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MusIcon: “Blue II”

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Blue II” by Joan Miro is the second MusIcon I composed.  “Blue II ” is a 1961 abstract oil painting by the Spanish modern artist Joan Miró. The painting is the middle part of a triptych.  In this painting there are 3 main different music themes:Read More »MusIcon: “Blue II”

MusIcon: “An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump”

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An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump” by Joseph Wright of Derby depicts a scientist performing an experiment in which a bird is deprived of air, before a varied group of onlookers. The bird will die if the demonstrator continues to deprive it of oxygen, and Wright leaves us in doubt as to whether or not the cockatoo will be reprieved.[1] In this painting there are 6 different music themes:Read More »MusIcon: “An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump”

Merry Christmas with “Kallikantzaroi”

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I wish you all Merry Christmas with “Kallikantzaroi“!

I wrote “Kallikantzaroi” back in 2005. I was planning to compose something new for this Christmas but since this is still uncertain let’s stay with something from the past. “Kallikantzaroi” was first written for piano and then I thought that it would be nice to orchestrate it. Here is the orchestrate version:

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