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Pittoresken für Streichinstrumente: IV. Das Gericht der Erinnyen [Philip Daniel; 2020]

19 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Fourth in a set of "picturesques" for varied combinations of bowed chordophones (string instruments), here scored for pardessus de viole (six-string soprano viol) and two arpeggiones (six-string "bowed guitars"). Entitled "The Judgment of...

Pittoresken für Streichinstrumente: IV. Das Gericht der Erinnyen [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Pittoresken für Streichinstrumente: III. Maskerade im Mondlicht [Philip Daniel; 2020]

7 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Third in a set of "picturesques" for varied combinations of bowed chordophones (string instruments), here scored for a quintet consisting of members of the "new violin family" or "violin octet" invented by Dr. Carleen Hutchins. The painting in t...

Pittoresken für Streichinstrumente: III. Maskerade im Mondlicht [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Pittoresken für Streichinstrumente: II. Capricietto canonico [Philip Daniel; 2020]

6 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Second in a set of "picturesques" for varied combinations of bowed chordophones (string instruments), composed for (necessarily seven-string) viola d'amore and (likewise seven-string) viola da gamba duo. The first section of this work in m...

Pittoresken für Streichinstrumente: II. Capricietto canonico [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Pittoresken für Streichinstrumente: I. Der Kriegstanz [Philip Daniel; 2020]

30 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

First in a set of "picturesques" for varied combinations of bowed chordophones (string instruments). A tenebrous, lugubrious study in counterpoint and developmental variation scored for string trio (violin/viola/violoncello, all "con sordi...

Pittoresken für Streichinstrumente: I. Der Kriegstanz [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Stimmungsbilder: IX. Ciaconna romanzesca [Philip Daniel; 2020]

29 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Ninth in a set of "atmospheric pictures" for varied combinations of solo woodwind and keyboard. This piece concludes the set of Stimmungsbilder with a concentrated and sinuous series of variations, for oboe and piano, on a recurring harmon...

Stimmungsbilder: IX. Ciaconna romanzesca [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Stimmungsbilder: VIII. In der Höhle des Bronzedrachen [Philip Daniel; 2020]

28 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Eighth in a set of "atmospheric pictures" for varied combinations of solo woodwind and keyboard. This penultimate Stimmungsbild, entitled "In der Höhle des Bronzedrachen" ["In the Cave of the Bronze Dragon"] showcases the expressive intens...

Stimmungsbilder: VIII. In der Höhle des Bronzedrachen [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Stimmungsbilder: VII. Nach einem spanischen Gedicht [Philip Daniel; 2020]

27 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Seventh in a set of "atmospheric pictures" for varied combinations of solo woodwind and keyboard. A transcription of my Lied "Komm, o Tod, von Nacht umgeben" ("Come, O Death, shrouded in night") [Comendador Escriva; transl. Emanuel Geibel]...

Stimmungsbilder: VII. Nach einem spanischen Gedicht [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Stimmungsbilder: VI. Die Aubade des Pfeifers [Philip Daniel; 2020]

23 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Sixth in a set of "atmospheric pictures" for varied combinations of solo woodwind and keyboard. The title of this piece for B♭ clarinet and pianoforte, "Die Aubade des Pfeifers" ("The Piper's Morning Love Song"), reflects the idyllic natur...

Stimmungsbilder: VI. Die Aubade des Pfeifers [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Stimmungsbilder: V. Moto perpetuo per flauto piccolo [Philip Daniel; 2020]

22 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Fifth in a set of "atmospheric pictures" for varied combinations of solo woodwind and keyboard. A 9/4 time perpetual motion study for piccolo alone, lasting approximately two minutes, this piece employs the Fortspinnung (spinning-forth) tech...

Stimmungsbilder: V. Moto perpetuo per flauto piccolo [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Stimmungsbilder: IV. Fuga ricercata e rapsodica [Philip Daniel; 2020]

21 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Fourth in a set of "atmospheric pictures" for varied combinations of solo woodwind and keyboard. A "studied yet rhapsodic" fugue scored for English horn, baritone oboe, and basset horn, the twisting and highly chromatic subject of which span...