Miscellany II

Scott Roche, baritone
(uncredited pianist)

from Three Poems of Amy Clampitt for baritone and piano, op. 62a

The poet's lullaby addresses the nuclear arsenal.  My music is quiescent and fetching enough to encourage their slumbers, but there is a dangerous climax near the end.  Wonder at the "incorrigible sunrise."  (Whether that is a solar new dawn for humanity, or a man-made conflagration is something I always meant to ask the poet about, but never did!)  The pianist's long coda restores calm to the music.

A link to the poem.  (If it becomes inactive, please do let me know and I will try to find another.)

http://books.google.com/books?id=plPqF3hbcXkC&pg=PT138&lpg=PT138&dq=clampitt+berceuse&source=bl&ots=5sVaUisDm1&sig=MyqNrxraY3Qro7Ga-0ljwRqlsrs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2l0gVOiXEIyZyATy_4Bw&ved=0CCcQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=clampitt%20berceuse&f=false

Recorded in Natchez, Mississippi
2010 

Berceuse, from op. 62a (live)

Pablo Villegas, guitar

From Sketchpad for guitar, op. 4

The different registers of the guitar mimic sections of a circus band.  Why, even the percussion get in a few licks!

Recorded in New York City
2006

Circus Waltz; op. 4, no. 4

Nevsky String Quartet

The three movements are played without pause, the viola playing a transition into the slow movement, and second violin ushering in the finale.

1.  Valse interrompue.  The waltz is twice interrupted by slower music of a more rigorous, martial cast.
2.  Arioso.
3.  Gopak.  It was cheeky of me to share an American string quartet concluding with a Russian dance with this St. Petersburg-based (as in Nevsky Prospekt) quartet, but they loved the movement so much that they used it separately as an encore on their tours!

Recorded in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
2003



 

String Quartet no. 1, op. 13

THE LAST ACT...(CHOIR and ORCHESTRA)

Recording sessions from 03/12/2024 - 19/12/2024.
presets, mixing, processing and editing: Pier WILL.
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- Made with MOOG & Modular / Multi-tracks / Without AI
- Composed, arranged, performed, produced by Pier WILL & Studio 4H09
- Artwork : Pier WILL
- Acknowledgements : Ableton-AKG-Arturia-Audacity-Cantabile-Focusrite         Korg-M-Audio-MSI-Sony-SoundCloud-Teac-Techniks-Yamaha.
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Rosalyn

Rosalyn ❤️🕊️🙏  -°!°-

Music: Little Man & Janne Hennie
Lyrics & Vocals: Janne Hennie
Instruments & Mix: Little Man

Lyrics:

Do you see something falling from the sky?
Be afraid
Maybe you have lost your mind!

All the crap you filled into your brain
It may explode
And you will end up insane!

Do you hear bells and screaming in your ears?
Be afraid
It's something that shouldn't be there!

All the crap you filled into your brain
It may explode
And you will end up insane!

Do you see scary monsters in the dark?
Be afraid
Now it is going to far!

All the crap  you filled into your brain
It may explode
And you will end up insane!

Do you find yourself crawling on the floor?
Be afraid
Your brain couldn't take anymore!

All the crap you filled into your brain
It has exploded
And you have gone insane!

Insane

Verse 1
Well he starts the day at sunrise
cause there ain't no other way
wakin' up before the world begins
just to turn for another day
That's the way his father worked
and his father before him
passin' on the things that you need to know
just to grow into a man
Just workin' on the land

Chorus
We're just waitin' for the sunrise
and sittin' in the dark
Singing all about the days we lived
while lookin' to the stars
And with the day we grow a little bit
from what we were before
So he gets down on his knees
and he prays to god for just one more
And the rain begins to pour

Verse 2
And the minutes last for hours
when the time turned back then
and the days turned into years
that we can never see again
But it doesn't really matter
cause the world goes on to spin
and the planets and the stars
will all still be there in the end
so let me say again

Chorus x2

V3.01

Just One More

I wrote this song in Summer 2023. It's a joyful get-up-the-morning and enjoy the day song.
I recorded most of the instruments in a tent at a festival on a very very hot day, where I was storytelling.

Fly with the Day like a runaway Kite

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Carlos Vivanco

Èr, Wǔ, Yī

Temperance Fountain

J-No Hell, No Heaven

Reworked on Musescore, due to be recorded live in studio at end of March'25

Creed

Grand Day

A live broadcast during pandemic.

Valse de musette – Intermezzo I – Écossaise – Intermezzo II – An Hungarian in Paris

In the miniature tone poem An Hungarian in Paris, peasant takes his tune to the French capital, where it gets arranged into a can-can.  This becomes all the rage for a bit, but soon enough he is back in his village, recalling his grand succès in the City of Lights!

Souvenir de Nantes

Welcome to my original composition where I play the piano, cello, bassoon and flute.

Together, the piano, cello, bassoon, and flute embarked on an enchanting journey, their interwoven voices creating a serene atmosphere that invited each soul in the room to turn inward, to ponder the unspoken pressures of conformity and the quiet, persistent longing to be seen, truly seen, for the unique melody that resided to "Be Just Like Me".

Recorded and Produced in the
ARAPA Music Studio
Artwork by #azcreativestudiosydney



Be Just Like Me

Scores are available for study or performance for the asking, in pdf form or as hard copy.

VFrost2468@gmail.com

Berceuse, from op. 62a (live)

Victor Frost — composer

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