Brahms, Tchaikovsky and the polysemic hairpin
Following on from an earlier post about Tchaikovsky's hairpins, today I learned about the Brahmsian hairpin too.
Black Swan, the design of everyday things, and the extended mind
I’ve been very nervous of trying out the orchestral reduction I made in January 2015 of the Black Swan female variation for real-life principals in companies in case I became too distracted…
Diamond fairy variation: new piano arrangement
I had to play this yesterday at a competition, and surprisingly, it’s the first time I’ve had to do it in public. It’s vile to play. Nowadays, if I’m faced with…
A year of ballet playing cards #50: A chameleon-like march by Granados (DJ)
Download the score of the Military March by Granados (pdf, free) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards The march that isn’t a march: one of the perennial problems of music…
A year of ballet playing cards #16 : Esmeralda male variation music (3h)
Download the score of the Esmeralda male variation music (free pdf) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards You can never have enough grand allegro, and this is handy…
A year of playing cards #33: A deathly slow waltz (7c)
Download free piano pdf score Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards Thanks to Grant Kennedy in Australia for this as an idea for adage/ronds de jambe, anything turgid, anywhere…