Here's my recording of 'Il Vecchio Castello', from Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky). Enjoy!

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Repertoire:
"Most Ardently" — Audiomachine
"Chicks Evolution" — Modest Mussorgsky, Vivian Bhatti & Ketan Bhatti
"Gotta Feeling" — The Black Eyed Peas
"Love Story" — Taylor Swift
"All for One" — Hidden Citizens & Hael

Commissioned by the Blue Valley Southwest High School Marching Band (Overland Park, KS)

Life Reframed

Colorful, mysterious, passionate, this sonata was written for violist, Chiu-Chen Liu. She is also a gifted visual artist.

Here in my dedication:

"Because you are a visual artist and violist who likes Hindemith, the first movement is based on the first phrase of his 'Mathias the Painter.'"

Because your sense of color is so vibrant, the second movement is based on a bar from one of the most colorful works, Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scheherazade.'

The final movement is based on "The Great Gate of Kiev" from Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition." This is also meant to support Ukraine in this terrible time of Russian aggression.


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I also want to thank violist, violinist, flute player, composer Elaine Fine  for consulting with me on editing.

Viola Sonata No. 2 Mov. I

Promenade 4 from the Original Piano score by Mussorgsky.

Prom 4

A new recording of Promenade No. 1 from Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, arranged for solo bass guitar.

Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade No. 1

Jeff Counts and Carol Anderson share background information about the upcoming Utah Symphony performance of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. 

For tickets to Utah Symphony's November 2024 performance of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, visit: https://utahsymphony.org/event/id/33379

Ghost Light Episode 9.4 - Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition

Please visit www.themusicofalexthode.com for more information.

Repertoire:
"Pictures at an Exhibition" — Modest Mussorgsky
"Little Fugue in G Minor" — J.S. Bach
"Short Ride in a Fast Machine" — John Adams
"Hymn to a Blue Hour" — John Mackey
"Blow it Up, Start Again" — Jonathan Newman

Commissioned by the Alvin High School Marching Band (Alvin, TX)

For Art's Sake

Recordings heard on this track: 

Mussorgsky, Pictures from an Exhibition
Rodzinski, New York Philharmonic 

Ravel, “Daphnis & Chloe: Suite No. 2”
Rodzinski, Cleveland Orchestra

Falla, “El Sombrero de Tres Picos” (“The Three Cornered Hat”): Danza Finale
Rodzinski, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Albeniz, El Corpus en Sevilla (arr. Arbos)
Rodzinski, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Rozinski, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Arthur Wilensky Talk About Artur Rodzinski

On my page, I post custom tracks/covers which I make for my Musescore scores. Link to my Musescore profile: https://musescore.com/mattie_hendrikx_bassoon_bro

An innovative classical and multi-genre ensemble based around winds and brass.  Adding new dynamics to the classical and commercial music worlds.

The stage is dark, but the conversation is just beginning. Welcome to Utah Symphony | Utah Opera's Ghost Light podcast, a behind the curtain look into the world of classical music and opera and the artists who make it. Hosted by Jeff Counts and Carol Anderson. Produced and edited by Robert Bedont.

Alex Thode (he/him/they) would first and foremost like you to know that not only is the “e” at the end of his last name not silent, but that he is also a composer and arranger most known for his work in the pageantry arts. He resides in Waukesha, Wisconsin with his cat, Buzz. An alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Alex composes and arranges for marching bands across the continental United States. Always aiming to infuse contemporary music with the classics and the mainstream with the obscure, his marching band arrangements are known to stand out for their eclectic musical diversity and creative sonic environments.

Alex's clientele have been Bands of America (BOA) Regional Finalists and Class Champions, BOA Super Regional Class Champions, UIL Area Champions and State Finalists, WGI Winds Class Champions, and also make regular appearances at BOA Grand Nationals. He has also had the privilege of having his arrangements performed in the 2016 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the 2020 Tournament of Roses Bandfest.

Along with his compositions and arrangements for the pageantry arts, Alex also has been commissioned to write middle school and high school concert band works, and enjoys composing chamber percussion music. Alex recently completed his new piece for 8-piece percussion ensemble, “the carving of canyons,” which premiered in January 2022.

In his free time, Alex enjoys watching movies and believing he’s a professional film critic, hiking and pretending that he’s athletic, traveling and acting like he’s Marco Polo, playing piano, guitar and a variety of kalimbas, and being with good company.

Kenneth Lieberson is a composer of symphonies, concertos, ballets, cantatas, tone poems, opera, chamber music, songs. His music has been heard on National Public Radio, at The Library of Congress, Lincoln Center, Queens College, NYU, Stony Brook, CAMI Hall, Merkin Hall and at high and middle schools. His B. M. and M. M. are from Juilliard. He also earned an M.B.A. at NYU's Stern School of Business.

Mr. Lieberson has also written two novellas, dozens of short stories and hundreds of poems.  He illustrated some of these.

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