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Concert for the Armenian Community in Jerusalem, May 2014.

Khachaturian Violin Concerto, Jenny Hünigen, JSO, Frédéric Chaslin

A very rough demo of Moon River, played on my new Laubin Oboe. Dedicated to Amigo Boyd (1993-2015), my 17 year old Chihuahua. 

Moon River

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/EmNdKlUzwz0

J.S. Bach - Ich Ruf' Zu Dir, Herr (Chorale Prelude) BWV 639

Victoria Bragin - F. Chopin: Polonaise E flat minor op. 26 no. 2

Paul Biss conducts the New England Conservatory Symphony in a performance of Beethoven's Creatures of Prometheus. Recorded live in Jordan Hall, November 18, 2015.

Beethoven: Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 4 Finale: Allegretto Allegro molto Presto

The Five Rings of Miyamoto Musashi - I. Earth Scroll (Alto Flute Version)

Sonata 46 for violin and classical guitar

Sandra Haniszewska - Violin
Tomasz Kandulski - Classical Guitar

I was attending music school as an undergraduate in 1998 at the University of Texas at Austin. At the time, Matthew Gould (of Duo 46) was attending as a Doctoral student in guitar and living in Austin with his partner, violinist Beth Schneider. They had started Duo 46 maybe a few years before this. I was hanging out with them a lot in those days - just going over to their apartment or whatever. One day, Matt said to me, "Hey man, why don't you write us a piece?", and I said, "Umm.. ok."

At this point, I don't think they expected much. They hadn't had that many pieces written for them yet, and I was just starting as a composer, only in my second year of school. I decided I wanted to write something that would really show off what they could do technically and musically, and that would leave audiences breathless.

Not knowing how to begin, I lifted a line from a piece that I had just written - a solo flute piece titled "The Five Rings of Miyamoto Musashi". That became the opening line of the piece. Then, inspired by the one movement sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti, I wrote the piece based on that line. The piece is full of things that I was just discovering and becoming influenced by at the time: baroque sonatas, renaissance lute music (hence the "lute" tuning of the guitar), the tangos of Piazzolla as well as the ever-present rock and heavy metal that has always been part of my music. Since Duo 46 premiered the piece in 1999, Sonata 46 has become one of my most frequently and widely performed pieces.

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Sonata 46 (Haniszewska-Kandulski Duo)

Khachaturian's famous Toccata in E-flat minor is originally a piece for solo piano written in 1932. Played here by Paul Chamberlain in an arrangement for accordion , this track is from his recent CD release "Classical Accordion" 

The CD can be purchased online at - www.theaccordionist.com, Amazon, or Itunes 

Toccata - Aram Khachaturian

Sing Sing Sing

Bad Bad Leroy Brown

Pencil Full of Lead

Johan Sebastian Bach: Double for violin solo in B minor, Partita 1

This track is from the album Saint-Saens violin Concerto, Beethoven Triple Concerto and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/allaa

Camille Saint-Saens, violin concerto N.3 in B minor op 61, 2nd m

Aggie & On The Loose

John Jones

HANDEL   Passacaglia  Perlman e Zukerman

 
Paul Chamberlain was one of the first classical accordionists to graduate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, where he studied with Djordje Gajic. He is a highly accomplished player and with appearances at international music festivals such as Baltica Harmonica in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Sata-Häme Soi Accordion festival in Ikaalinen, Finland, he has also performed in France, Italy, Greece, Bahrain and the USA. 

Paul was awarded a Master of Music (performance) with distinction, in classical accordion from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Whilst studying there he was awarded the acclaimed Governors Recital Prize, with a subsequent live performance broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Classics Unwrapped’ programme. He was also one of the keyboard section finalists in the 2011 Royal Overseas League competition. 

In 2011, he released his debut solo album entitled ‘Classical Accordion’ featuring a mixture of transcriptions of works by Bach, Rameau, Moszkowski and Khachaturian, as well as original works by Nagayev and Angelis. 

Paul has also performed with the Paragon Ensemble as part of their “Travelling Home" concert celebrating their 30th anniversary. He has given solo recitals across the UK and also performs regularly as a member of the Scottish Tango Ensemble. 

He made his Bridgewater Hall debut in February 2013 with a solo recital as part of the long established Manchester Mid-Days concert series and was featured on BBC Radio 3's "In Tune" programme with Sean Rafferty, performing live in the studio.
 

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Toccata - Aram Khachaturian

Paul ChamberlainAccordion

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