Name: Cascada (recording 2) by Oliver Buckland
Duration: 9 min 1 s
Description: This is an old recording of the first piece I ever wrote, performed live, in Wells Cathedral.

I like the decision to add applause after the music portion of the piece. (JK, this is actually friggin' beautiful. I hope to hear your music in game or movie soundtracks in the future.)

I always dance around and listen to your music while imagining im in a ball room. I even write to your music, it’s so inspirational. Thank you for making such beautiful creations. <3

Was this performed live? In some parts it sounds like doors are opening in the backround.

Christ you're talented, this is incredible!!

how dreamy... very beautiful. nicely done!

I "tripletized" the track irregular_blips a long time ago, and I loved the result. View this as a little extra or something.

irregular_triplets

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The first piece of three movements for new music ensemble, three singers and electronic backing (at 120bpm).

"We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and all technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of pre-eminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war. I do not say that we should or will go unprotected against the hostile misuse of space any more than we go unprotected against the hostile use of land or sea, but I do say that space can be explored and mastered without feeding the fires of war, without repeating the mistakes that man has made in extending his writ around this globe of ours. 

There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet.

Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation may never come again. But why, some say the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? 

We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon.

We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

(audio & text taken from a speech by JFK given to Rice University, Houston, Texas)


I. we choose to go to the moon

Recorded at the SAM Summer School 2015, a five-day composition course in the Purcell School. On the first day, our group was given some advice on how to start a new piece. One of these pieces of advice was;

"Don't be afraid to change time signatures or explore various keys. All too often, we get stuck in one time and don't move away from one or two chords."

Taking this to heart, this piece changes keys 48 times and has 33 shifts in time signature. The starting and ending melodies on the cello are made from the tonics of the chord sequence that follows.

CYCLE

SPOTIFY LINK: https://open.spotify.com/track/6siF5fH7dlbDvRCPimlfBY

/'pɛnd(ə)nt/
adjective
1.
hanging down or overhanging.
2.
remaining undecided; pending.

Premiere performance on 31/03/2017, by the Coniston Trio from the Royal Northern College of Music.

I wrote this piece, intending for it to be amusing in a sort of sarcastic way, with a motif running throughout. Being deliberately difficult to play, especially in the violin part, I wanted there to be moments where the tuning would be off, but the players were talented enough not to make this too obvious. Sitting down for the concert and hearing it live made me realise that the piece had come out sounding a lot more serious than expected, but I can live with that.

pendent

I recommend listening at an extremely high volume.

Written in a hurry, with my friend Alan on guitar and me on piano, edited in post.

buy here!

acediat

for maximum effect, please listen at the highest volume you can



thumbnail by by Brian P. Murphy - brianmurphydesign.tumblr.com

written in 18 hours (fueled by energy drinks and insane stress before a deadline)

fun fact: this started as an attempt to orchestrate my piece "acediat", playing them one after the other makes this obvious.

undulawav

This is an old recording of the first piece I ever wrote, performed live, in Wells Cathedral.

Cascada (recording 2)

the sounds you are hearing are made entirely out of a handbell, oboe and piano

track art made in Blender

TRIGON

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a part of the main

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Cascada (recording 2)

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