April 10, 2010
New Tango for Cello and Piano, For Erzulie Dantor, Solo Violin Sonata in the Classic Style
In my continuing series of short pieces for strings and winds and piano the latest one is a monstrous tango for cello and piano. I've written it so that it should not be quite as difficult as my more ambitious chamber music, but still very much over the top. And I'm going to be writing several tangos for various instruments and piano.
Tango for Cello and Piano - Synthesized Realization
Tango for Cello and Piano - Score
Tango for Cello and Piano - Cello Part
Last January after the tragedy in Haiti, I contributed a track, For Erzulie Dantor to the New Music Haiti Relief CD. It's been 4 months now, so I'm releasing it for general consumption. It's electronic, and uses material that I later developed in a different manner for my sax and electronics piece, Par-Delà des Eaux Profondes.
It's a strange, hellish kind of dance with quartertones and outrageous retro synth stylings.
On that note, the premiere of Par-Delà should be in a couple of months in Prague and I'm beginning development of some new electronic pieces for an album I'll probably release at BandCamp.com.
Way, way back in the past, 1986 to be exact, I was a different composer, a composer obsessed with discovering a way to integrate 18th century harmonies with contemporary practices and rhythm. The last piece I wrote in that style, and probably my most successful was a solo violin sonata in the classical style. It's first movement is in 5/4, and the last movement is hysterically rhythmic in a way that classical music would never be. I've finally gotten around to making recordings of them.
Sonata for Solo Violin in the Classic Style - Allegro con moto
Sonata for Solo Violin in the Classic Style - Allegro con vivo
Sonata for Solo Violin in the Classic Style - Adagio con grande espressione
Sonata for Solo Violin in the Classic Style - Allegro con molto energia
Sonata for Solo Violin in the Classic Style - Allegro con moto - Score
Sonata for Solo Violin in the Classic Style - Allegro con vivo - Score
Sonata for Solo Violin in the Classic Style - Adagio con grande espressione - Score
Sonata for Solo Violin in the Classic Style - Allegro con molto energia - Score