If you don't know much about big band performers, find the essentialCount Basieand Duke Ellington recordings. Then look up who played in their bands. Again, who else did they play with? Then find the other major big-band arrangers and players and ask the sam...
a close proximity not unlike that of story-telling by a fireplace. the barrier between performer and audience is also broken as performers will share more about the music before each performance, and audience members are encouraged
It's a little scale constitute from 8 to 10 performers. It is considered as an intimate performance that it is also called "the music of friends." The ensemble is a more knowns musical group of people who perform instruments and vocal music. In Classical Music, trio and quartet depending ...
Nor was Bach in any way opposed to the use of the 16' stop in harpsichord performance (as "authentic" performers imply); the inventory of Bach's possessions at the time of his death reveals that as well as two lute-harpsichords, he owned several harpsichords of which his main instrument ...
first-movement formsee 'sonata form' folk musicfolk music has been used as source material for composers of many eras. Composers of the Viennese classic period were influence by and used folk music in their compositions; for example, Haydn's use of Bohemian folk tunes or Beethoven's Symphony...
Alberto Ginastera has impressively refuted this opinion with his incredible work. It was his idea to compose a large-scale work with the sonata form, since many of the works existing at that time were rather short pieces. Johannes Tonio Kreusch: What was your influence on the composition?
That curious and interesting program, titled “Science/Fantasy,” will be presented three times, in Lafayette, Denver and Longmont over the coming weekend (April 4–6; details below). The performers will not be the full Arts Nova ensemble, but a smaller group of 11 singers. To bring out ...
Despite the musicological uncertainties surrounding its origins, Tomaso Vitali’s Chaconne has achieved enduring popularity among violinists and musicians across various genres. The piece’s emotional depth and technical demands make it a staple in the repertoire of many performers. Notably, renowned viol...
We begin with the delightfulThree Billy-Goats Grufffrom 1943, for narrator and wind trio (oboe, horn, bassoon) in which Gipps successfully complements the narration (charmingly delivered here by Ruth Rosales) with some effective wind writing.Seascapefrom 1958 was written for the Portia Ensemble, ...
Exactly how it is used by the performers is doubtless indicated in the score but, suffice it to say that it works well here. These held tone fades from foreground to background and back again as the music relates always to the anchor of the drone. Both pieces utilize this drone ...