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15 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Eighth in a series of deeply intimate "strange epigrams" for two glass armonicas, exploiting the ethereal qualities of this instrument. The third dance movement in a row, this is a "plaintive Saraband" featuring an expressive, gestural mel...
![Seltsame Epigramme für zwei Glasharmoniken: VIII. Das klagende Saraband [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-1ac578a20346151affcd43df10ffa39ebb05b4a734e304b656a0c8e2c31d8379.png)
14 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Seventh in a series of deeply intimate "strange epigrams" for two glass armonicas, exploiting the ethereal qualities of this instrument. Another dance, this time a vivacious, relentless, even clamorous Bourrée in characteristic alla breve...
![Seltsame Epigramme für zwei Glasharmoniken: VII. Bourrée [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-bef586c99112645a3d66dc4e9f34a2f265f4683070ff305a589323f7b2fdade9.png)
13 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Sixth in a series of deeply intimate "strange epigrams" for two glass armonicas, exploiting the ethereal qualities of this instrument. Though a stylized "Écossaise" ("Scottish dance", though of French provenance) featuring the characterist...
![Seltsame Epigramme für zwei Glasharmoniken: VI. Écossaise [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-fcfebbae70d7eeeeed9e7c16fc3e099fecd6513ab27ecb3819d2ccab5da03008.png)
12 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Fifth in a series of deeply intimate "strange epigrams" for two glass armonicas, exploiting the ethereal qualities of this instrument. The title, " ... Von süden weht es" ("a wind blows from the south"), quotes the closing line of Stefan G...
![Seltsame Epigramme für zwei Glasharmoniken: V. " ... Von süden weht es " [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-e884b02ccb9f12cf60e4e05b95ad852339f45286a6635544c9b764cc3d11e34f.png)
11 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Fourth in a series of deeply intimate "strange epigrams" for two glass armonicas, exploiting the ethereal qualities of this instrument. First, a whimsical (even reeling) gavotte, followed by a rustic and slightly less stable musette, rounded o...
![Seltsame Epigramme für zwei Glasharmoniken: IVa. Tempo di gavotta; IVb. Musetta [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-b06bf2be25ad1540b55a533d7701987af55ea662004ac249318edc1dcb676734.png)
10 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Third in a series of deeply intimate "strange epigrams" for two glass armonicas, exploiting the ethereal qualities of this instrument. Here, the title "Gegrüßet seist du, Königin" refers to the German translation of the Marian antiphon "Sa...
![Seltsame Epigramme für zwei Glasharmoniken: III. "Gegrüßet seist du, Königin" [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-c69d3ca56c1fae50436096fb5822a1d43f8e7a3358e14ac9f87b5cf73fc523d9.png)
24 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Second in a series of deeply intimate "strange epigrams" for two glass armonicas, exploiting the ethereal qualities of this instrument. The title, "... hinter dem beblümten tore ...", translating to "behind the flowery gate," quotes a line f...
![Seltsame Epigramme für zwei Glasharmoniken: II. "... hinter dem beblümten tore ... " [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-d7e7ca510f93e5815d1df278927aa3d7ad61b40585c760f1edc2f013dcf6018a.png)
23 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Intended as the first in a series of deeply intimate "strange epigrams" for two glass armonicas, exploiting the ethereal qualities of this instrument. The title, "Aus des Morgens grauen Wogen", translates to "from the grey billows of morni...
![Seltsame Epigramme für zwei Glasharmoniken: I. "Aus des Morgens grauen Wogen" [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-625fc53726667ed17f6d4ac6ab7f9662e6d360b592bb47704d24cd8d394c1363.png)
21 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Seventh in a cycle of aphoristic miniatures for piano. An enigmatic monody that touches upon the whole-tone scale precedes a resigned reminiscence of the canon from the first Aphorism. You may peruse the full engraved score here:...
![Aphorismen für Klavier: VII. Waldeinsamkeit [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-0793fb9792dece47757a1d49ae1f628bba069edc07455866941dbe2a7ee7243d.png)
19 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel
Sixth in a cycle of aphoristic miniatures for piano. The foregoing Oberek gives way to a lyrical and lustrous "Poem of the Star-Transfiguration". Here you may scroll through the full engraved score: If you enjoyed this,...
![Aphorismen für Klavier: VI. Gedicht der Sternenverklärten [Philip Daniel; 2020]](https://cdn.publish0x.com/prod/fs/cachedimages/1830583310-74edf3aeeb1054d6ad1712053af6fc03088eddf1076a80e7d1bbf64d62a074ee.png)
