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Illusion (gidromix) as it was

23 Oct 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Gidroman

I am already in my forties and I still remember these rhythmic beats and the signature gnashing of the synthesizer sound of the popular 2003 band Benny Benassi. At that time I only dreamed of a personal computer, worked hard at the construction site...

Sinfonia concertante for String Orchestra: III. Scherzo e canzone (Scrolling Score) [Philip Daniel; 2017]

22 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

  The third of five movements of a "Sinfonia concertante" in an expressionist / late romantic idiom for string orchestra. A scherzo in a modified rounded binary form, contrasting an ecstatic (Scriabinesque?) outer section thematic complex with an es...

Steelpan Chronicles: What is the Tenor Pan?

22 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Alexica Adams

So, by now you've read my previous blog on "What is the Steelpan?" and if you haven't, then here is the link https://www.publish0x.com/lexlex/what-is-the-steelpan-xkkqzgv You now know what the Steelpan is but it does not stop there. I would have men...

Sinfonia concertante for String Orchestra: II. Choralfantasie (Scrolling Score) [Philip Daniel; 2017]

22 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

  The second of five movements of a "Sinfonia concertante" in an expressionist / late romantic idiom for string orchestra. A somber, tenebrous fantasy on the Lutheran chorale "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" ("From deep affliction I cry out to you...

Sinfonia concertante for String Orchestra: I. Capriccio tenebroso (Scrolling Score) [Philip Daniel; 2017]

22 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

  The opening of a five-movement "Sinfonia concertante" in an expressionist / late romantic idiom for string orchestra. This "Capriccio tenebroso" functions as a modified sonata-allegro form in itself, as well as an exposition of sorts for the work...

Do you holding back the years?

22 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoDavey

"Holding Back the Years" is the seventh track on Simply Red's debut studio album Picture Book (1985). It remains their most successful single, having reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart. It is one of...

Aequale "Ritornello" [Philip Daniel; 2020]

21 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

  An intricate, yet compressed, Aequale for two soprano bugles, two alto bugles, and B♭ Sousaphone that veers between joy, bombast, melancholy, angst, and even sarcasm. The finale, in some sense an epilogue, of the first volume of Aequale.   You may...

Aequale "Vermischte Fuge" [Philip Daniel; 2020]

21 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

  A fugue with canonic elements? A canon with fugal elements? In any case, my Aequale "Vermischte Fuge" (scored for flugelhorn, F alto horn, E♭ alto horn, and baritone horn) is a highly theatrical work of imitative counterpoint, its subject characte...

Aequale "Arioso per tre" [Philip Daniel; 2020]

21 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

  A sonorous and rhapsodic Aequale for alto flute, horn in E♭, and cimbasso (or bass trombone), dedicated to my friend the composer Evan Bennet.     Below, you will find the engraved "conductor's score":           The painting in the video is Jul...

The Outfield "Your love" singer died unexpectedly' at 62.

21 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoDavey

Tony Lewis RIP! Tony Lewis, singer for The Outfield, died 'suddenly and unexpectedly' at 62. “Your Love” is a song by the English rock band The Outfield, taken from their debut album Play Deep (1985). The song was written by the band’s guitarist John...