I very much enjoyed listening to your prelude. I like the different emotions in each section and the musical stories they tell. I stayed on listen to your other tracks and truly enjoyed your pieces.
Thanks for the reply you sent Fernando (even though it was sent to everyone). I am just glad to be in your list of those that are considered important enough to actually comment.back regarding your audible artisan work.
Frenando, The B major prelude excerpt is very good. For me, it has an easy unforced unity and cohesion that makes it sound as if it were made up on the spot (yes I know, at some point all music was "made up on the spot") much like Chopin. I expect you put some thought into the overall design of the thematic material and it shows.
Good work. How long will it be? And when will you finish it/
Fernando Vazquez, the excerpt from the Prelude in B Major certainly achieves what you set out to accomplish, based on your email. Well done! I hope we can hear the complet work soon!
I love your excerpt of your Prelude. I would like to hear the entire composition. I also like the dreamlike quality! Thank you for sharing your beautiful and well crafted Art.
Have a wonderful day.:)
Fernando, Good Morning! I was on the computer when your e-mail came thru.
I have listened more than once to your beautiful prelude (the excerpt that is posted). Is the complete draft posted somewhere else on this site? I would like to hear it played to it's conclusion....or are you still evolving the final direction? It starts out with a dreamlike quality that is quiet, yet emotionally intense. As you shift chromatically, it has a strong sense of wanting to build....toward something climactic, I think. Unfortunately, the excerpt I've listened to stops before reaching a climax.....there's a sense, for me, of being left hanging. I was reading on here somewhere about 'plagel' cadences, which I took to mean deceptively leading the ear toward a cadence that then leads the ear further, rather than to the expected resolution. The chromatic development you've started might lend itself to several 'plagel climaxes,' before finally building to a really intense sense of resolution. I'm eager to hear this beautiful piece played to its final note. And I'll echo your own words back to you....keep it simple and beautiful. I think this piece, especially in its opening theme, has a beautiful, crytaline, and liquid simplicity. Even as it builds, I would like to hear the transparent quality continued. I think the picture of water you posted is very apropos....and as the water moves, it should become more active without muddying.....does that make sense? Fernando, I admire your musicianship, your technique, and the emotional intensity of your music. Your music never sounds like a 'trifle.' It has intellectual and emotional depth. Your music leads me to believe that you are a deeply thoughtful and intense man.
Thanks for the kind words about "Switched Tickets." That piece holds a special place in my heart, as it was the one that made me fall in love with composing. You have a true talent for classical composition, and your philosophies on composition and music in general resonate with my own. Hope to hear more from you in the future!
Fernando, Thanks for your words of encouragement....very wise as well. Okay, I'll go back to my "In the Manner of Scarlatti' piece, though it's NOT like Scarlatti. But, as you suggest, it may 'yield' something yet. Thanks for advice to listen more. Most importantly, I thank you for your words about the acceptance of simplicity....the truth is, I'm a simple woman with some small town piano lessons in my childhood history....I'm an uncultivated dandelion and never will be a hot house orchid.
When you have time, I would like to know about how you mike and record your piano. Your recordings sound pro. Your piano has a beautiful voice, both sweet and strong....I'm curious, what kind of piano is it? I love the voice of my ancient (from the 1920's) grand, but it's quirky...that's what I'm playing on Ants At the Picnic, Spanish Ladies and Dancing Bear. But many people liken it to a 'saloon' sound. Waiting for Spring is recorded on a Roland Fantom 8 Keyboard. It's a more perfect sound, but to me, is less 'soulful.'
Thanks again for generously sharing your knowledge, advice and music. I hope to learn more from you....Martha
Just hello. I'm listening to the Fugue in Re Minore. Oh no, it got cut off, and bumped into the Homage to Chopin, which is so lovely. Just thought I'd tell you I gave up completely on the Scarlatti style composition....it's just not in me. I think I need to study....I've been playing by ear for so long, I hear your beautiful music and realize I need to study the classics. Your piano playing is very inspiring....makes me want to improve myself. How do you mike your grand piano? What kind of mikes and where do you place them. What do you use to record....it sounds beautiful....delicate where needed, but also powerful. That's all for tonight. Please stay in touch. Martha Maria
Hello Fernando, Thanks for visiting my page and your nice comments. Well, I've been listening to your music! What piano technique....I'm in awe. Listened to your prelude and intermezzo in B and then your Scarlatti variations....which I wanted to hear after reading your very erudite profile observations. This is very funny, but I do believe in synchronicity. Yesterday I was working on a little piano piece which I was going to call "In the Manner of Scarlatti," this because I had listened to Emerig's pieces which I was so impressed with and wanted to try something Baroque like. I have felt like my work is getting kind of stale and same old same old, so thought I would try something different. Anyway, yours are wonderful! Especially like the Beethoven-esque one, so maybe true Baroque style is too far a stretch for me. Also, my piece doesn't have anything like the complexity of yours...I'm limited by my piano technique, which is elementary. I took piano lessons as a child (but from a violinist with scant knowledge of piano technique herself) then quit music for many years. If I had discipline, I guess I'd play scales and do some Hanon exercises. In fact, you've inspired me. Maybe just 15 minutes a day would be good. Thanks for getting in touch. About Spanish Ladies, that's from a suite called The Mariner, in which I envisioned the sailor in many ports....hence, a piece in the Spanish style, another Baltic like, etc. Martha Maria
I think it is an interesting paradox, Fernando. Treatment of subject material which itself would or could not exist within the historical parameters in which you are confining your treatment of that material... mmm
But more importantly, is there a place where we can find the complete audio for some of the excerpts you've posted here? A CD, or website? I'd love to hear and have some of these in their entirety. BTW, I'm not looking for a freebie, if you have a CD, I'd eagerly buy it,and happily support your writing. Let me know.
Aloyisus and Josephus, yeah, I seem to remember plodding through that one.. I thought the "dialogue" format and old fashioned language was intolerable, but a good treatise nonetheless. Thanks for your support Fernando, and sorry for making you work. Maybe you can try variations on Scarlatti in the manner of Palestrina next?
I love the excerpt of this new prelude you've posted. Is it complete?
Thanks Fernando. I hadn't thought of it as a piano piece. It was for a short film that basically needed a "running" feel through a forest, with a little bit of doom on your heels. The piano did come first, however.
I love "Intermezzo in Bb minor". It has a wonderful freedom to it... Beautiful.
Colin
Fernando -you're a purist. I have a little Primo Pratica on my page, Fantasy VIII, would value your insight. Just 2-1/2 minutes, not my usual dissertation.
At 5:47am on September 11, 2009, Ehsan Saboohi said…
Hello Mr.Vazquez
Happy to get your opinion about the my Piano pieces.
Appreciation and Thanks.
E.Saboohi
Thanks for the invite to the SETI thing Fernando. If it does not yield confirmation of extraterrestrial intelligence, it at least prompted me to come by for a listen. I'm a big admirer of Sagan, and read all of his books at an early age. SETI makes me think of him. BTW, I'm chartering my own organization, STI - the search for terrestrial intelligence.
I always love your page, truly good listening, my friend.
Yes, I do understand. It's a constant process of exploring the outer boundaries of your tonal knowledge, then bringing some of what you find there back and trying to assimilate it in a disciplined way, an arduous process.
Regarding your variations, I was half expecting to see an excursion into Chopin. I know the feeling of running into a wall. Sometimes you just have to put it down for a while and move on.
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Un abrazo.
Pedro
It is an honor.
Good work. How long will it be? And when will you finish it/
Have a wonderful day.:)
I have listened more than once to your beautiful prelude (the excerpt that is posted). Is the complete draft posted somewhere else on this site? I would like to hear it played to it's conclusion....or are you still evolving the final direction? It starts out with a dreamlike quality that is quiet, yet emotionally intense. As you shift chromatically, it has a strong sense of wanting to build....toward something climactic, I think. Unfortunately, the excerpt I've listened to stops before reaching a climax.....there's a sense, for me, of being left hanging. I was reading on here somewhere about 'plagel' cadences, which I took to mean deceptively leading the ear toward a cadence that then leads the ear further, rather than to the expected resolution. The chromatic development you've started might lend itself to several 'plagel climaxes,' before finally building to a really intense sense of resolution. I'm eager to hear this beautiful piece played to its final note. And I'll echo your own words back to you....keep it simple and beautiful. I think this piece, especially in its opening theme, has a beautiful, crytaline, and liquid simplicity. Even as it builds, I would like to hear the transparent quality continued. I think the picture of water you posted is very apropos....and as the water moves, it should become more active without muddying.....does that make sense? Fernando, I admire your musicianship, your technique, and the emotional intensity of your music. Your music never sounds like a 'trifle.' It has intellectual and emotional depth. Your music leads me to believe that you are a deeply thoughtful and intense man.
When you have time, I would like to know about how you mike and record your piano. Your recordings sound pro. Your piano has a beautiful voice, both sweet and strong....I'm curious, what kind of piano is it? I love the voice of my ancient (from the 1920's) grand, but it's quirky...that's what I'm playing on Ants At the Picnic, Spanish Ladies and Dancing Bear. But many people liken it to a 'saloon' sound. Waiting for Spring is recorded on a Roland Fantom 8 Keyboard. It's a more perfect sound, but to me, is less 'soulful.'
Thanks again for generously sharing your knowledge, advice and music. I hope to learn more from you....Martha
But more importantly, is there a place where we can find the complete audio for some of the excerpts you've posted here? A CD, or website? I'd love to hear and have some of these in their entirety. BTW, I'm not looking for a freebie, if you have a CD, I'd eagerly buy it,and happily support your writing. Let me know.
I love the excerpt of this new prelude you've posted. Is it complete?
I love "Intermezzo in Bb minor". It has a wonderful freedom to it... Beautiful.
Colin
Happy to get your opinion about the my Piano pieces.
Appreciation and Thanks.
E.Saboohi
I always love your page, truly good listening, my friend.
Regarding your variations, I was half expecting to see an excursion into Chopin. I know the feeling of running into a wall. Sometimes you just have to put it down for a while and move on.
So who is the next composer-template for the variations on the Scarlatti theme? Hope you and your family, and the writing, are well.
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