A catchy piece of pandemic escapism.

Fred's website:  https://frederickviner.com/
Fred's YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@FrederickViner

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Chase - Frederick Viner

French music is renown for being dreamy, but this is a song about the state of waking up after a dream.

We discuss the Tour de France, hunchbacks, and erotic dreams.

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23.2: Parisian Daydreams (Fauré)

We dive into a work that may seem morbid upon first glance, but ends up more dreamy than gothic.

We discuss killer carnival rides, expulsion, and feisty old women.

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23.3: Parisian Daydreams (Ravel)

One of the most beautiful and most famous pieces in the classical music canon.

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Clair de lune - Debussy

This is a big one.  Today we tackle one of the most beloved musical works of all time. 

We discuss misbehaved women, Ocean’s Eleven, and hot dogs. 
 
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23.4: Parisian Daydreams (Clair de lune)

Excited to release this special series of episodes where I talk with contemporary composers about their experiences with writing music during the pandemic.  Today's guest is composer Greg Harradine.  Listen to my interview with Greg featuring his work "Monomania, or, an Over-Caffeinated Study in Obsession."

Greg's website:  https://www.gregharradine.com/
Greg's YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@GregHarradineComposer
Greg's Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/gregharradine
Buy the sheets for Monomania:  https://payhip.com/b/Hb8KX
Caledonian Portraits Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBU5TdzJDN8

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24.1: Music in the Time of COVID (Greg Harradine)

We're continuing our interview series with works by contemporary composers during the time of the pandemic.   Today's guest is lauded English composer Frederick Viner.  Listen to my interview with Fred featuring his work "Chase."

Fred's website:  https://frederickviner.com/
Fred's YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@FrederickViner

Buy the sheets for Chase:  https://www.musicroom.com/frederick-viner-chase-ykm570369751 {physical copy)
https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/499986/Product.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2cwuiquTOy66wWTN8OROFs5CXvh9-Ct17fE8yifdgZtZCwkxVAFUnuoVg (digital copy)

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24.2: Music in the Time of COVID (Frederick Viner)

Hope is a delicate thing, indeed.

Charlotte's Website: https://www.charlottebotterill.com/
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Purchase the sheet music for Isolation here: https://payhip.com/CharlotteBotterill

The Fragility of Hope (Isolation) - Charlotte Botterill

1960's California Dreamin'.

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Charlotte's Twitter: https://twitter.com/charbotterill?lang=en

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West Coast Longing (Isolation)- Charlotte Botterill

As a bonus episode, I had the chance to sit down and talk with English composer Charlotte Botterill about her pandemic era work "Isolation."  We discuss her inspiration, her methods, and two pieces from the anthology work.

Charlotte's Website: https://www.charlottebotterill.com/
Charlotte's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charbotterill/?hl=en
Charlotte's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CharBotterill.Composer/
Charlotte's Twitter: https://twitter.com/charbotterill?lang=en

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24.3: Music in the Time of COVID (Charlotte Botterill)

One of the pieces Fanny published under her own name during her lifetime.

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Melodie, Op 4, No 2 - Fanny Mendelssohn

In a return to form, we reintroduce Grieg to the podcast and discuss the beginnings of how he became an important cultural touchstone for Norway.

We discuss Shakespeare, hockey, and nepo babies. 
 
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25.1: Grieg, Norway's Musical Hero (Puck)

We continue our exploration of Grieg's Lyric Pieces with a duo of nature inspired works.

We discuss kissing cousins, seagulls, and hiking. 
 
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Grieg: Carole Farley sings Grieg

25.2: Grieg, Norway's Musical Hero (Nature)

Not all of Grieg's works were inspired by the Norwegian countryside.  Today we talk about the evening of Grieg's life and one of his works inspired by an Italian night.

We discuss May-December relationships, quid pro quo relationships, and nightingales.
 
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25.3: Grieg, Norway's Musical Hero (Notturno)

What's it like being the son of the most influential composer of all time?  See how Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach managed to secure his own legacy in the shadow of his father.

We discuss wasted college degrees, overenthusiastic monarchs, and Breaking Bad.
 
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26.1: The Underdog Chronicles (CPE Bach)

What was life like for a 19th century female composer?  Today, we celebrate a woman who was forced to watch her brother shine from the sidelines for a majority of her career, and what she did to make a name for herself.

We discuss Christmas trees, Roman goddesses, and singing queens.
 
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26.2: The Underdog Chronicles (Fanny Mendelssohn)

My first finalized Etude.

Hope You have enjoyed!

Etude In A Minor - Aw Ke Shen

an introspective outsider who is inside society yet hopes to be a recluse
an unquiet enquirer
a ponderer and responder
a pragmatic idealist
默默耕耘的闻、文者。
seorang pendengar

Finalizing an uploading my musical compositions from years ago ( most from secondary school ), and a few current compositions.
I have always loved music since young. While I had only officially learned music for a couple of years until tertiary school, music continues to play an irreplaceable role in my life till today.

Welcome to the Piano Rhapsody podcast, an amateur's guide to classical piano.  This is your entry level guide to sounding intelligent about classical music at a cocktail party.

“The piano keys are black and white but they sound like a million colors in your mind.”

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