Hilary Hahn and Hauschka – “Draw a Map”
Music by Hilary Hahn and Hauschka hahnandhauschka.com
video by: Eric Epstein
featuring: Jordan Bruner (also a director/animator jordanbruner.net)
with: Nadia Husain, Kevin Lawler, Edward Tasick, Ayli Velorok, Desmond Williams, Nancy Diana Wong
associate producer: Desmond Williams
‘the box’ made by: Andi Burnett andiburnett.com
co-editor: Robert Lopuski forgottensundays.com
© Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
The Analog Lab NYC-Moog Modular-Holst | The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, The Bringer of War
Here’s a nice video featuring the Moog Modular, enjoy
This Moog Modular was originally owned by Gershon Kingsley and played at the January 1969 performance of the Moog Quartet. Over the years, it was also owned by Ken Bichel and has had numerous additional modules installed.
The Analog Lab in NYC has restored this piece to beautiful playing condition and the unit can be heard in all its glory in this video*. No additional effects were added.
This piece of Musical History is also for sale on eBay, so check it out!
www.theanaloglab.com
*editors note: I know some parts aren’t perfectly in tune…get over it.
Concerto for iPad and Orchestra
Here a few moments from the Concerto for iPad Orchestra by Ned McGowan, performed by Keiko Shichijo on the iPad with the Sinfonia Rotterdam, conducted by Conrad van Alphen. This work is the 2nd in the Rotterdam Concerto series initiated by the Doelen and Sinfonia Rotterdam.
Some info about the piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLMqQc1t80w
RCA Theremin & Talking Machine
The theremin in this video is the instrument that once belonged to Julius Goldberg, the partner and personal assistant of Russian inventor Leon Theremin. This is a 1929 RCA theremin that was customized by Goldberg in the early 1930’s and provided with “lightning bolt” volume and pitch antennas. In this video, I am using an ELECTRO-HARMONIX “Talking Machine” on a fixed, open “AH” sound, which lends to the tone a remarkable likeness to a human tenor.
The theremin has often been compared to an “electric soprano” but used with the Talking Machine, it can also be an ELECTRIC TENOR or an ELECTRIC BARITONE!
The composition is the famous tenor aria, NESSUN DORMA, from the opera TURANDOT by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini.
Sound Lab Mark II Playing Anitras’ Dance From Peer Gynt
Edvard Grieg’s Anitras’ Dance from Peer Gynt reallized on the Sound Lab Mark II and ULTIMATE analog synthesizers.
“This is multi-track MIDI driving MIDI to CV which drives the MFOS Sound Lab Mark II and the MFOS Sound Lab ULTIMATE. The MFOS Gate and CV Distributor and MFOS Delayed Modulation Module were also used in the production. Since both synths are mono all MIDI was broken down to mono tracks (no chords allowed) and each MIDI track played through the MIDI to CV convertor/synth combination one at a time. I set each patch to what I thought sounded good in the position and I think in the end it seems to work. I tweaked and mixed and tweaked and mixed and tweaked and… I’ll stop there. ALL sounds are purely from the MIDI driven synths including the triangle. I wanted it to sound analog synthetic but not too “cheesy” (you’ll have to be the judge… be kind). Reverb and panning were applied during mix down. I used SONAR 8.0 Producer to mix down the tracks (well over 20 stereo). Sorry about the sucky quality of the video. I forgot to mention that I designed and built the analog synthesizers. If you want to build one go to www dot musicfromouterspace a dot and a com for free plans and reasonably priced PC boards. Hey! Working on a student or independent film and need an analog synth builder/music producer? Lets talk. You can get hold of me via my web site musicfromouterspace dot com.”
Kontakte by Stockhausen
Here’s the electronic version of Stockhausens Kontakte from 1960. There’s also some interesting text comment in the beginning.
There a version of Kontakte including piano and percussion.
Classical music in pure graphics
Some monday morning classical music 
Nocturne by Frédéric Chopin, opus 27, number 2, accompanied by an animated graphic showing interval type.
FAQ
Q: Where can I get the sheet music for this piece?
A: Sheet music for this can be found here:
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/ChopinNoct…
Q: Where can I get the MIDI file for this piece
http://www.musanim.com/mid/ChopinOpus…
Q: What do the colors mean?
A: Interval types shown with colored lines (as shown at the beginning).
Q: Haven’t I seen another version of this video somewhere?
A: Yes; the original version (worse sound and image) is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asDXpf…
The second version (smaller graphic) is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86WGK9…
This is the third version.
Q: How can I make this kind of display for my music?
A: This type of display is available as the “YARN” display in the MAM Player.
www.musanim.com/player/
Q: What piano are you using?
A: This is the Pianissimo piano from Acoustica:
http://www.acoustica.com/pianissimo
Q: How and when did you make this rendition?
A: I made this rendition in the early days of MIDI (1980s, I think), by laying down left hand and right hand tracks individually, not in real time.
Q: Please tell me more about the composer.
A: You can read about the composer here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopin
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