Eine tolle Komposition, sehr schön interpretiert! Klingt in der Mitte (2:10 bis 2:40) unglaublich "füllig", fast schon orchestral.

Beautifully played, wonderfully written!!

Beautiful composition beautifully played!

The strength is to be found in serenity. Slow movements.

second variation on a theme by Georg Frederic Handel for string quartet, composed and recorded 2009

second variation on a theme by Georg Frederic Handel

Voici une pièce que j'ai faite il y a un certain moment avec Gary Courtland-Miles (Anomon).  Il m'a demandé si je pouvais ajouter des orchestrations sur une de ses magnifiques pièces de piano.  Sur le thème de l'Amour et l'importance de sa place dans nos vies.

Here's a piece I did some time ago with Gary Courtland-Miles (Anomon).  He asked me if I could add orchestrations on one of his beautiful and heartfelt piano pieces.  This is all about Love and the importance of it in our lives.

https://soundcloud.com/gary-courtland-miles

It's Something Like This - with Anomon

Unreachable.

I've started this song last autumn.

I wanted to express the repetitive attempt to touch what remains out of reach. Physically. Mentally. Locked from the outside. Locked from the inside.  When the words are missing. When the meaning is nowhere. 
To go on. Try. Again and again.

oxox
Enso

Unreachable

Work to ensure that your behavior and that of society are respectful of life in all its forms. Your work takes care of every living species.

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	 Opera affinché il Tuo comportamento e quello della società sia rispettoso della vita in tutte le sue forme. Il Tuo operare abbia cura di ogni specie vivente.

Un fantastico sogno    ----    A fantastic dream

This composition was inspired by the poem "Day is Done" by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882).  

Day is Done

The day is done, and the darkness 
Falls from the wings of Night, 
As a feather is wafted downward 
From an eagle in his flight. 

I see the lights of the village 
Gleam through the rain and the mist, 
And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me 
That my soul cannot resist: 

A feeling of sadness and longing, 
That is not akin to pain, 
And resembles sorrow only 
As the mist resembles the rain. 

Come, read to me some poem, 
Some simple and heartfelt lay, 
That shall soothe this restless feeling, 
And banish the thoughts of day. 

Not from the grand old masters, 
Not from the bards sublime, 
Whose distant footsteps echo 
Through the corridors of Time. 

For, like strains of martial music, 
Their mighty thoughts suggest 
Life's endless toil and endeavor; 
And to-night I long for rest. 

Read from some humbler poet, 
Whose songs gushed from his heart, 
As showers from the clouds of summer, 
Or tears from the eyelids start; 

Who, through long days of labor, 
And nights devoid of ease, 
Still heard in his soul the music 
Of wonderful melodies. 

Such songs have power to quiet 
The restless pulse of care, 
And come like the benediction 
That follows after prayer. 

Then read from the treasured volume 
The poem of thy choice, 
And lend to the rhyme of the poet 
The beauty of thy voice. 

And the night shall be filled with music 
And the cares, that infest the day, 
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, 
And as silently steal away.

Day is Done

“Second Passacaglia for String Orchestra” was completed in July, 2022 in Fairview, TX. 

From the composer's publisher Creative Spirit OnLine: "Brooks’s Second Passacaglia unfolds broodingly over a 17-bar, slowly moving bass line in cellos and basses, while the variations above increase in movement and intensity until finally arriving at a subdued and haunting final cadence."

The work is in one movement. Performance time is about 10 minutes. 
Printed and electronic scores and parts are available from www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com
A virtual recording of this work is posted on www.soundcloud.com/robert-john-brooks.

Performance notes:
•	Tempo, expression, and dynamic markings should be strictly observed.
•	There is no key signature. Accidentals apply to the end of the measure or to the note or notes tied over the measure, and only to notes of the same pitch class, in the same octave.
•	Hairpin pairs (e.g.: mp <>, mf ><) indicate a temporary volume change of one dynamic level.
•	Passages marked  fff  or ppp  indicate playing as loudly and as quietly as possible, respectively.
•	Double-bass “C-extension” is required.

Contact information: 
Email: robtjbrooks@yahoo.com 
Web: www.soundcloud.com/robert-john-brooks
Web: www.CreativeSpiritOnline.com

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Second Passacaglia for String Orchestra

The October 2022 DIAMC writing prompt was about displacement, taking a character either fictional or real and putting them into an alternative reality. I imagined a world where Little Red was all grown up and off to the bright lights and big city, in search of Mr Wolf.

Demo, recorded in the spare bedroom of our holiday cottage in Ackergill.



Little Red

Little Red she’s grown up proper
Little Red, nothing’s going to stop her
She’s going to shine, like the moon
Mr Wolf, big man in the city
Mr Wolf sure likes them pretty
In for a surprise, Mr Wolf
You’d better watch that back
Look both ways
She’s coming for her due
Little Red

Little Red, headed for the Hood
Telling Granny she is going to be good
She may be lying, but honest she’s trying
Little Red steps into his bar
Mr Wolf greets her with a snarl
“Hrrrrrrrr, Babe, you’re looking swell”
Little Red flicks back long hair
Walks by, ignoring his stare
“Make mine a double on the rocks 
And wipe that look, off your face,
I swapped out that blunt old axe,
For some Mace
And I’m not afraid to use it,
Don’t need a Woodcutter no more.”

Little Red, now she’s a star
Mr Wolf, he’s gone and bought her a car
And a house, and a yacht, and a ring
He fell under her spell
Little Red, she played him so well
But damn, that girl could sing
Ahoooooo, Little Red
Ahoooooo, Little Red
Ahoooooo, Little Red

“Turned out there’d been a bit of a misunderstanding. Mr Wolf isn’t all bad, you know? Last I heard…he’d gone and bought Granny…a new condo”

Ahoooooo, Little Red
Ahoooooo, Little Red

"Turns out, it had all been a misunderstanding. Mr Wolf, well, he is all bad you know. In fact, the last I heard, he'd gone a bought Granny a new condo.

Ahoooooo, Little Red
Ahoooooo, Little Red

© S Barr 2022

Little Red - Demo

Hiya Peoples! 😊

As seeds, budding plants, shrubs and bears awaken from the depths of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and Spring comes, we're delighted to finally Release a New Track for Spring of 2023! 😎  
   
We call it 'Awakening'. 

And thank goodness that as usual, the fingers of Tim Elliot are on his Telecaster and mine on the ancient Upright Grand Piano .

and together, they work their magic as we continue to explore the sonic landscape together through Improvisation.

Of course this can only happen within a space of Deep Listening.  A place Musicians can go in their totally individual inimitable ways.                      
                                                                                                                               
In our case, we almost immediately found ourselves being 'Led' into a Tonal Awakening....
Subtle grooves that were an outer manifestation of the Joy we were experiencing as we explored the spaces in between the notes.  😊  

Of course, the very best kind of Awakening is to one's own inimitable Truth, no matter the noise and apparent confusion all around. And sure... there's all kinds of negativity and nonsense in this ol world, but who needs to Awaken to that? It's more than obvious!
 
Far better to explore and express one's unique Creativity! To share the Love one feels for whatever they're passionate about, through their Music! 😉

May you enJOY what Tim and i have been up to lately. 


© Gary Courtland-Miles & Tim Elliot 2023
℗ Gary Courtland-Miles 2023 & Tim Elliot 2023

Arranged and MiXed by Anomon

Awakening *

Goodnight

Let the shoes be marked by your steps, on and on. Whenever there are (as it seems) too many obstacles, you will find a way to get through. The crossing will make new marks, as a part of your adventure, reflecting you...

Shoes Delight - Keep on walking

Men's Dance

Men's Dance - Aleko - No.6 - Sergei Rachmaninoff

"There is no way to peace, because peace is the way." Mahatma Gandhi.
"Peace is the masterpiece of reason." Immanuel Kant.
2. part of a concert for piano and Orchester in C-flat minor (1.+3. mv. 2. mv in f sharp Major) In this Piece I mixed again styles of expressionism, film music and late Romantic.
Composed july 2016; MIDI-Realisation october 2016.

"Panta Rhei" Concerto for piano and orchestra(3)in c-minor(Mvt.2)(in F sharp major)

One of 13 pieces; 
composed by Volker Freidel/played by Stefanie Maschke; 
available on CD; spotify or youtube :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWfa4UZ89usPrgybkfVxDvA?app=desktop

"Arioso" for piano Album out now.

The second Movement of my Concerto for clarinet and orchestra. It describes the realization of a vision. Written in autumn 2017; MIDI realisation in 2018.

"Vision of delight" Concerto for clarinet and orchestra, Mvt 2

"Air" for piano solo

This is the second movement of a very personal composition.
Ideas and themes 1979, written down in January 2019.
Substantially I used 2 themes which I found as a teenager. I hesitated to use it. But while at work it was interesting to remember that time. This time the form became not complex.

"Reminiscence" Concerto for piano and orchestra (1)in a-minor Mvt.2

A musical collaboration between Stefanie Maschke (pianist) & Volker Freidel (composer).

All scores available.
Better with headphones.
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"Air" for piano solo

Stefanie Maschke

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