1. how you come across to it:
I first heard two movements of it at an MIT concert last year when I page-turned for a trio playing this piece.
2. why this piece?
My friends and myself attempted to read this last night.
3. (and...)
We found it too difficult to sight-read it even after dividing the piano part between two pianists!
A rendition of the first movement by the Triple Helix Trio can be heard here:
http://www.triplehelixpianotrio.org/music.html
A nice performance of the first movement by the Lincoln Trio:
18.5.09
Nobuo Uematsu: One Winged Angel, from the Final Fantasy VII series
1. how you come across to it:
After a talk with my dear colleague, I suddenly got an impulse to dig out Nobuo Uematsu's music to listen. He is long regarded as a master in game music. However, one could only listen to the music and realise how masterful one could be in writing music for something "just for fun." This is, seriously, a piece of art.
2. why this piece?
Uematsu wrote nearly all the music for the RPG series Final Fantasy. One Winged Angel is written originally for Playstation and the composer opted for MIDI output. The composer has put this seemingly "limited technology" into full use, not only creating complex music but also employing vocal to the One Winged Angel. This is now considered influential.
3. (and...)
These musicians seriously performed the piece.
Also the lyrics: the text is allegedly from Carmina Burana. So it's in Latin.
After a talk with my dear colleague, I suddenly got an impulse to dig out Nobuo Uematsu's music to listen. He is long regarded as a master in game music. However, one could only listen to the music and realise how masterful one could be in writing music for something "just for fun." This is, seriously, a piece of art.
2. why this piece?
Uematsu wrote nearly all the music for the RPG series Final Fantasy. One Winged Angel is written originally for Playstation and the composer opted for MIDI output. The composer has put this seemingly "limited technology" into full use, not only creating complex music but also employing vocal to the One Winged Angel. This is now considered influential.
3. (and...)
These musicians seriously performed the piece.
Also the lyrics: the text is allegedly from Carmina Burana. So it's in Latin.
6.5.09
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (from The Phantom of the Opera)
1. how you come across to it:
In a midnight, I told my friend I suddenly think of the song "All I Ask of You" (though Andrew Lloyd Webber's music is NEVER my cup of te.... what make me think of the song is the wonderful lyrics by Charles Hart), then my friend said, "Oh, I prefer Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again". Then I find a youtube recording immediately. Yes, the song is haunting.
2. why this piece?
Today chatted with that friend again and I made a joke that "I don't look like your father!" (Sorry, it's difficult to tell you the complete context of the joke), at night I listen to this song again.
3. (and...)
To me, the lyrics is more attractive then music....
"Help me say goodbye", never imagine such a simple sentence can have such heartbreaking impact....
In a midnight, I told my friend I suddenly think of the song "All I Ask of You" (though Andrew Lloyd Webber's music is NEVER my cup of te.... what make me think of the song is the wonderful lyrics by Charles Hart), then my friend said, "Oh, I prefer Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again". Then I find a youtube recording immediately. Yes, the song is haunting.
2. why this piece?
Today chatted with that friend again and I made a joke that "I don't look like your father!" (Sorry, it's difficult to tell you the complete context of the joke), at night I listen to this song again.
3. (and...)
To me, the lyrics is more attractive then music....
"Help me say goodbye", never imagine such a simple sentence can have such heartbreaking impact....
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