Audio

Fantastic CD release: Overcast, the Music of Ed Partyka

HornCologne — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:00:55 +0200

Overcast - The Music of Ed Partyka Performed by the Sunday Night Orchestra Featuring Efrat Alony

I am a long-time fan of Ed's music, but I've chosen to share with you a short sample of the only arrangement on the record, an eight-minute (!) version of "Time" by Tom Waits. This number really gives me goose bumps. I really should post a sample of Ed's music, too, since that's the actual point of the production ...

Rehearsal Recording: Allegro from Sinfonia I by Alessandro Stradella arr. H.A. Stamm

HornCologne — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:17:10 +0200

This is the fourth movement of this so-called 'symphony.' This whole work is a fairly harmless, but charming bit of Baroque fluff, two slow movements, two fast movement, nice harmonies, 4th species counterpoint and all that. The arrangement is by the organist Hans-André Stamm from Leverkusen. This was recorded this week in St.

Rehearsal Recording: Marche Réligieuse pour Cor et Orgue by Sigismund von Neukomm

HornCologne — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:08:51 +0200

This is a funny little piece from the Gallant period. It looks back to the Baroque in the beginning and then gives a nod to the coming Classical epoch (and even early Romanticism). This was recorded this week in St. Severin Church in Severin Strasse in Cologne, where I am playing a concert there with the organist, Gert Schmid on this coming Saturday, April 26th, 2008 at 11 a.m. I captured this on my mini-disk player to see what was going on with the acoustics, my playing and so on.

Rehearsal Recording: Pièce Poétique V by Geroges Barboteau

HornCologne — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:53:22 +0200

This is a recording I made this week in St. Severin Church in Severin Strasse in Cologne. I am playing a concert there with the organist, Gert Schmid on this coming Saturday, April 26th, 2008 at 11 a.m. I captured this on my mini-disk player to see what was going on with the acoustics, my playing and so on.