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Stimmungsbilder: III. Der bröckelnde Wasserspeier [Philip Daniel; 2020]

20 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Third in a set of "atmospheric pictures" for varied combinations of solo woodwind and keyboard. The title of this sardonic scherzo for tenor saxophone and harpsichord translates to "The Crumbling Gargoyle." Throughout this miniature, the ten...

Stimmungsbilder: III. Der bröckelnde Wasserspeier [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Stimmungsbilder: II. Vorspiel zu einem imaginären Film noir [Philip Daniel; 2020]

16 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Second in a set of "atmospheric pictures" for varied combinations of solo woodwind and keyboard. As the title ("Vorspiel zu einem imaginären Film noir", or "Prelude to an Imaginary Film Noir") suggests, this duet of oboe d'amore (or cor anglais)...

Stimmungsbilder: II. Vorspiel zu einem imaginären Film noir [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Stimmungsbilder: I. Die Jugendstilfassade [Philip Daniel; 2020]

15 Jun 2022 1 minute read 3 comments PhilipDaniel

First in a set of "atmospheric pictures" for varied combinations of solo woodwind and keyboard. Entitled "Die Jugendstilfassade", meaning "The Art Noveau Façade", this miniature for flute and piano opposes passages of suave jocularity with those o...

Stimmungsbilder: I. Die Jugendstilfassade [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Why I Love Classical Music

30 Aug 2021 1 minute read 8 comments Agnes Laurens

Since a young age, I am in fond of classical music. I started to play the cello at the age of six, and one year later, I exchanged the cello for the violin. I also sang in a choir and played in a lot of orchestras. Not only that, but I also even have...

Noveletten für Celesta: VI. Wirbelwind-Kaprice [Philip Daniel; 2020]

24 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Sixth in a set of virtuosic "novelettes" for solo celesta. In this "whirlwind caprice", pellucid sections of toccata-like filigree frame a far more austere fugue the subject of which derives from motifs hidden within the preceding virtuoso...

Noveletten für Celesta: VI. Wirbelwind-Kaprice [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Noveletten für Celesta: V. Kleine Tanzszene [Philip Daniel; 2020]

21 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Fifth in a set of virtuosic "novelettes" for solo celesta. As the title suggests, this "little dance scene" juxtaposes various contrasting dancelike strands in a web of passionate counterpoint. These melodic fragments increasingly abut one a...

Noveletten für Celesta: V. Kleine Tanzszene [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Noveletten für Celesta: IV. Das Traumbild der Spieldosen [Philip Daniel; 2020]

20 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Fourth in a set of virtuosic "novelettes" for solo celesta. Though the title translates to "the dream-image of the music box," this work is not programmatic per se, except insofar as its textures, sonorities, and harmonies invoke the faded m...

Noveletten für Celesta: IV. Das Traumbild der Spieldosen [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Noveletten für Celesta: III. Canzone istriana [Philip Daniel; 2020]

19 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Third in a set of virtuosic "novelettes" for solo celesta. A languorous song without words, interposing more lyrical passages with freer recitative-like "stanzas", steadily building in intensity and passion to a cryptic conclusion. Though in...

Noveletten für Celesta: III. Canzone istriana [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Noveletten für Celesta: II. Urwald-Phantasie [Philip Daniel; 2020]

18 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

Second in a set of virtuosic "novelettes" for solo celesta. The title, "Urwald-Phantasie", translates to "Primeval Forest Fantasy", hinting at the kaleidoscopic, florid textures and colors that predominate throughout. A very brief tranquil p...

Noveletten für Celesta: II. Urwald-Phantasie [Philip Daniel; 2020]

Noveletten für Celesta: I. Toccata carillonica [Philip Daniel; 2020]

17 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

First in a set of virtuosic "novelettes" for solo celesta. A sectional toccata, this evokes, alongside the clang of bells (hence the "carillonica" in the title), the quasi-improvisational idiom of the (17th-18th century) "stylus phantastic...