Brian Stevenson, Director of Music Ministries at Pender UMC in Fairfax, VA, performed Clair de lune from Debussy’s Suite bergamasque during Pender’s new Concert Series which began on April 23, 2022. ‘Clair de lune’, meaning moonlight, was written by the Impressionist French composer Claude Debussy. It is the third movement of a four-movement work, […]
Brian Stevenson, Director of Music Ministries at Pender UMC in Fairfax, VA, performed En bateau (Sailing) from The Petite Suite, L 65, by Claude Debussy on the harp during Pender’s new Concert Series which began on April 23, 2022. Debussy’s music captures perfectly a mood of water-borne serenity and languor, opening with a […]
Concert repertoire will include: Harp arrangements by Debussy Piano trio of Jazz/Baroque Flute Concertino by Chaminade Woodwind Quintet with music of Duke Ellington The Widor Toccata Organ Symphony Movement V and an Irish session! Get Directions
On January 18, 1958 Leonard Bernstein began presenting his television series What does music mean? The series ran for 53 programs. Some of the episodes can be found below: Part 1 What is Classical Music? Plot: Bernstein conducts Handel’s Water Music and cites it as an indisputable example of classical music. “Exact” is the word that […]
These are some examples of pedal marks in piano music: Pedals on a grand piano: There are two standard foot pedals on the piano: on the left side is the una corda pedal and on the right side is the sustain (damper) pedal. The middle sostenuto pedal is only standard on the American […]
Redditor NeokratosRed had an idea: depict the hands of great composers and pianists, according to the characteristics of their music. He shared it on the social media site, and also punted for suggestions of more. It has since received over 300,000 images views, and lots of further suggestions from fellow Redditors and piano geeks. Whisks […]
The Piano Puzzlers book is available in the O’Connor Music Studio library if you’d like to give any a try. Piano Puzzlers as heard on American Public Media’s “Performance Today.” Includes 32 tunes with songs by Gershwin, Berlin, Arlen, Porter, Rodgers, Fats Waller, Lennon & McCartney, and others disguised in the styles of Bach, […]
And, we’re back with Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy. Clair de Lune is French for “light of the moon”, or “moonlight”. Debussy liked to create tonal “impressions” rather than conventional melodies. Clair de Lune” is a famous example of this as it creates the feeling of rippling water. Follow the score: […]
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