Name: Sibelius: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43 Allegretto by necmusic
Duration: 10 min 1 s
Description: Paul Biss conducts the New England Conservatory Symphony in a performance of Sibelius: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43. Recorded live in Jordan Hall, Boston, April 9, 2014.

I'm away from the piano at the moment, so I thought I'd share this with everybody...

Compositional sketch for a modern Pastoral Appassionata String Quintet.  Primary composition sometime in November 2013.  Work in progress.

Somebody asked if this is a "sad" song.  Here is my answer:

It is not a "human emotion" song.   It is more a divine/nature/universe  song.  It does not have human emotions like happy/sad.  It has only what is.  It has only pure beauty. Like a waterfall.  Or a mountain.  Or a star. A waterfall is not sad.  Or happy.  It only is. It is simply pure beauty.

Pastoral = of or referring to nature or the creator

Appassionata = with passion  (but in this case, it is not passion like between a man and woman.  it is more passion of the creator for his creation or created for his creator.)

It is more of a spiritual music.  This is what I will do more of later in life. Like these guys:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_minimalism

I aspire to follow in their footsteps one day.

Somebody asked about the plug-ins used:

Solo Bass, Cello, Viola, Violin 1, & Violin 2 from NI Kontact (standard set from Komplete) for this sketch.  Sometime later I will ideally record the real thing... (Or at least use more advanced string libraries.) 6 Instances of 2CAudio Breeze (which I am the developer of) are used here to make the Kontact Strings sound reasonably good. 

http://2caudio.com/products/breeze

The strings samples themselves are not that good.  The reverb is!  :)  That's the trick here.



Many new solo piano compositions to share with you all soon!  Happy New Year!

Andrew Souter -- Pastoral Appassionata For String Quintet (Sketch)

Another collaboration with the fine musician (and friend!) Fivos.

See here for further details: http://soundcloud.com/fivosvalachis/ithaka

Ithaka (collaboration with Fivos Valachis)

When I first heard Lungi dance from the movie Chennai express, it's incredible peppy catchiness only meant one obvious thing - someone needed to make a Western classical remix version. Imagine frilly dresses, wigs, Austrian nobility and state-of-the-art Erode lungis. 

The Violin and Cello were recorded on the really impressive Yeti Blue microphone, which is so sensitive that if you listen really hard, you can occasionally hear the pigeon on my window sill making enquiries about the local availability of pretty single pigeonesses. 

In addition to the tracks I recorded on my instruments, some software layers were used to expand the soundscape to do justice to this most excellent song. 

Danse Macabre De Lungi

that's my new ambient track long time didnt make abmient sounds so that's my ambient track " La Colère" means " The anger"
 For more Info or if you want to get it please contact  me at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dj-Shayni/136538133109152?ref=hl

with all my greetings 
Cheers DjShayni

La Colère

Lawrence Wolfe, double bass; Marylou Speaker Churchill, violin, and Susan Almasy, piano perform Giovanni Bottesini's Gran Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass. Recorded live in Jordan Hall April 17, 1978. 

Bottesini: Tarantella Op. 9 No 2

Paul Biss conducts the New England Conservatory Symphony in a performance of Sibelius: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43. Recorded live in Jordan Hall, Boston, April 9, 2014.

Sibelius: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43 Allegretto

APOLLO ENSEMBLE OF BOSTON
Elias Miller, conductor
Reuben Stern, conductor (of "The Lark Ascending")
Live concert recording - 5/18/24 - Boston MA USA
Tracks 1-10: Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Track 11: Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending (Aidan Ip, violin)
Tracks 12-15: Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 ("Scottish")
https://apolloensembleofboston.com/

Mendelssohn Sym3 Movt2 (Apollo)

I remember my father playing this concert at home, I was a little kid and I could sit and listen to him for hours. Richard Addinsell is the author of the Warsaw Concerto, one of my favorites.

Warsaw Concerto

Recorded August 8, 2012 by members of the Callithumpian Consort at Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT.

String Quartet No. 3: II. Allegro

This is an orchestral arrangement, I started right after my first string quartet in 2000. It is Beethoven's "Rondo a capriccio" or better known as "Rage Over a Lost Penny" / "Die Wuth über den verlornen Groschen" for solo piano. I had no time to finish it in 2000. But a month ago, I rediscovered it and sat down to finish it. This is the result. I hope you enjoy it. Any comments appreciated.
This is written for (2, 2, 2, +bass, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1, timp, str).

The original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKXZeUOKVdo

"Rage Over a Lost Penny" (1798 Beethoven / 1828 Diabelli, arr. 2000, 2012)

Selection of traditional Irish tunes played on piano, accompanied by a string trio (two violins and one viola).
Played by Paul Clesham and Matthew Stein.
Recorded and mixed at Wesleyan University Experimental Music Recording Studio by Jose Maria Buendia.

Jigs: “Bobby Casey’s” , “The Spotted Dog”

New England Conservatory educates and trains musicians of all ages from around the world, drawing on the talent and deep reservoir of experience of our distinguished faculty. We are dedicated to inculcating the highest standards of excellence and nurturing individual artistic sensibility and creative growth. Understanding that music is one of the transcendent expressions of human civilization, NEC aspires to ensure it a central place in contemporary society. Additionally, we present over 1,000 free concerts a year in our world class performance spaces which include historic Jordan Hall.

Sibelius: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43 Allegretto

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