Commemorative Piece on clavichord

I recently recorded this keyboard piece that took me a while to write - some sections were actually partially written over 4 years ago, some about 3 years ago, and the rest more recently.  Unfortunately I was having severe microphone issues and had to re-record some sections using just my phone.  Since clavichord is a really quiet instrument, this isn’t ideal at all.  But I just wanted to give an explanation as to why the audio quality is different in certain parts.

I definitely should record it again on a more robust instrument.  The influences are definitely Froberger’s Toccatas, Buxtehude’s organ “preludes”, and probably some other assorted stuff.

Im definitely proud of the illuminated letter and it took me a while to make the “presentation” copy of the score….i hope you like it!

Wow, an impressive piece.
I love the harpsichord and find it phenomenal that works are being written for these instruments.
It is also a joy to see the score, beautiful.

On 9/21/2024 at 1:47 PM, Luis Hernández said:

Wow, an impressive piece.
I love the harpsichord and find it phenomenal that works are being written for these instruments.
It is also a joy to see the score, beautiful.

 

thanks luis, i’m glad you sat through one of my long-winded compositions.  Yep, there are still people writing in “historical” styles on period instruments, some of whom genuinely have “something to say”….but I definitely wish it were more.  So I hope if nothing else my stuff prods others to do their own creations and that the scene can be a bit more vibrant for composers.  I think there’s something about early music being distant enough from our everyday that gives it a novelty that actually makes it very fertile for new music, contrary to what might be assumed (that it is impossible to communicate or say something new and individual in styles that are of the past).