.

Revised 30 December 2022.

Produced and mastered by John Cafarella

This version uses the East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra sample library and features the French Horn samples.

Night of Golden Stars (Remix and Revision EWQLSO 30 December 2022)

'Walking music': Tempo revised upward from August 2021 version which was far too slow. Revised the tempo upward to 110bpm to make it into a true brisk tune for walking.  Mastered by Soundcloud mastering service.

Walking Tune (Revision 24 March 2023 EWQLSO + Note Performer_Revision 110bpm)

Fantasy in three Movements for small Orchestra

This suite of pieces holds to the fast-slow-fast traditional pattern of the Classical period .

The three movements are: 

Allegro Vivace in 4/4

Slowly in 5/4

Andante Con Moto in 6/8

The indivual movements will be published separately to Soundcloud.

I used sound cloud mastering service on the three movements separately 

as the duration of the suite is eleven minutes, longer than the

ten minute upper limit for Soundcloud mastering.

Tripartite Fantasy

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.
N.B. A similar musical idea treated in a much different way also appears in the first movenent of my Tripartite Faantasy posted here: https://soundcloud.com/julian-cafarella/allegro-vivace-for-chamber-orchestra
This version was mastered by John Cafarella

Dr M : Sort of a TV Theme (Revised 17 March 2023)

We did another piece , so maybe we will keep doing it 

Aporia is
Dani Kirby: piano
Bruce Musser: guitar
Dane Renshaw: drums
Mat Ward: electric bass

Aporia #2

A piece based on classical creative common recordings in D major and b minor. This is the third of twelve pieces in the Generations Cycle as we will continue to walk the circle of fifths.

The following samples were used for cutting and recombination, all from public domain sources - thanks to everyone involved:

Bach, J. S.: Air (BWV 1068, D major. arr) - Violin solo by Joel Belov with piano accompaniment by Robert Gayler, 1920, wikimedia commons

Baidin Feidhlimidh - Tinwhistle played by Jules Grandgagnage, wikimedia commons

van Beethoven, Ludwig: Sonata no. 15 in d major, op. 28 'pastorale' - i. allegro.ogg - wikimedia commons via Musopen

Brahms, Johannes, Ungarischer Tanz No. 6 - Fulda Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Simon Schindler, wikimedia commons

Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 - I. Allegro non troppo - Czech National Symphony Orchestra, wikimedia commons

Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Quintet - 1. Allegro - William McColl and the Orford String Quartet, Andrew Dawes and Kenneth Perkins, violin; Sophie Renshaw, viola; Denis Brott, 'cello, 1978, The Al Goldstein Collection, wikimedia commons

Dvorak, Antonin: Cello Concerto in B minor, 1. Movement - John Michel, Cello, Wikimedia Commons

Haydn, Joseph, Symphony No. 101 "The Clock" - João Pedro Cunha, Wikimedia Commons

Liszt, Franz: Sonate in si mineur - Gleb Ivanov, Wikimedia Commons
Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 1. - Virtual Philharmonic Orchestra (Reinhold Behringer), wikimedia commons

Mendelssohn, Felix: Cello Sonata 2 in D, 1st Movement - John Michel, Wikimedia Commons

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Klarinettenquintett, 2. Larghetto - Bass Clarinet by Vlad Weverbergh with the Terra Nova Collective, wikimedia commons

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Flute Quartet No. 1 in D Major - 1. Allegro.ogg - Wikimedia Commons Felix Skowronek with the Philadelphia Quartet, 1973. The Goldstein Collection, Wikimedia Commons

Pachelbel, Canon in D major - Arrangement for violins, harps and bass by Kevin MacLeod, wikimedia commons

Reicha, Anton, Wind Quintet Op. 91 No 3 in D major, 1. Lento - The Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet, 1976. The Al Goldstein collection, wikimedia commons

Rachmaninoff, Sergei- Six Moments Musicaux - No 3, B minor.ogg - Debbie Hu, wikimedia commons

Schubert, Franz: Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished' - 1. Allegro moderato in B minor - Fulda Symphonic Orchestra (Conductor: Simon Schindler), wikimedia commons

Stamitz, Carl: -Viola concerto in D major (I Allegro non Troppo) - Dimitar Penkov (viola), wikimedia commons

Telemann, Concert Suite in D major, TWV55D6 - 1. Overture.ogg -Performed by the Advent Chamber Orchestra with cellist Stephen Balderston, wikimedia commons

Tchaikovsky, Peter I. : Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, 'Pathetique' - IV. Finale Adagio lamentoso - musopen via wikimedia commons

Generations Part 3: Db

Picture Dixtuin CC BY SA Flickr - Brussels, Museum Musical Instruments 
https://flic.kr/p/2oxg69A

https://youtu.be/6kPRcB5AqMQ

Audio File:  Samples Golden Rain A Mix 29 - 4-2023 - Mr.wav
Loose stems and unmastered version available upon request

Collage garden

Space Within #6 (from the field)

Composed in 1985-86
live performance by Mirka Viitala (piano)
Galleria Midori
Helsinki, Finland
26 March 2023

Derridas

Four preludes ranging over the instruments of a Large Concert Orchestra,
1 C major for two pianos
2 in D major for large wind ensemble
3 in A minor: a canon for Horn and Flute 
4 in C major/minorfor full band of orchestra

These are essentially improvisations for sampled instruments carried out in a music notation program.
This track has been mastered by emastered online mastering service.

4 Preludes for expanded Chamber Orchestra (Revised 12 June 2023)

A new remix of my track using a fresh set of sampled orchestral sounds and subjected to further editing of the score.
With many thanks to John Cafarella who has done the mastering for this track.

Andante-Allegro

At a gentle Walking Pace with Gathering Momentum Remix July 29

Solo in a contemporary style for Trombone encompassing a riddle.
(N.B.My attention has been drawn to the fact that this piece may not be playable at this tempo by a real trombonist in which case I would advise a slower tempo e.g. 105-110bpm insteadof 120bpm)

The Pilgrims Walrus for Solo Trombone: A Nominal Riddle (Revised 4 December 2023 Tempo110bpm)

This is a fairly complete revision of the original upload of August 2022. It is a jubilant piece that needs to be taken in its own  terms. The musical vocabulary in this piece is very conservartive and it obeys conventional structural norms.
This version was mastered by John Cafarella

Night of Golden Stars Revision EWQLSO version 25 September 2023

This is a fairly complete revision of the original upload of August 2022. It is a jubilant piece that needs to be taken in its own terms. The musical vocabulary in this piece is very conservative and it obeys conventional structural norms. This version was mixed down using Noteperformer Sample library interacting with Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition and is being subjected to ongoing revision.
This track is mastered by John Cafarella.

Night of Golden Stars NotePerformer version (2 October 2023)

A suite of four movements for Small Orchestra and Percussion compiled from revisions of earlier uploads: 1: Ostinato (March 2020)
                                               2: Adagio   (April 2022)
                                               3: Allegro   (May 2022)
                                               4: Epilogue (October 2023)
Suite for Small Orchestra and Percusson was mastered by John Cafarella

Suite For Small Orchestra And Percussion (Remix 12 November 2023)

Adagio responding to international events suggests to me the question; 'Is catharsis a valid aim in music today'
This piece was mastered by John Cafarella

Adagio for Our Times (Remix VIII 3 December 2023)

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)

Modelled on a movement of the Danish composer Carl Neilsen's  4th Symphony this short piece unfolds in a series of terse dramatic interludes.
My heartfelt thanks go out to John Cafarella for his sensitive mastering of this piece
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Allegro Moderato (After Carl Nielsen) Remixed 15  December 2023

An extended and modified version of 'Allegro Presto Assai' now For Brass Choir and Orchestra originally uploaded to Soundcloud on December 6 2023 as a for Orchestra alone piece. 
Parts of this piece have been rewritten and I provide a new ending.
This upload has been mastered by John Cafarella.

4 Preludes for expanded Chamber Orchestra (Revised 12 June 2023)

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