Quatrième épouvantail (Fourth Scarecrow) for piano & orchestra

Good morning!

Nice to see you again. Here is my fourth scarecrow based on a well-known theme (and rehashed hahaà). I indulge in the poncifs of the genre and I hope you will forgive me my retrograde side. But it's very fun as I often said here, on my almost old days, to have a virtual orchestra and a high-flying piano on hand!

My teachers, peace to their souls, must certainly turn in their graves, they who swore only by the French avant-garde... By dint of writing these pastiches, they, turning around each time in their tomb, will end up resting on the right side !

The photos were taken during recent walks in the Parisian streets.

4 hours ago, Krisp said:

My teachers, peace to their souls, must certainly turn in their graves, they who swore only by the French avant-garde... By dint of writing these pastiches, they, turning around each time in their tomb, will end up resting on the right side !

  Crisp---

   A very fun and well-orchestrated piece.  Not usually my fare regarding muscial genre, but I truly enjoyed this---varied, unpredictable, and yet cogent as a whole.

                                        As for your revered teachers--- LET THEM TURN!

Hi @Krisp!

I like the intensity and concertante piano!  It's like a mini piano concerto movement!  I also love the dies ire theme sprinkled throughout the piece.  But I really like your instrumental style!  Thanks for sharing!

great production here, is this the konkact soundfont you are using?

I hear a few echoes of Liszt's Totentanz, but the Dies Irae is developed in a completely different manner, in regards to style, orchestral technique and harmony. If possible, I would definitely like to have a look at the score since you seem to be using quite a few extended techniques; it is wonderful to hear how all these "avant-garde sounds" could be incorporated into tangible, colorful music. 

good stuff, brother👌

14 hours ago, Rich said:

  Crisp---

 

   A very fun and well-orchestrated piece.  Not usually my fare regarding muscial genre, but I truly enjoyed this---varied, unpredictable, and yet cogent as a whole.

                                        As for your revered teachers--- LET THEM TURN!

 

Haha ! I'll let them turn a little longer, but I'll do allegiance to them one day by trying something much less audible...

12 hours ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

Hi @Krisp!

I like the intensity and concertante piano!  It's like a mini piano concerto movement!  I also love the dies ire theme sprinkled throughout the piece.  But I really like your instrumental style!  Thanks for sharing!

 

Thank you for your comment! I really appreciate it.

6 hours ago, Mooravioli said:

great production here, is this the konkact soundfont you are using?

I hear a few echoes of Liszt's Totentanz, but the Dies Irae is developed in a completely different manner, in regards to style, orchestral technique and harmony. If possible, I would definitely like to have a look at the score since you seem to be using quite a few extended techniques; it is wonderful to hear how all these "avant-garde sounds" could be incorporated into tangible, colorful music. 

good stuff, brother👌

 

Indeed, I had Liszt in mind, and necessarily, there are some reminiscences (but this relationship is also linked to the number and the choice of theme, as well as the principle of variation).

And then, my piano is much easier to play! (At least at a more moderate speed).

Initially, I didn't want it to be anything other than a musical beach in support of my slideshow. I got carried away a little and the music here overflows with its role as an accompanying person.

To return to the samples used, these are several mixed libraries:

The piano is Garritan Yamaha CFX (which alone weighs more than 150 GB, which is considerable, but I must say that since I got this VST instrument, it has really opened up new horizons for the use of the piano in my small jobs, because I find it sublime.

The orchestra, globally is the BBCSO pro of Spitfire Audio. It was basically the BBC orchestra that was sampled. This program is now a few years old but remains in my opinion a very good option under the 1000 euro mark for a complete and very well sampled orchestra. Some blame him for having a sound that is too "concert", with a natural reverb of the recording location (their London rehearsal room, I think) but that's what I appreciate precisely because I find it quite convincing and lively. It's a very beautiful starting point that sounds very good.

Note that Garritan and BBCSO have their own interface and do not depend on Kontakt, which in my opinion is a big advantage!

I also use here a trumpet sample (The Trumpet V2) which is pretty bad at the interface level (it's on Kontakt). So sometimes painful interface to use, some strange conflicts, and a rooting of midi instructions really not clear sometimes causing bugs and conflicts. But in return, the sound of their different trumpets is absolutely splendid. He for the time being remains very neutral and malleable. It is a modeling and therefore it does not have the heaviness of a sample. This also allows extreme virtuosity that is not always possible with samples.

On top of these elements, I use studio equipment that helps me give more character to these samples (compressors, EQ...). The fact that all this goes through hardware adds a certain amplitude that is not necessarily present in the sounds at the base.

In any case, thank you for listening.

(Ah, yes, the score... For the moment nothing is clean at home. Here for example, I only wrote a reduction for 2 pianos,  and frankly, it's a draft. One day, in my next life, I may put all this clean, but my goal is always to go fast now and I really don't have time to make efforts on this point...)
I often use my manuscripts as visual supports for my Youtube shares, with the idea of leaving the eye wandering, so that the music is not upset by the image. And the modified macro photos of my scores are finally frames that I sometimes want very abstract.

But I understand your request.

If I can, (on my return because I am traveling) I will post some photos of my music papers... Haha.

4 hours ago, Krisp said:

The piano is Garritan Yamaha CFX (which alone weighs more than 150 GB, which is considerable, but I must say that since I got this VST instrument, it has really opened up new horizons for the use of the piano in my small jobs, because I find it sublime.

I agree--the Garritan CFX is really amazing-- I have the "lite" version.    Every bit as good as VSL, if not better!

4 hours ago, Rich said:

I agree--the Garritan CFX is really amazing-- I have the "lite" version.    Every bit as good as VSL, if not better!

 

I also really like the pianoteq 8 which is of a completely different nature. We can also get very nice things with it, but it only serves me as a piano test when I want to go fast and not overload the machine (even if Garritan already works well with my Mac without slowing down. It is installed on a Thunderbolt 4 disk and does not cause much latency or cracking. You need a powerful computer, that's for sure. BBCSO pro consumes between 15 and 20 GB of RAM and occupies 1 TB on an SSD.

no pressure at all if you can't get the score. The BBCSO seems to execute those extended techniques very well, in addition to sounding quite realistic. I am simply looking for ways I could improve my sound production without having to rely on musesounds all the time. Is the BBCSO VST compatible with musescore?