Nocturnes for Piano
My Piano Nocturnes! I had forgotten about them. While doing sound effects for Peter Pan I needed a melancholy lullabye played on piano for the final scene - didn’t quite have time to compose a piece for it and then I remembered: The Nocturnes!
These were all improvised live in a church sanctuary deep in the night. These are my original pieces. One starts off like Moonlight Sonata, but takes a different path.. You will definately hear the Bach influence on the pieces. I am very proud of them and if you don’t like them, then you are a stinky codfish.
My favorites are #1 and #2 - I put them first so I wouldn’t have to waste time on the CD to hear them.
My friend Deb Carole sat in the Sanctuary while I played these and would give me input. It was a great evening and a memory I treasure. I improvise a lot like this late at night in a sanctuary, but this is the only time I recorded. Someone asked me recently if I ever practice at church late at night and just go nuts. The answer is yes, all the time. When I’m finished it’s a feeling like no other, always a feeling of peace and serenity - like what a Marathon runner must feel after a good workout.
My favorite is to do Bach style improvisations, they get very fast and would probably not please most ears I think. But at those times I don’t have to play for anyone else, just me and Thee.
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November 21st, 2006 at 5:35 pm
Hey Conrad wazzup? I am listening to your first track on the page and I am thinking you could do motion picture scores.
Hey, what do you think of James Horner? He usually does the military type scores.
November 21st, 2006 at 5:48 pm
In the post before I wasn’t trying to imply that you sound like James Horner, I was just asking what you think of him.
November 21st, 2006 at 6:29 pm
Hi Harry!
Hey, sounding like James Horner is a compliment. Ironically, I have been told in the past that my music sounded too much like John Williams, and that I should try to be more in the ballpark of James Horner. So I guess it happened all by itself.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:45 pm
9 & 14…beau…bello…hermoso!
September 1st, 2007 at 10:39 am
I just listened to #9 all the way through. I enjoy the many false endings in the piece - very subtle humor interjected to the simple melody.
These were very enjoyable pieces to improvise.