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Wonderful Messiaen

31/5/2015

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We went to a wonderful concert last week.  The main event was Turangalîla-Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen. It was part of the CITY OF LIGHT: PARIS 1900-1950 series by the Philharmonia Orchestra.  The piano soloist was Pierre-Laurent Aimard, who was great, and we sat fairly close to Valérie Hartmann-Claverie, playing the ondes Martenot, a wonderful early electronic instrument.  It was interesting to hear the detail in the ondes writing.
It made me want to write more music for the instrument.  I have tried a couple of times, but with only about ten players (and as many instruments) in the world, the chances of getting it played are not great.  I have a bit of a cheat, a digital instrument from Soniccouture, but it is difficult to reproduce the way the ondes is played.  Ondistes are continually fiddling in a little drawer (tiroir) to change the sound, and the whole keyboard can wobble to produce a controlled vibrato.

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What song the Syrens sang

24/5/2015

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At last, a more recent piece.  More details are on the Music page.

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Starting at the beginning

19/5/2015

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I have unearthed the first music of mine that was broadcast (Children of the King). A long time ago, but I was a bit older than in this photo (I am on the right).

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Where is the music?

17/5/2015

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I am still working on how and where to put my music onto this site. In the mean time, there are some electroacoustic pieces on my soundcloud space (user name: paul-cowell-1).

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Just starting

16/5/2015

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At last I have started a web site about music after thinking about it for years.  It is still under development (or underdeveloped), and as yet there is none of my music. It will come eventually.
There are links to some music I published many years ago (free music) under the ROTAS OPERA Editions imprint. I will explain about the name eventually. There are also links to arrangements I made in the past of Grieg piano pieces (Lyric Pieces Op12), some of which were performed by a chamber ensemble I used to conducted in York.
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