Grief, anger, sorrow, loss, resignation, peace.

A wonderfully sensitive piece of Music, Congratulations.

I am writin this comment on the day D.Trump takes over the free world. I cannot imagine you woulld have vote for him; your music is just too beautiful and intelligent.

Absolute in meaning, the most beautiful lament ever.

Alan BROADBENT: Diablada Variations (2020) for solo guitar
written and dedicated to Sergio Puccini

Introducciòn
Sueño (Tema)
Bailando con el Diablo
Vals Triste
La Mosca Negra
Lacrimae
Intermezzo sardonico 
Duende Nocturno (finale: Presto-Rumia-Presto)

Alan BROADBENT: Diablada Variations, for solo guitar

III. Soaring. I am blessed to occasionally witness an eagle (sometimes a pair) as it soars in the air high above the trees, peacefully and effortlessly riding the winds.

III. Soaring

Agustìn BARRIOS (1885-1944): Las Abejas (estudio para guitarra sola)

Sergio PUCCINI, guitarra
rec: 2021, Jorge Ojeda (In Situ Estudios, Rosario, Argentina)

Agustìn BARRIOS (1885-1944): Las Abejas (estudio)

This is one of 3 compositions I'd started writing back in 2006. I took a master class with Michael Partington and was inspired to write for him. I never did share my compositions with him, mainly because I never finished some sections, but I did continue to work on them over the years.

3 Wines - I. Pinot Noir - For Solo Guitar

These are just a few etudes I've written over the years. They each focus on something specific in technique.

Etude No. 1 - For Solo Guitar

Live performance ChamberFest Cleveland 2012
Franklin Cohen, Clarinet
Diana Cohen, Violin
Matan Porat, Piano

Currier, Verge for Clarinet, Violin and Piano

Five Songs on Poems of Robert Herrick, 1. Amaryllis
Elisa Doughty, soprano and Sinfonia Calcania of Boston, Gary Peterson, Director

Full score and piano/vocal score available from Theodore Presser. 

Herrick Songs: 1. Amaryllis

Ashley Smith- clarinet 
Rebecca Jackson- violin 1 
Benjamin Hoffman- violin 2 
Isabella Mensz- viola 
Arnold Choi- cello 
Suzana Bartal, Scott MacIsaac- pianos 
Peter Rini- narration 
Polina Nazaylinskaya - conductor

Polina Nazaykinskaya "Haim" (intro) for clarinet, string quartet, two pianos and narration

LAMENT is for piano quintet and empty chair, dedicated to my dear friend, Laura Flax. Laura, the first female clarinetist of the New York City Ballet Orchestra and member of the Da Capo Chamber Players, was a fierce inspiration. I planned to meet up with her in NYC on a recent trip, but when I found out that she had passed, I was too numb to speak.

Like metal to a magnet, I was drawn into my studio and stared at my music notation software, unable to move. One lone, long note pushed through waves of grief. It came again, and again. I finally wrote it down but struggled. My familiar harmonic colors felt so shallow in light of my intense grief. I needed something deep. Suddenly I remembered the last time I heard Laura play. It was a Messiaen piece, which he wrote in a concentration camp. It then knew its octatonic mode brought the depth of color to my sound palette that I needed. 

Lament travels through undulations of numbness, anger, denial, and ends with a final surrender to acceptance. Though the empty chair represents my own friend's absence, performers are free to use the empty chair to represent any loss of their own. 

Laura, job well done.

Score available for perusal. Parts available at:
https://judithmarkovich.com

Lament

LAMENT for Piano Quintet and Empty Chair

'My Tears Are Becoming A Sea' is taken from the album 'Hurry Up We're Dreaming', which also includes Midnight City, Reunion, Wait, Steve McQueen, Outro and More... 

http://m83.it/hurryupSo
 
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More here: http://ilovem83.com

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming [Disc 2]

M83 - My Tears Are Becoming A Sea

With an M.M. in performance from The Juilliard School, Judith Pauley Markovich, American composer of orchestral, choral, improvisational, and chamber works, began studying composition at 65. "It's never too late to find yourself. I hope to be a bridge between worthy ancient and future sound. Thanks for your hearts and comments! Feel free to share."

LAMENT for Piano Quintet and Empty Chair

JUDITH MARKOVICH • COMPOSER

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