#programmatic music

[baroquebutcher548]

So anyway, my 'first piece' of 2024, written in...August :/

I hope you enjoy! On-the-nose, I suppose, but about that Greek myth where the fellow is charged with endlessly pushing a rock up a hill. Not necessarily inspired by real-life events, but definitely the feeling behind it.

I hope you enjoy--and thanks for listening, as always!

[washdayradionetwork]

It's Tuesday, and you need this. You will need it to melt away the Sunday Scaries. Save it to your drafts and enjoy when you have about eight minutes to relax and drift.

"In the Steppes of Central Asia" composed by Aleksandr Borodin, and performed by the Boston Pops, conducted by Arthur Fiedler.

With love from a boomer who sees you.

[jealousoftheirjudgment]

Anthony Philip Heinrich, The Moan of the Forest, or, The Cherokees’ Lament, Toccata Indiana (ca. 1849). Performed by Artis Wodehouse, piano, with narration by George Spitzer, at St. Stephen’s Church, New York City, 11-3-13.

Anthony Philip Heinrich lived near Bardstown, Kentucky, during the 1820s. There he had direct contact with Native Americans, on whom his pieces frequently touch. While more hopeful than subsequent history would merit, this programmatic work sympathetically addresses the injustice of the Trail of Tears.

The program:

Command of the United States Government for the removal of the Native Americans from the country of their birth, which their Fathers had possessed from the earliest ages. Anguish at being forced to resign their native land. Prayer for future repose and peace. Aspiration for the oblivion of all discontents. Resolve to bury the sense of personal wrong, in the desire for universal happiness. Exultation in the hope that no future aggressions will interrupt their renewal of the wild sports of their ancestors. Vows of permanent good will hereafter, between the red race and the white.

(And, yes, it is completely period-appropriate for the program to be read aloud as the piece progresses!)

[occasionallydiverting]

Your fave is programmatic: Hector Berlioz

[gocommandomusic]

A play-by-play of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.  Includes thematic content, key areas, and the well-known program that, of course, leads up to the artist's final thoughts and beheading.  !!

[kurtvernonroembke]

These are the fifth and sixth movements of my piece Hunting for Mushrooms. They are programmatic pieces which means that they attempt to represent topics that are extra musical.  The first piece starts with a single tone which represents the bus stop. A second tone comes in from the left which represents a kid waiting at the stop. A third tone comes in from the right which is another kid. The kid on the left gradually makes his way to the right and offers the other a cigaret. As he takes it his pitch drops to a more perfect harmony with the other kid and the bus stop. Soon the bus comes and takes the kids away, leaving the bus stop to sit alone once again. The second piece is a bus ride. On the right is the bus and the chords on the left are passing cars. Every once in a while a tone will be added to the bus which represents a new passenger. After a while a car is forced by another into the bus making them crash. The tone sounding at the end is that of the only surviving passenger on the bus.

The video footage was greatly inspired by Jean Cocteau's technique of reversal footage. I shot it shortly after watching his film Orpheus from 1950 and also a short film he did shortly after which contained a large amount of reversal footage.

[musicforfilm]

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Gaelic Spring - an adventurous and spirited Celtic theme from my L'Automne album. The titled was selected by Saunders Jones, Jr. as part of a contest. View the album on iTunes.