Winter Light
Composer is Zbigniew Preisner, from the Movie Secret Garden made in the 1980’s …there was quite a few good piano pieces in this movie.
I’ve played this piece in the past recitals…think of it as a rerun. đ
Category Archives: Piano/ Strings PX 100
E-CITAL 60 11 15 2020 BWV 0514
Beginner’s piece and keeping it simple!….. following a year trend.[maybe a– “have to?] I’ll test myself soon.
Ecital 59 8.14.2020
Love Theme from Titanic by James Horner.
“Love Theme from Titanic” by James Horner.
Note: I had to redo the video to pass YT copywrite; even though it’s not monetized.
I actually thought this circumstance of use was “fair use”, using a small amount- although it did lend more a “borrowed” creative skill to the video. {Might be called cheating , but not video plagiarism}. Anyway, I redid the video …the last one passed (I think) it is here below .
I had some fun with the video aspect of this and I’m satisfied, [ but not perfectly] with this easy version.
I also added flute music to the to the Irish chant at the beginning of the video clip .
I used a “midi” piccolo; but played it on a piano along with her voice in the movie (that didn’t quite match in parts – then ported it through a midi instrument vst.
So, hmmmm- mistakes……. Hope you like the novelty .
Watch the video if you can because it has the chant along with added clips from the movie. I used Shotcut which is freeware for the video.
Also uploaded the score to muse score if you ‘d like to play this beginner version. [Haven’t been able to do this]
Ecital 58 5/14/2020
A simpler rendition of Paul Simon’s “The Sound Of Silence”, played on a PX 100 thru a VST Ivory Synth.
This is my “8 th and to the month” year of participating in the recitals .
For quite a time- over the last 2 years- I wasn’t trying very hard, for numerous reasons, but a big one I realize now was the my amplifier needed cleaned with electronic circuit cleaner, which improves the nuance of piano touch and sound.
That change is motivation to practice. Now I got to learn the nuances of asio with my older laptop.
Anyway I didn’t play repeats and appreciate any comment. good or bad.
Lately I’ve been catching up on free education courses, but firefox/ mozilla, headlined a poem in it’s start page ”
.”Do not go gently into that good night”… which is a poem , and open to interpretation .
I thought to mention it because I feel it is an affirmation of life , no matter what life we choose to live.
More info:
Scholar….
“Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
My interpretation is:
The inevitable finality of death affirms every moment one person has in life to live.
This so even when one is dying because it is possible one can hope for more time-even then… in the wave of an obvious decline and death.
But, the poem also states “wise men know dark is right”.
And “Curse, Bless me now with your fierce tears”…
Affirming the son still has time [to live] .
Inferring that death is a natural and seemingly right end to the phenomena of an [or whatever ending …etc] life. I don’t think it is an affirmation to create regrets [in a person,] but love each moment as it is for it’s existent being.
I guess by contrast there would be Icarus which this passage could be referring to ;
“Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
So …”be careful” along the road and flight of life, too… could be inferred …..
E-cital 56. November 15th 2019
Chopin Prelude Op. 28 No 20 in C minor
From Wiki
“Often called the “Chord” prelude. Brief, with large slow quarter-note chords in the right hand predominating,
against quarter-note octaves in the left. It was originally
written in two sections of four measures, although Chopin later
added a repeat of the last four measures at a softer level, with
an expressive swell before the final cadence.”
Video
Ecital 51 -8.18.2018-
Same piece – recorded midi data thru pianoteq- Piano Only
Jules
Massenet-Elegy in E Minor
Young Massenet
The ĂlĂ©gie by Jules Massenet (1842-1912) was perhaps one of the most popular melodies in Europe of the fin desiĂšcle, the last decades of the nineteenth century, often referred to as the Belle Epoque. Massenet originally composed ĂlĂ©gie in 1866 for a piano cycle titled PiĂšces de Genre, Op. 10 NÂș 5. In 1872, he incorporated the piece into Les Erinnyes (The Furies), a play by Leconte de Lisle. The sorrowful melody for muted cello became a solo piece entitled MĂ©lodie-ElĂ©gie and was arranged numerous times for many instruments and instrumental ensembles. At some point it was adapted to the lyrics âO doux printemps dâautrefoisâ by Louis Gallet (1698?-1757).
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E-cital 48 11.15.2017
ecital 48 11 14 2017
E-cital 48 11. 15 2017
1.Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 in B flat minor.Shortened Version
2. Bach Choral BWV 514
-I gained a deeper respect for a seasoned Pianist when I tried this difficult piece.
I shortened the piece and slowed the tempo quite a bit,
hopefully keeping the “feel and spirit” .
Anyway I hope you like it,
Thanks for Listening!
Video ..
Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1Pg 1 |
Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1Pg 2 |
Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1Pg 3 |
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E-cital 44 November 15 2016
I didn’t play what I originally planned to play.
That piece was
Claire de Lune (Debussy) or
“The Minuet” by Paderweski. , A long, 7 page piece with cadenza’s
and somewhat technically skilled, that I thought would’ve
taken longer to hone.
But I’ll have to plan that for the future. The reason for not
getting it in is poor time management, night shift work and a few
important
projects that need completed , one which was finishing a faux piano
(the least important) compared to getting central heating, etc.
A pic is here.
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This room is a make-shift living room ,I did some of the artwork ,
but still needs more finishing to the piano. so…that’s that?
IF I get a chance to re-record I’ll do it with the
digital fitted in the faux piano shell. (Broke the faux harp I made
to fit.)
-If you have kids , it’s a great project to do together or if you
just want to do a faux piano yourself.
The pieces I choose to do instead are from USSM Piano study and are
composed what sounds as choral harmony.
Both are very solid sounding and harmonically beautiful.
They are
And the MP3
http://yourlisten.com/Piano_Primo_1/e-cital-44-nov-15-2016
Share Music – Embed Audio Files – http://yourlisten.com/embed.js?17612003
1. Amazing Grace
2. A Closer Walk with Thee. (arr by John Murphy)
I added strings as a second layer because it really adds the
fullness of a “choir” sound to the pieces, (chorale).
Hope you like them .
ABF E-cital 41 Feb. 14, 2016
ABF E-cital 41 Feb. 14, 2016
Praeambulum No 3 in d min -Heinrich Scheidemann
and
Deep River.
Piano Strings
Piano Only/Church Organ
Easily said , there are two renditions of the same recording from two recording methods.
It was recorded on a PX 100 by direct av cable to computer to WMM and from a Vivitar pc cam. (Laptop)
– âWhat I knowâ about the two pieces is minimal:
– Deep River was in a Lesson Book from USSM as Folk music , and a pre- Civil War Spiritual;
-the Praeambulum No. 3 by Scheidemann is pre âtonal âor a predecessor to Tonal centered music made more popular by J.S. Bach.
The counterpoint is evident in this piece which also was furthered by early composers of classical tonal music composition
I used the recorded midi data in this same session to also to make the church organ sound from a Yamaha XG soft synth- bank 0 #19 in the second video.
Hope you like it!
And …Thanks for listening.
Lullaby of the Bells E-cital 2 15 2015
Ecital 2 15 15
” The Phantom of the Opera-1943– The Lullabye of The Bells “.
This video is the movie theme song from ” The Phantom of the
Opera-1943– The Lullabye of The Bells “.
It is different than the “prevideo” I did in the middle of Jan. This
is the complete score which the pre video was only the main melody
sung in the movie by Suzanne Edwards and Nelson Eddy .
Also , this is one session of a piano recording by two methods (at
the same time).
1. The first , – a direct a/v cable to my laptop from my Casio PX
100 , played with the sound layers of piano/strings.
2. The 2nd, is a midi cable (at the same time) recording the midi
data.
I used the freeware program QSynth to channel the MIDI data through
a sound-font called “Roland Piano: 64 voice”
.So …. Theennnnn ,,,,,,, recorded the audio output through my sound card
in Cakewalk’s Plasma.
(redid this in Logic ) with a Steinway Font.
Anyone could do this with Windows sound recorder, using qsynth and routing with MIDI OX. If you
do, take a breather .because with either, you’ll need a drink afterwards. For me, my computer kept freezing, and I had to reboot several times before I got it “together” in one take….
So,
I then combined the two in WMM and here it is .
Lullaby of the Bells 2 01
2015 from Tempo
Primo on Vimeo.
It’s for an e-cital on pianoworld.
I think piano melodies from movies are somewhat “lonely” sounding
without a vocalist.
Others may sound great, especially classical.
But I usually use strings to add the accompaniment sound which is
missing from a orchestra or singer, and also cover some of my lulls
of tempo etc in playing piano. ( I noticed also when putting it in a
DAW as a midi , it adds fullness to the output if played through a
sound font , likely because the strings section covers many octaves
and simulates string polyphony.
In the second session the Roland sound-font (NOW STEINWAY) is a warm
full sound, although not as well as a recording of a live acoustic
piano.
But , you’ll hear both . If you skip to the 4 min of the vid it is
the solo piano of the Roland (Steinway) soundfont…..
I hope you like it , and thanks for listening .
R-ecitals 