Name: Oesophagus by Pauli Uusitalo
Duration: 3 min 31 s
Description: A composition for flute, clarinet, cello and vibraphone, performed here on 20 September 2023 in Helsinki by award-winning Australian Ensemble Offspring.

Resurrectio

An oldie, again. One friend sent me a short message: still loving orange sun. That made me so happy. Thank Peter for this :)

Orange Sun

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/3ROhTHrVNxzfcoLKJvhTbY
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjIFwZ_Puog


The inspiration for this track is a vision where I am not sure whether it is a faint memory from some childhood holiday or whether I have dreamt it  :
Standing on the edge of a rocky cliff, gazing out at the tumultuous ocean below. The waves crashing against the rocks with a thunderous roar, the force of the water sending a spray of mist and foam high into the air. In the distance a lone lighthouse
overlooking the scenery. A glimps of the power and majesty of nature and our own smallness in comparison. 

Composition-wise: The piece consists of three parts (@0:01, @0:59, @1:45) that always start with the same 5 note-motive but then develop into three distinct variations with different characteristics but throughout the track there is a certain sense of dramatic scenery.
The left hand is throughout the piece mostly in octave jumps (which became quite challenging condition-wise at the end of the piece) that segment the 4/4 beat into groups of 3-3-2 (the only notable exception is the part @0:35ff with its chromatic baseline).
The right hand alternates between lyric parts such as in the beginning or @0:59ff and rhythmic syncopic parts such as @2:30ff that leads to the final where the right hand preceeds the left hand by a beat to create a sense of energy.

The track has been recorded on a Roland FP-90 and mastered in Cubase by adding compressor, reverb, a Stereo enhancer and fiddling a bit with the EQ. 
The picture was created with Stable Diffusion.

Lighthouse On The Rocks (Solo Piano)

[Headphones if possible]
A 'buried' blues section gave me the title...nothing to do with blockchain/bitcoin/web3 etc...
Instrument listing: flute (10 tracks); clarinet (6 tracks); tenor sax (3 tracks); soprano sax (2 tracks); alto sax (1 track); oboe (1 track); bamboo flutes (2 tracks).
[Synth/beats c/o Garageband.]
[Blues 1'32 - 2'30....clarinet quartet / soprano sax duet)

[Image from a painting by Dorothy Ganek 'Hidden Truths'  c/o Pinterest]

Cryptoblues

One Note Blue Note

Dementia is an increasingly common brain disease, I see it more and more in my immediate environment.  Especially in the elderly, but also in younger people.  The disease is irreversible and varies from person to person.  What is common is that those people develop a kind of pattern.  What they hold on to.  Asking the same questions every time or something like that.  The longer you have it, the more you lose.  Actually, you don't want to die like that.  On the other hand, you don't realize it yourself.  You fade from the present world.  You are no longer who you were.  And takes on a completely different character.

I Am No Longer I (changing character)

The Light Ahead

A composition for flute, clarinet, cello and vibraphone, performed here on 20 September 2023 in Helsinki by award-winning Australian Ensemble Offspring.

Oesophagus

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Composed, produced & performed by Srouly Frank

First step

Synthetic visions IV - Abduction tale

Synthetic visions VIII - What would Stockhausen say?

Finnish pianist, composer (b. March 6, 1991) with a classical training, but interest in several other genres as well. Also playing the alto saxophone and sitar, but piano has always stayed as the main instrument.

Age at starting playing the piano: 4
Age at starting composing: 7
Main teacher in piano: Mika Lilius 
Composition teacher: Jukka Koskinen 
Other relevant studies: different workshops and master courses under Meri Louhos, Teppo Koivisto, Lotta Wennäkoski, Alastair White and others

Oesophagus

Pauli Uusitalo

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