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Breaking Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto & YMO sharing concerts for a limited time.

23 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments antibiOTTICs

Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto shares complete concert videos on YouTube during the corona crisis. The former member of the Japanese electronic pioneer group "Yellow Magic Orchestra" is doing this to improve the mood of his fans during lockdown....

Chorale Harmonization on "Jesu, deine Liebeswunden" (omaggio a Webern e Messiaen) [Philip Daniel; 2020] [SCROLLING SCORE]

18 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

  A setting of the hymn melody "Jesu, deine Liebeswunden", scored for an unusual ensemble -- women's choir (in unison), crotales (or bowed psaltery), harp, and violin con sordino (i.e., with mute). An homage, though not a servile one, to the musical...

Chorale Harmonization on "Erwürgtes Lamm, das die verwahrten Siegel" [Philip Daniel; 2020] [SCROLLING SCORE]

18 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

    A chromatically-saturated, ecstatic chorale harmonization of the hymn tune "Erwürgtes Lamm, das die verwahrten Siegel", scored for SATB choir, viola, oboe d'amore and tangent piano. For Petre Tepner (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsW_4_5TCOAT...

Études-tableaux pour la guitarre: V. Harpe éolienne [Philip Daniel; 2020]

17 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Fifth in a series of virtuoso etudes for guitar. A technically challenging, harmonically labyrinthine song-without-words evoking an Aeolian Harp (a harp the strings of which are strummed by the wind).   The painting in the video is "David Playing th...

Études-tableaux pour la guitarre: IV. Impression crépusculaire [Philip Daniel; 2020]

17 Apr 2020 1 minute read 2 comments PhilipDaniel

  Fourth in a series of virtuoso etudes for guitar. A tone painting requiring great subtlety in interpretation; the title, translated from French, means "Twilight Impression."     The painting in the video is "Twilight in Sologne" by Theodore Rousse...

Études-tableaux pour la guitarre: I. Galliarde excentrique [Philip Daniel; 2020]

13 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

  First in my suite-in-progress of virtuoso études for guitar. An "eccentric galliard" that unfolds from a single motivic cell at the beginning into a wayward and animated dance with highly unusual extended harmonies. You may find the score here. Th...

Groupmuse in New York 2/16

18 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments cellonoob

I had the pleasure of playing a Groupmuse with a friend in New York this past weekend. A Groupmuse is a small house concert that can be hosted by anyone, anywhere. As of currently it is still mainly based in New York but they are trying to expand it...

antibiottics CLASSJAZZ 5 (0001) - Discover New Classical & Jazz Music

9 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments antibiOTTICs

Today some highlights from the classical and jazz channel "antibiOTTICs CLASSJAZZ". The first one is the quartet "Silent Fires" consisting of Karoline Wallace (vocals), Hilde Marie Holsen (trumpet and effects), Hakon Aase (violin and percussion) and...

A Day in the Life of a Travelling Musician

28 Jan 2020 6 minute read 0 comments bengy

Bleah.... an alarm is ringing... it's my mobile phone right from the opposite side of the room... where the hell am I... strange room, the air is dry and I am all alone in the dark! Blinking myself awake, I haul my up with as much energy as I can mus...

Chorale Harmonization on "Merton" (Philip Daniel) [Scrolling Score]

18 Sep 2019 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

  My motet-like chorale harmonization of Merton from the English Hymnal, with the Hebrew hymn Ma'oz Tzur (Rock of Ages) intermittently appearing in the lower registers in an increasingly ornamented fashion. For SATB choir with flute, oboe, pipe orga...