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La Belle Époque

17/6/2015

I am busy writing piano music at the moment, but I found some more of my music on the internet. I didn't think it had been recorded, but a concert by Aurae, a flute and soprano duo (now called conText). The concert on 23 November 2014 was part of the Composer's Voice series at Jan Hus Church, New York City, with a repeat the Elebash Recital Hall, City University of New York.
The theme of the concert was La Belle Époque (from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the outbreak of World War I in 1914), and Aurae commissioned 15 one-minute pieces via the 'Fifteen Minutes of Fame' programme.
The 15 minutes got recorded an put on YouTube.

Valse vocale on YouTube:

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Where are the bears?

6/6/2015

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I think the reference to bears in the previous post was too subtle (for animals less clever than bears).

Model: Edward Bear

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New music and bears

6/6/2015

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Peckham (c1900)

I have just finished a couple of new pieces. One is for the Peckham Chamber Orchestra; the other is a more speculative piece for Madrid. The PCO piece is interesting as it is collaborative (in a way). Hannah Jones, the conductor and organiser of the orchestra has commissioned members of the orchestra to compose two sets of 16 bars. There is a list of composers. The procedure is that the next composer on the list is told the last chord of the previous 16 bars, and only the last chord gets passed on. I am involved because my friend plays in the PCO, and asked me to provide her contribution.
There appear to be 10 composers, so for the musicologists, the form should be A B C D E F G H I J J' I' H' G' F' E' D' C' B' A'. As Peckham is a little village outside London (it used to be), I wrote something pastoral in 6/8.
There is a small present for bears everywhere on the Music page

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