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About a year ago, I was asked by a Swedish/Italian children’s theatre group if I wanted to write some music for their next project. I was delighted, especially as the project was going to be created from scratch with everybody involved from the very beginning.
The result is a play called "De Osynliga Systrarna" (The Invisible Sisters) which will premiere on the 5th of October 2008 in Norrkoping - a Swedish town south of Stockholm.
The mp3 which uses the very good East West Orchestral Pro samples, consists of some, but not all, of the music from the play, arranged as a suite for the purpose of it being played as a little concert. The instruments are: two violins, a bass clarinet, and a contrabass. The suite last about 17 minutes and is divided into four themes: 1 Alva theme, 2 Beppe theme, 3 Burial into Gig theme, 5 Time theme.
I had the great pleasure of hearing it played live last weekend by four musicians from the Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra during the towns culture night which takes place every year on the last weekend in September.
The score for this piece can be found here.
Edit (9/10/208): the title of the play has now changed to "De Osynliga Vannerna" (The Invisible Friends) - It fits the story better.
See also Shoe Dream
The result is a play called "De Osynliga Systrarna" (The Invisible Sisters) which will premiere on the 5th of October 2008 in Norrkoping - a Swedish town south of Stockholm.
The mp3 which uses the very good East West Orchestral Pro samples, consists of some, but not all, of the music from the play, arranged as a suite for the purpose of it being played as a little concert. The instruments are: two violins, a bass clarinet, and a contrabass. The suite last about 17 minutes and is divided into four themes: 1 Alva theme, 2 Beppe theme, 3 Burial into Gig theme, 5 Time theme.
I had the great pleasure of hearing it played live last weekend by four musicians from the Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra during the towns culture night which takes place every year on the last weekend in September.
The score for this piece can be found here.
Edit (9/10/208): the title of the play has now changed to "De Osynliga Vannerna" (The Invisible Friends) - It fits the story better.
See also Shoe Dream
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Cameron
The choice of instrumentation is excellent here; you make maximum use of all the instruments, with the result that the scoring sounds a lot more full than a quartet.
Occasionally it sounds like there is more than one clarinet playing at the same time, such as during the section introduced at 1:43. The quick notes at 1:56 seem almost unplayable, but obviously someone DID play it recently!
The dissonance and shifting rhythms give this piece a brooding quality, perfect for dark, introspective Scandinavia.
The pizzicatos and sliding pitches add greatly to the color and atmosphere. It has a "Stravinskian" feel throughout.
The 6/8 section in the last quarter of the piece provides a nice, light contrast to the earlier material.
This is truly excellent music to accompany stage-action. It would be very suitable to dance to as well.
I would truly enjoy actually SEEING this play while hearing this music. Although the ambitious, substantial piece could stand well on its own merits, I am sure that the combination of action and music is even more compelling.
The East West Orchestra Pro suite is the most convincing, realistic sound-set I've heard yet! It's very, very close to the way real instruments sound. You've done a masterful job with it.
Wow, was this 17:30 long? It went by quickly.