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Season's Greetings

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 4:28 pm
by Sukurachi
While I may be an atheist, the Christmas/new Year's holidays still mean a great deal to me as a time for family and friends.

As a holiday gift, I just wish to share a short orchestral setting of "Puer natus" (a child is born) that I did a few years ago. unfortunately, this is not a recording by a real orchestra, but it's the next best thing - it's me playing all the parts.

http://www.dosblanc.ca/music/various_or ... s_2011.mp3

So to all my Petopian friends, wherever you happen to be on our beautiful blue bubble of water and air floating through space, I wish for you only the very best at this time and for the upcoming year.

Re: Season's Greetings

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 7:15 pm
by GormanGhaste
Happy Holidays

I like it!

*google* oh, it's a traditional medieval song. It must be very interesting, making orchestral arrangements.

Re: Season's Greetings

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 9:33 pm
by Sukurachi
thank-you, yes, it's an old Noël. it was used for a demo of some sample libraries for a Christmas CD.

Normally, I write original contemporary classical music, this was, exceptionally, one of the few arrangements I've ever done.

Re: Season's Greetings

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 11:16 pm
by Teigan
That was beautiful. Thank you for sharing that. Happy holidays to you as well!

Re: Season's Greetings

Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2017 2:33 am
by Mozag
Lovely, thank you so much for sharing.

Happy Holidays to everyone!

Re: Season's Greetings

Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:55 pm
by Wain
Somehow I missed this at the time :(. That was really beautiful, thank you! It sounds kind of Tudor.

Amazing that you played all those parts yourself!

Re: Season's Greetings

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 12:00 am
by Sukurachi
thank-you Wain :-)

yes, I was aiming for a sort of modern approach to writing in a medieval style. related to ( in case you happen to know) the Respighi "Ancient Airs and Dances".

Re: Season's Greetings

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:43 am
by Wain
I don’t know it but I’ll look it up, thanks. You should do more, I love music from that period :)

Re: Season's Greetings

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 12:52 pm
by Sukurachi
Wain wrote:I don’t know it but I’ll look it up, thanks. You should do more, I love music from that period :)
thank-you again, Wain.

You'll love the Respighi, those are all dances written by other composers from the medieval period, but he reset them for small orchestra, orchestrated them with the flair and colour for which his own original works are so well known (my favourites of his pieces are "Pines of Rome" and "Feste Romane" - both really worth listening to, because they're great music, but also because it's interesting to hear the tremendous influence his style has had on movie music).