Pianophilia

I don't know what people's opinions of Kevin Volans' music is like, but I must nevertheless point anyone who has not heard it in the direction of a very recently uploaded premiere of his second piano concerto, with Hamelin at the piano, under the direction of Tilson-Thomas.

Maybe a bit too modern for some, maybe slightly too minimalist for others, but to be honest, it is one of my favourite modern works that I've heard by any composer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F1KVwoW ... edf&fmt=18

Rachmaninoff - Lucien Cailliet : 3 Preludes [Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTIaDXIq ... ather=True
Instrumentation : 3,3,4,3 - 4,3,3,1 - timp, perc, - hp - str.

Weber-Johnstone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPcUkOIn ... ather=True


Clarke / Sir Henry Wood : Trumpet Voluntary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTY9kmzr ... ather=True


Chopin / Leopold Stokowski : Funeral March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XKGF7hr ... ather=True


Bach-Stokowski : Andante Sostenuto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UllWUHxu ... ather=True


Handel-Stokowski
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFCF8mCk ... ather=True


Mussorgsky "The Great Gate of Kiev" - Douglas Gamley's orchestration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw7OM_Q8 ... ather=True
Douglas Gamley conducts his own orchestration of the finale from "Pictures at an Exhibition," with the New Symphony Orchestra, the Men's Chorus of the Ambrosian Singers, and the organ of Kingsway Hall, London.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r56zLa4P ... re=related

Kapustin - Cello Concerto No.2

Tony

Scarbo supreme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOHo_UG0 ... re=related

Hi Guys,

I am unsure if this is in the right thread. It is "technically" a youtube find, but is also an indentification exercise.

The following is a trailer for the 2011 horror film "Yellowbrickroad". Please do not watch the trailer if you aren't into scary movies (personally, I adore them as much as Liszt )

But a friend has asked me what the piano piece is that begins at 1:21 in the clip. When I first heard it, I immediately thought it was Chopin's Nocturne Op. 55 No. 1. I don't know if my ear is playing tricks on me but the accompaniment figure here is used incorrectly for that nocturne. Sometimes it all sounds the same.

I would love some clarification on what this piece ACTUALLY is. This is one of the problems with being a musician: sometimes you hear so much music, your brain can't help you remember things like Fur Elise anymore!

Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfX78jrrmi8

Thanks

Ab

op.48 no.2

Ahhh, Caprotti, bless you!

Ab.

Kapustin piece at the Tchaikovsky competition - what do you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfLcsg2PEKU

timgill wrote:Kapustin piece at the Tchaikovsky competition - what do you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfLcsg2PEKU

I think it's a lovely balanced performance! I love her use of articulation and the range of tones she brings to the piece. Nice to hear music by Kapustin included in such a prestigious competition too! Thanks for pointing me in the direction of this. I've forwarded it on to my brother, who's trying to learn the Variations at the moment.

4c