Classical music review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center forces the fortissimo at Caruth Auditorium | Dallas-Fort Worth Entertainment News. I wasn’t there to validate these criticisms, but I can relate to the reviewer’s opinion. There is no reason a…
Clarinet Tone Talk 5: Schubert Octet Adagio
For this Clarinet Tone Talk I offer two short samples of the opening of Schubert’s Octet in F (Op Post. 166, D 803). The gorgeous opening of the second movement Adagio begins from nothing, with the clarinet emerging to define…
Hummingbird Symphony (aka TwitSym) music sample. Flute version of Wren Song, plus a mix of both
Image Credit I think this could be a fun fugue subject, sort of a jig melody. It could be tightened up and balanced a bit, but it also works quite well as is. I took the slowed down sample of…
Sunday Music Poem and Video: Scarlatti Sun
The Scarlatti Sun by Emily Fragos. From the collection Music’s Spell edited by Emily Fragos. This poem conveys the sense that the universe has come undone, at least for the moment; emotions are unleashed, the dead stop dying, the postman’s…
Twitter Symphony- Hummingbird – Opening Music – apologies for Sibelius software poor quality tone!
The software known as Sibelius has begun to succumb to my direction. Keeping in mind that this is a work in progress, here is the opening of the Twitter Symphony Hummingbird. Beyond the open ended nature, I offer my apologize…
Visual/Photo Memory Awareness – 3rd in Series: 7 Musical Intelligences
Image Credit This article highlights the importance of Visual Intelligence – the photo memory of the written notes – and constitutes post 3 of the 7 part series on the types of intelligences that are called upon in studying music.…