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Hi, Neil.
The two kinds of virtuosity aren't, of course, mutually exclusive. What I'm proposing is a transformation of the human body through the intervention of medical science and robotics that will maximize if not expand the technical capabili...
When I was growing up, these three (embedded below) were considered among the most technically demanding works in the piano literature. Of course, there are others, which may or may not be as rich in content as they are in pryotechnical display or...
Hi, Steve, Gentlemen, Ladies.
An intriguing score, Steve--rather like an excursion into the mysterious soundscaapes that so attracted Liszt in his maturity.
Speaking of sounds and MIDI, some of the most realistic I've heard to date are available...
This guy has a madcap sense of humor--what great fun!
Does MIDI--or whatever technology may eventually replace it--really challenge the validity of pianistic virtuosity? I spent a good part of my youth slumped over a piano trying to master diffic...
Hi, Robbie.
Sheer pianistic wizardry!
Thanks for these further affirmations of the powerful presence of the past!
All the best,
Joe
Hi, Neil.
Thank you so much for bringing Hamelin to our attention!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc-Andr%C3%A9_Hamelin
His take on "La Campanella" is fascinating, and I look forward to hearing his own études.
I think it can be said that all c...
On behalf of the Delian Society I would like to express my deepest gratitude for what by all accounts was an outstanding world premiere of the Variations concertantes sur le nom de Paul Verlaine (Delian Suite No. 5).
This event represented far mor...
A delightful example of "avant-garde historicism"! (An oxymoron?)
It would be interesting to hear the Zukofsky violin version.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
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- At 12:20am on September 6, 2008,
Brian Kauth said… - My personal musical tastes are pretty varied. I enjoy playing/listening to composers like Stephen Dankner to Michael Torke or Philip Glass to Berg and Schoenberg. Dankner has written a wonderful sonata for saxophone that is just breathtaking. Many saxophone players like to play music that, in my opinion, doesn't have much substance; it's all "flips and tricks." I'm all about putting as much personal experience and expression into my playing, and not letting the technique become the sole purpose of playing. Technique should serve the music, not the other way around, in my opinion. Some representative saxophone works that I find very musically rewarding are the sonatas of Dankner, Paul Creston, Robert Mucyznski, the Ballade for saxophone and orchestra by Frank Martin, Ingolf Dahl's Concerto, and the Lars-Erik Larsson Concerto.
- At 8:20am on September 5, 2008,
Brian Kauth said…
- Hi Joe,
I just browsed your page and saw some good stuff. Have you ever considered writing for the saxophone?
- At 1:02am on September 5, 2008,
Joseph Dillon Ford said…
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