Tonight’s “unusual” music is ballet music – and I think it may well be the first ballet music that I have shared. It certainly was the first ballet music that I played. This is not the whole ballet – but a suite of dances from it.
My First Taste Of ‘Modern’ Music
One of the first pieces of “modern” that I played was Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra – barely a quarter of a century old when I played it! We were fortunate to have a conductor (John Carewe) who was able to tell us a lot about the music since this was very different from the “typical” Glasgow Schools’ Orchestra repertoire. At the time it was seen as quite a radical departure – it being his first year conducting the orchestra.
Dancing American Style
Following on from yesterday’s Parry I’ve decided to share a few other pieces of music that, perhaps, are not so familiar. This one I first played in Largs – in the same concert as I mentioned when I shared the Hansel and Gretel – after my afternoon fishing.
In The Bournemouth Youth Orchestra
One of the downsides of moving away from Scotland after I finished university was that I lost all my contacts in the non-Salvation Army music field. So in Bournemouth I had to start finding outlets for my horn playing.
Power Of Your Love
My Sunday choice is a great arrangement (at least I think so😉) of Hillsong Music’s “The Power of Your Love”.
Independence Day Concert
A different sort of share today.
Ryan Anthony’s Oboe
Finding a suitable “arrangement” for my Friday quiet time choice took a while – but in the end it just had to be this one. A tune everyone knows played beautifully. I know that Ryan Anthony has featured a couple of times already recently – but there is no doubt this is worth listening to.
More Beatles
Today we stick with an arrangement of a Beatles’ song – but this is very different from yesterday. It features both Brandon Ridenour and Ryan Anthony sharing the trumpet solo part.
All Our Yesterdays
Both my previous “cover versions” this week have taken music and brought it “up to date” – today we go the other way. I have to say that until quite recently I didn’t know that this was “a thing” but it doesn’t take long n YouTube to find many medieval cover versions 😃 It seems that this has gained the name “Bardcore”!
Rock Copland
I’m moving from yesterday’s jazz Bach to today’s rock Copland! A ‘treat’ for 70’s rock fans 😃