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amigomatt Veteran Member
Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 121 Location: Manchester, UK
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 1:06 pm Post subject: My arrangement and recording of 'O Vos Omnes' by Gesualdo |
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Here is my arrangement for 5 trumpets of Carlo Maria Gesualdo’s ‘O Vos Omnes’ of 1603, arranged, performed, recorded and produced by me.
This is a hauntingly beautiful piece of music written by a man with an extraordinary history.
Gesualdo was the Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza in the renaissance era. His extreme chromatic progressions and unprepared changes of harmony were unprecedented at the time and stretch the boundaries on tonality even to our modern ears over 400 years later.
Strikingly, his behaviour was characteristic of possible mental illness and he was known to be a violent sadist, culminating in the brutal murder of his wife and her lover. This led to various rumours and legends about him over the centuries, with some believing he was a victim of demonic possession. The idea of the connection between his mental instability and his extreme harmonic language is a captivating one.
https://soundcloud.com/northernhorn/o-vos-omnes-gesualdo-arr-matt-burke _________________ Kanstul 1500A
Bach Strad LB25 43 leadpipe (modified)
Stomvi Master C
Schilke P 5-4 piccolo
Bach flugel
Yamaha D/Eb
Stork mouthpieces
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roynj Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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Great piece and playing. Fantastic. As I was listening to this, I occurred to me that this might be a brilliant Brass Band concert piece. Have you thought about arranging this for BB?
Roy |
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Seymor B Fudd Heavyweight Member
Joined: 17 Oct 2015 Posts: 1472 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 3:20 am Post subject: |
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roynj wrote: | Great piece and playing. Fantastic. As I was listening to this, I occurred to me that this might be a brilliant Brass Band concert piece. Have you thought about arranging this for BB?
Roy |
Same thought here! Beatiful performance. As a hymn for a brassband in a
churchconcert - should fascinate the audience! Not to mention the players!
Thanks for presenting! _________________ Cornets: mp 143D3/ DW Ultra 1,5 C
Getzen 300 series
Yamaha YCRD2330II
Yamaha YCR6330II
Getzen Eterna Eb
Trumpets:
Yamaha 6335 RC Schilke 14B
King Super 20 Symphony DB (1970)
Selmer Eb/D trumpet (1974) |
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amigomatt Veteran Member
Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 121 Location: Manchester, UK
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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 4:30 am Post subject: |
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Seymor B Fudd wrote: | roynj wrote: | Great piece and playing. Fantastic. As I was listening to this, I occurred to me that this might be a brilliant Brass Band concert piece. Have you thought about arranging this for BB?
Roy |
Same thought here! Beatiful performance. As a hymn for a brassband in a
churchconcert - should fascinate the audience! Not to mention the players!
Thanks for presenting! |
Hi guys and thank you for your kind input. I have just arranged this out for brass quintet if you know of anyone who may be interested? I shall begin arranging it for brass band as soon as I get the time. I imagine the sonoroties of a full brass band would lend beautifully to this work.
Thanks again! _________________ Kanstul 1500A
Bach Strad LB25 43 leadpipe (modified)
Stomvi Master C
Schilke P 5-4 piccolo
Bach flugel
Yamaha D/Eb
Stork mouthpieces
http://northernhorn.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/northernhorn
http://uk.youtube.com/user/amigomatt |
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