I've been working to put together a working big band, using all my arrangements/compositions. This is the first rehearsal that I felt was good enough to offer up the recordings for general comment. There are some issues with the playing at times, a
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It has been a while ago. Been working on too many things, actually. But finally it's her, the first movement (the Adagio) of my Love Symphony.
A little backgournd information. The War Symphony was all about my devorce, but since 7 month
Read more…Don't think I wrote this in two days time... I usually work on different things at the same time, so...
Here is the fourth and last movement of the war symphony. Since the climax is the third, don't expect any fireworks here. It is slow (72bpm) for i
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I am still working on my War Symphony, as I should, of course. Being the weak spot, it took me a while to complete, because it is in 3/4.
The reason it is now the second movement, and not the third, has everything to do with the old seco
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It's been a while ago since I wrote this (last April, to be exactly) but I think it is time I post this.
A little background information about this lied I wrote. I was driving in my car, listening to some 'lieder' written by Mozart o
Read more…Well... After all you have listened to my first movement 'Uneasy Peace', the logical thing to follow is a war... And that is what I tried to capture in the second moment. I think I didn't do bad...
So, here it is: the second movement of the War Symph
Read more…Tell me if you think this is too repetitive (see my previous post) to be it's own movement (it is intended to be). I want to use this as the end of a vocal song cycle but for now I'm just going to consider it a second movement. I'm aware that no or
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An explanation of the techniques and materials of this work. It is for large orchestra. The opening passage begins with solo harp, playing a mysterious ch
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My first time writing for brass resulted in a 5min trumpet solo 'for Matt Mattera' who is also the player in the recording. Have a listen to it here. Would be great to know what anyone thinks about it. Also be patient it might take a few
Hello composers, I am new here! First, thanks for listening to my work! =) I rearranged previous work... (In the second video below) EXTENDED (FINAL) VERSION: [Edited December 16, 2009] - OLD VERSION (November 11, 2009): Thanks again! http
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