Music links 2007 quarter 4, archived section of music links blog.
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November 2006
Proudly announcing: I'm not dead as you may have been thinking. Not
yet. I have been working with the Rowan review, but there is not much
work left now. As well, the weather is no more nice. If you consider
visiting Finland, never come in November. There are 11 better months
listed in your calendar.
I found this Cdbaby
website, when searching for further info about Maggie's Rowan. It's not
free music except samples, but it's independent music store. Oh,
Maggie's Rowan is also available there. Ride in for a good ransack.
I found it a bit funny when I read "but you have to wait till
September" on Answers and Experts pages when searching for Maggie's
Rowan. I actually wrote those words into Wikipedia and in the end of
September I updated it to "released on". A&E have just copied
the Wikipedia article, but when are you going to update, A&E?
Wake up, September is gone. But thanks for including my web address,
search engines like it ;)
http://www.answers.com/topic/maggie-reilly
http://experts.about.com/e/m/ma/maggie_reilly.htm
Soundroots is
website every world music fan should make familiar with. New contents
are added frequently, so you had better to see every now and then,
what's new. And beware, if you click the Spin the Globe you may start some
75 megabytes download without any warning. And yes, I liked Sally Nyolo's
sample song.
In Worldmusic
you can find collection of 30 sec samples of music around the world.
Too short to be a joy to listen, but if you can not recall right now,
what is, say, Indian Ocean music style about, it is there.
And now, my friends, I have something to proudly introduce to
you: Frederik Magle.
He is an organ player and composer and you can download several tunes
and samples from his website. The website suggests registering to
participate in conversation, but you can download without.
His music is has a light and airy touch most of the time even if The Hope has its noisy moments.
Considering he is an organ player, the sound of the organ is polite
rather than prominent. Apparently, this music needs more time to make
familiar with; I will write more later.
Far Away is
a sci-fi fantasy film score
style music. New age fans will enjoy this as I do. It's mostly
performed by electronic instruments but I hardly believe the prominent
French horn a synth sample.
Intermezzo is very short piece for a brass
band. Be careful to listen
every single note as it ends sooner than you think it should begin.
Let there be light is a symphony for organ.
There is no more that
gentle and polite organ sound, rather the organ is now commanding and
at moments noisy to irritation. However, when you get the musical idea,
everything is in the right place. The organ soundscape contains a lot
of rippling decoration and it makes me think some of Eino-Juhani
Rautavaara's works like Annunciations.
Rising of a new day has a very obvious
programme:
0:00 dawn: start riding
2:00 mournful moment, a visit on a friend's tomb, perhaps
3:00 happy riding under prairie sky
3:50 glorious march
4:40 triumphant sprint to the finish line
It's a digital version, however the sound is very acoustic. Yes, he has
got a great French horn sample in his synth ;) And be careful not to
miss the forward link to Light on your Path,
another interesting tune
for organ and brass.
The Hope is a great work for brass,
percussions and organ, the choir
joins in during part 2. It reminds me about Tubin's Requiem for Fallen
Soldiers, not the same music but the same mood anyway. And
beware,
don't explode your speakers, when the big drum goes off.
Cantilena is an improvisation for organ.
Well, if this is an
improvisation, why bother with the slow and tedious composition work. A
beautiful melody and modifications with a soft organ touch. One of my
favorites and this is a "small" work.
There is no competition. Frederik Magle is the winner and
the highlight of my quarter 4 of 2006.
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