16 Ways Chopin Transformed Piano Playing (ft. Garrick Ohlsson)

https://youtu.be/1DUdMi27qWg

#cosomusic #cosoclassical #musictheory

This is EARTH SHATTERING news for the #musicproduction world. All of my fellow composers and arrangers out there: you need to see this.

https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/makemusic-ends-development-and-availability-of-finale/

#cosomusic #musicians #musictheory #cosoclassical

This is the pianistic equivalent of an M61 Vulcan rotary cannon.

Yuja is one of very few pianists alive who can play this arrangement with this speed and clarity.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. György Cziffra - Flight of the Bumble Bee
Yuja Wang, piano
https://youtu.be/fdKEUmFUMFg

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This isn't really a cover; it's a complete reimagining. You may never think of Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence the same way again.

Watch his explanation first before you listen to the performance.

S:t Jacobs Ungdomskör - Workshop with Eric Whitacre: Enjoy the Silence
https://youtu.be/Ro8PPimKHTE

Enjoy the Silence (arr. Whitacre)
Eric Whitacre Singers
https://youtu.be/JHb2kcpwlrc

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#musictheory

My #cosoclassical people will get this.

This is SO freaking cool.

Tracking Yuja Wang’s Heartbeats During Her Rachmaninoff Marathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuA9l77ODbs

FYI, there is probably no other pianist alive who could play these 5 concerti in one concert.

#cosomusic #cosoclassical #cosomusicians

Mildly NSFW #cosoclassical humor. A little #musictheory as well.

#cosochoral concert today!

I was able to record our dress rehearsal Friday night. The choir is a bit more distant sounding in this recording than I'd prefer, because the setup was not what I anticipated. Still I think it came out pretty well considering.

I recorded two different tracks: a pair of my omni's, and my friends 414's in mid side. If you click the V2 icon to the right, you can compare.

/nosanitize
https://samply.app/player/BA8P68bBYGlfg0QX0Oja/

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Prepare to be transported.

This is, IMO, the most stunningly beautiful music for Passion Week ever written. (Sorry, JSB.) This performance is one of my top favorite albums of all time, dare I say better than any Russian choir I've heard perform this piece.

Alexander Grechanonov - Passion Week, Op. 58
Phoenix Bach Choir
Kansas City Chorale
Charles Bruffy, conductor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65aDlqi4KQI&list=OLAK5uy_mE8P4-ORpqRcxQtt0qwH2tSUwqRTjG_Tk

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#cosomusic

Here's some samples of the concert I performed in and recorded yesterday.

The choir is made up of volunteers from various community and church choirs that are friends with the organizers, and is mostly amateur. Orchestra is all pros. The only rehearsal all together is the morning of the concert.

Before listening, go into audio options at the bottom and enable lossless. 😎

https://samply.app/p/RwCzXO0aMDv9UKyVW5wS

#cosomusicians #cosoclassical #cosochoral #cosomusic #musicproduction

@SteveMurgatroyd
Hey there! I see you've been posting album covers of a lot of great music, but have you considered posting links to performances on YouTube so folks unfamiliar with said pieces can listen?

There are perilously few of us posting classical - some more would be appreciated.

Please use #cosoclassical and #cosomusic . If you check #cosochoral you'll find a lot of my posts also.

I'm about to hear a concert of one of my all-time favorite #cosochoral works, the Duruflé Requiem. I have never had the opportunity to hear it performed live, and I'm SUPER stoked.

See you on the other side.

#cosoclassical #cosomusic

One of my all time favorite #cosochoral pieces just came on, and it made my Sunday.

I think it's one of the most beautiful things ever written, but you may need an adjustment period. It pushes the limits of tonal harmony.

Background:
https://classicalexburns.com/2020/09/02/arnold-schoenberg-friede-auf-erden-peace-on-earth/

English translation:
https://www.musicanet.org/textes/t/en/01/138en.htm

Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden, Op. 13
Robert Shaw Festival Singers

https://youtu.be/8GnPzv1qlss

#cosoclassical #cosomusic

All the guitarists here need to hear this. What an instrument, played with such mastery and beauty!

An Volders plays Valsa Choro by Heitor Villa-Lobos on a 1948 Hermann Hauser

https://youtu.be/D8tBKxnRxk4

#cosomusic #cosoclassical

My fellow #cosoclassical people:
This is MAJOR news!!!

Decca is re-issuing their LEGENDARY recording of the Britten War Requiem with the composer conducting! It is an all-new high definition digital transfer and remastering.

Here is composer John Rutter (who was in the boy choir of the original recording) talking about this release. More info and links are in the video description.
https://youtu.be/SKRyhCoQ9NU

#cosochoral #cosomusic

The song we all know as the "Ukrainian Bell Carol" was originally a New Year song performed by carolers going door to door, wishing prosperity in the coming year.

Here is a performance of the original version with English translation. FYI, it never mentions bells at all. Those words were written later by Peter Wilhousky when he repurposed the song.

Mykola Leontovych - Щедрик (English Translation - Shchedryk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXcFcSmqOGg

#cosomusic​
#cosochoral​
#cosoclassical​

Happy New Year, Cosonauts.

Benjamin Britten - A New Year Carol
Columbus Children's Choir New World Singers
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WRHrGlTBJ9U

Lyrics background:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levy-Dew

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#cosoclassical

I just came across this stunning arrangement. The original Irish Mixolydian-Dorian melody is tastefully embellished and set over a modern harmonic bed. And that soloist!!

The Wexford Carol, arr. Michael McGlynn
ANÚNA
Aisling McGlynn, soloist

https://youtu.be/HgGu1I0n-ec

#VoltronicChoralChristmas
#cosomusic
#cosochoral
#cosoclassical

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (arr. Molly Ijames)
BYU Singers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvIY8FSVlQs

#cosomusic
#cosochoral
#cosoclassical

Morten Lauridsen - O Nata Lux
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Paul Salamunovich, conductor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI9P6HoiJy8

#cosomusic
#cosochoral
#cosoclassical