A) Record (reference recording)
1) Which piece, in what type of situation, when and how?
Walking Forest, on a rehearsal, 8th November with a Zoom HN2
2) When did you record it and where?
8th November in De Doelen
3) Link to the video PASSWORD: Walking Forest
https://vimeo.com/146938115
B) Organize Feedback (on the reference recording)
1) Own questions about the piece you recorded, or your topic
-Was the piece narrative? Which kind?
-What did you recognize in the piece from other romantic composers?
-From other styles composers?
-What do you think about the Storm (middle part)?
-Did the theme in the Storm was recognizable?
-Was there any climax?
-How did you find the connection between A to B and B to A?
2) Your own feedback on your recording
Due was the general rehearsal we were missing the audience sounds.
Piece: I need to improve the climax build up (musical structure), melody in the storm could help to arrive to the climax, the arriving to the climax was ambiguos, it changed depending on the hall, some writing details (expression, articulation, bowings), the instrumentation could improve on the loud chords, I could maintain a bit more of tension in the transition from the storm to the end.
I could create a more complex form/structure even that was my choice, I could add some extra layers in some sections, be more accurate with the ending (rhythmically and with the apparition of some instruments), I could develop a bit more the harmony while keeping the idea I’ve got at the beginning.
3) Feedback from your teacher(s), peer(s) and expert(s)
René Uijlenhoet, Composer, 9th November 2015
-He enjoyed and found it nice.
-What he liked: People slowly enter to the piece and the story line.
-The music was illustrating properly.
-It was a linear narrative.
-The Storm could sound more active, dramatic, astonishing. The piece was quite polite. It was not an extreme storm. Could it be because of the performance?
-Mainly atmospheric piece, going from moods.
-Not taking easily theme. He should listen once more.
-Not a specific composer and (romantic) XIX century colours, orchestration and harmonic.
-Theme on the storm: He noticed that there was a theme, he founded surprising, he remember about it.
-Climax: expected more.
– Connexions were very organic, in his memory has that it was too smoothly. He should listen once more.
Paul van Brugge, Composer, 10th of November 2015
-Write strings into other sections was very important.
-The hits on the mouthpiece were not really visible.
-Climax: He though that the chord of the climax was sounding quite consonant. He remember the second Climax, it was enormous, but very consonant. Checking the score he saw that the chord was not so consonant. He did not think that was a big problem, he didn’t really miss a big climax.
-I should spread the voices and do more clusters for sections.
-Use of the instrumentation, too thin some register (on the climax)
Hans Leenders, Conductor, 11th of November
-He liked the piece because was very clear in form and has nice notes.
-In general is a very successful piece.
-I get some detailed information about articulation, dynamics, some rhythms, gesture, spread of voices in instrumentation.
-Between A and B there are not so many connections or is not really perceptible.
-The piece is narrative. Introduction: Made of 5th that is in the nature, filmish music, ET had something also from B to C, woodwinds feeling of classical music, gives emotion, next change, the rain enters and music starts to develop till the high point then comes down and then high point again, then again comes back to the beginning with the sounds of nature.
-He did not recognize anything from another Romantic composer. Neither in the storm, Beethoven, Wagner any composer used chromatiscm for the storm.
-Filmish music.
-Climax, he knows that there are two climax.
-I could maybe maintain the tension to make the second climax stronger instead of bringing it completely down. He thinks the length was good.
-I could add more movement on the strings split it by sections.
-Connections, they are not too similar, the first one is very nice for its graduallity, the second one a bit simple, I could add some more strings or chromatiscm (movement disappearing).
-He could not perceive the B theme as a connection of the A. It was not enough.
Vanessa Lann, composer, 8th of November:
She liked the balance, the instrumentation, the treatment of the wind section, development, good timing, she found it a honest piece. I should continue experimenting in how to include the audience or their function/what are they playing.
General feedback:
-Simple and effective (conductors)
-Disney movie.
-Some people imagined the forest when I say it on the speaking.
-Recognition of other composers (that I was not thinking directly): Stravinsky (bassoon) Mahler (introduction).
-Musicians and not musicians like it.
What I want to develop for next piece:
-Form of the piece
-Structure
-Melodic material (pitch & rhythm)
-To get closer to my language
C) Data collection:
1) Which research strategies are you going to use in the first intervention cycle, and why (desk research, survey, case study, etc)? Explain which techniques you will use, as specific as possible. Which books/articles, which chapters, and why? Which experts, what will you ask them, why, how, which experiments. Etc. Etc.
I will continue with the case study by composing a new piece for:
Duo: Bass guitar with efx & Double bass with live electronics.
I will chose a piece to analyze (from the following list) and use the musical material that I will find important to my next piece.
I will also read about the subject of polystylism.
Literature
2) Explain how you will select or analyze the information you want to apply in your practice. Which pieces to transcribe, which fragments, what kind of analysis?
After having some talks with my network, I will chose one of these pieces and work with the analysis:
-La creation du monde, Darius Milhaud
-La sacre du printemps, Igor Stravinsky
-Fourth of July, Charles Ives
-City of Glass, Stan Kenton & Robert Graettinger
D) Intervention: explain how you will (learn to) apply this new information, skills or experience in your performance / composition / arranging. Do this as explicitly as possible, making use of your feedback.
I will focus on:
-Come out from the linear writing.
-Develop/complex harmony.
-Develop structure and form.
-How to combine different aesthetics.
-To distinguish between polystylism and crossover.
-Combine improvisation and written material.
el mundo Kaori 