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A live (i.e. at a concert) recording!
We put the microphone backstage to try and avoid the audience noise... much good it did (made the sound 'canned' too...). =P
I played it as the encore for one of my charity concerts, and the crowd loved it! I do hope you'll enjoy it too!
It's the Dance of the Dead by Camille Saint-Saëns, reduced for piano~
Sorry for the applause at the end (but it's a nice cheer, right? It actually lasted much longer but I faded it out).
But I hope you can still enjoy it all the same!
The program:
"Death" appears at midnight on Halloween. He calls forth the dead from their graves to dance for him while he plays his fiddle. His skeletons par-tay for him until the rooster crows at dawn, at which time they must return to their graves until the next year.
Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcxYBhn-2q4 (for comparative and visual purposes)
Oo, and I must thank my grand gal, verathevix, for all the help she's given me in transcribing this for solo piano (yup, this is my own transcription, not the more famous Liszt one)! As well as the inspiration from her interpretation of the violin part! Ha, I don't think this would have been much good without her!!! =D
We put the microphone backstage to try and avoid the audience noise... much good it did (made the sound 'canned' too...). =P
I played it as the encore for one of my charity concerts, and the crowd loved it! I do hope you'll enjoy it too!
It's the Dance of the Dead by Camille Saint-Saëns, reduced for piano~
Sorry for the applause at the end (but it's a nice cheer, right? It actually lasted much longer but I faded it out).
But I hope you can still enjoy it all the same!
The program:
"Death" appears at midnight on Halloween. He calls forth the dead from their graves to dance for him while he plays his fiddle. His skeletons par-tay for him until the rooster crows at dawn, at which time they must return to their graves until the next year.
Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcxYBhn-2q4 (for comparative and visual purposes)
Oo, and I must thank my grand gal, verathevix, for all the help she's given me in transcribing this for solo piano (yup, this is my own transcription, not the more famous Liszt one)! As well as the inspiration from her interpretation of the violin part! Ha, I don't think this would have been much good without her!!! =D
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Hehe! Yeah, I don't think I was able to hear anything the rest of the night (it was a pretty large audience too!), I only hope that it was well deserved! =)
Well, the story behind it isn't particularly 'evil', it's just skeletons coming out of their graves on Halloween night and partying like there's no tomorrow! (Here's a pretty cool animation of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcxYBhn-2q4 ! Though this one is more 'correct': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CHqhsMP80E but a little less flashy!)
Yeah, I think it's played fairly often in Halloween shows, it's a pretty haunting tune, but nice and entertaining! You'll like the animations (maybe! At least the first one.)
Well, the story behind it isn't particularly 'evil', it's just skeletons coming out of their graves on Halloween night and partying like there's no tomorrow! (Here's a pretty cool animation of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcxYBhn-2q4 ! Though this one is more 'correct': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CHqhsMP80E but a little less flashy!)
Yeah, I think it's played fairly often in Halloween shows, it's a pretty haunting tune, but nice and entertaining! You'll like the animations (maybe! At least the first one.)
Yeah, the first is pretty radical! The second could be just as awesome (and more accurately represent the music) if only the had really animated it!
Hehe, yeah, this music is one of those pieces that every time you listen to it, the more you hear! Even after learning it (read: playing it about a thousand times), I still don't find it annoying!
Hehe, yeah, this music is one of those pieces that every time you listen to it, the more you hear! Even after learning it (read: playing it about a thousand times), I still don't find it annoying!
Ah, thank you! Yeah, it isn't the more famous Liszt version, though I could play that as a comparison! I prefer this one, it's a bit fuller (but a thousand times more difficult... and Liszt's version is by no means simple!). But I don't think the intro is lengthened by any significant amount! I'll have to look into that.
Oh, I was talking piano arrangement wise! There's a Liszt version and then a revised one by Horowitz (the one I'm playing is neither), so to answer your original question, here the intro is lengthened a little bit, because unlike an orchestra which can tell the strings to play ppp with mutes, getting a shimming effect requires quick and quiet arpeggios, thus requiring a little more time to 'give the mood'... also, a little artistic license, please! I hope it wasn't annoyingly long! D=
Yeah, that's its French title! But since my audience is mostly English speaking, I won't try to sound posh and haughty and so translate the title into English!
Heh, yes, it is! An extremely involving piece (especially if you have to play it solo... =P)
Thank you!!! I tried a different arrangement from the more usual Liszt transcription (which is amazing, mind you! But a bit 'bare' to me).
Heh, yes, it is! An extremely involving piece (especially if you have to play it solo... =P)
Thank you!!! I tried a different arrangement from the more usual Liszt transcription (which is amazing, mind you! But a bit 'bare' to me).
Murf, wish I'd caught wind of you sooner-I'm a fan of classical music myself, as well as melodies that successfully imitate it. And nicely done, as it were.
*Chuckles*
Anyway, this reminds me of a rather nice waltz called 'Christmas in The 13th Month' that I happen to have. You'd probably enjoy it, I daresay.
*Chuckles*
Anyway, this reminds me of a rather nice waltz called 'Christmas in The 13th Month' that I happen to have. You'd probably enjoy it, I daresay.
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