Classicheggiando (e non) - 5

Prelude Op. 16 No. 4 (Alexander Scriabin)

Scriabin: 24 Preludes Op. 11 - Medtner: Second Improvisation Op. 47

24 Preludes No. 3 in G Major, Op. 11

24 Preludes No. 1 in C Major, Op. 11

24 Preludes No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 11

Alexander Scriabin: Etude Op. 8 No. 2

Live Performance by Li-Chun Hsiao and Alpaca String Ensemble.

Philip Glass: Façades (1981)

guitars: F.Hiemenz & O.Kälberer
music by Luigi Boccherini(from quintet no 4 in D major for guitar and string quartet, arr. for two guitars) 
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We played this during some kind of music festival, which took place in a sports hall.
Just in the right moment, a little swallow entered the hall, began to sing and so made itself unforgettable. That was really funny and amazing. You still can hear it if you listen carefully ;-)
'87
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Painting "El Jaleo" (excerpt) by John Singer Sargent 
[source http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEL_JALEO-SINGER.jpg]


Grave & Fandango by L.Boccherini (played by F.Hiemenz & O.Kaelberer)

Ten directions is a Eastern cosmogony’s term that means "in all directions throughout the space." These directions are the eight of the compass: east, south-east, south, southwest, west, north-west, north, north-east, plus the Nadir – to the down - and Zenit - at the top.  These "Ten directions" are often matched to past, present and future to describe the set of all places – Ten Directions - and times - Three Times.
 At any time and in any place existed a sound that awakens and resonates at a specific emotional state. A call that is heard and collected by those who were looking for it for a long time and in any direction.
 
While playing or composing, I take refuge into myself, directing the sound through the ten directions of space. Then, I let my thoughts meander both in the internal direction, the innerself, and in the outer, the discovery and the meeting. The union of these two states arouses emotion, subtle matter that can be felt by those who are listening and are on the same frequency and in tune.

 The launch of the thought starts from the silence, and then, one key after another, starts moving and traveling through the air like an arrow into space. The sound is without obstacles, in the ten directions, and resonates through the invisible world of vibrations. Announces itself and enters the inner space. It comes to ears, the hearing organ, and shakes all the other senses. It kidnaps, touch the nerve centre and pervades us. It meets and joins up with something that is already there, and is welcomed as it was expected all along.

 The sound is clear, it radiates and spreads everywhere, and comes back, in a two-way process, creating contact points and unexplained bridges. Is a dimension that affects and charms because we recognize it, surprised and excited at the same time. As a light, it illuminates hidden areas through the mind and the heart, and reaches the deepest part of our inner. The listener and the player finds themselves alive in a sensitive state, and this sharing creates the communion, the union of sound and spirit, music and noise away from fiction, which dwells always and everywhere in the ten directions.

Ten Directions

Waterland

Sonata in A Major, Op. 13; IV. Allegro quasi presto

A tribute to my Dad... he taught me a lot about Heaven, while he was on Earth... recorded it a few days ago, was not sure it reflects what I meant, but maybe it does - hope you enjoy this tune, my friends..!

Between Heaven & Earth

from compilation ‘Algorithmics’ (Piano Day 2017)
Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2oG1fbz
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@daniel-mulhern
Piano and programming by Danny Mulhern
Recorded and mixed by Danny Mulhern
Mastered by Mandy Parnell at Black Saloon

Artwork by Marin Blanc (http://www.marinblanc.com)
Layout by Nicolas Hyatt

Danny Mulhern - Depth Perception (Algorithmics/Piano Day 2017)

Trying to replicate Vangelis' Memories Of Green from the Blade Runner soundtrack.

Live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqn6AuCiA_s

Vangelis composed (improvised?) Memories Of Green in 1980 for his album See You Later, but it's not as famous as the Blade Runner soundtrack in which the track was included too.

The instrument is a Nord Stage 2, using a sampled Bösendorfer piano with a flanger effect, some synthesizers controlled with an expression pedal, and a generous amount of reverb.

Video

Vangelis - Memories Of Green (Blade Runner)

In two Jordan Hall concerts, January 28 and February 1,  2016, NEC piano students celebrated Prokofiev's 125th anniversary with performances of all nine sonatas along with other solo piano works.

New England Conservatory pianist Yang Bao performs Scriabin: Sonata for Piano no 7 in F sharp major, Op. 64 "White Mass". Recorded live in Jordan Hall, January 29, 2015.

2015 marked the 100th anniversary of the death of composer Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915). Scriabin's music is heard today primarily at the keyboard - his ten piano sonatas and hundreds of preludes, etudes, and "poems," many of them bearing titles, are numerically the bulk of his output.

Because of the size of this body of work, it closely tracks the evolution of a musical language. Scriabin's earliest works display Chopin's influence in their romantic melodies. Late works anticipate the twelve-tone revolution soon to come - but with a basis in mysticism rather than mathematics.

In the concert this recording came from, NEC piano students performed all ten of the sonatas. The listener was taken on a speedy trip through the evolving sound of piano music in the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the personal journey of a romantic visionary.

Scriabin: Complete Piano Sonatas

Sonata for Piano no 7 in F sharp major, Op. 64 "White Mass"

Philippe Jaroussky, Nicolas Takov

This recording is taken from a broadcast of Radio France, December 14, 2012, "La coupe du monde de Raymond Domenech."

To listen to the complete show: The free podcast is available on their site.

No infringement of copyright is intended.



Ombra mai fu - G. F. Händel, Serse

In 2019 the Luke Howard Trio was commissioned by Back To Back Theatre to compose music for The Shadow Whose Prey The Hunter Becomes, a play exploring the intersection of disability activism and artificial intelligence.

OK, I Will

Johannes Linstead - Kiss The Earth

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.

Sonata for Piano no 7 in F sharp major, Op. 64 "White Mass"

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