Working Draft Haiku Songs was a project that spanned a period from about 2013-2015. In that period, in collaboration with a wonderful group of singers and writers, we wrote, performed, and recorded 24 original songs and displayed them along with additional works by the writers on this Tumblr site. Since then I’ve moved on to other projects, most notable the “Colors and Lines” series, where I have composed music inspired by masterpieces of fine arts and made videos that combine the music and the art. So far there are seven in the series and they are here on display. The “Colors and Lines” series has inspired me to combine more of my musical work with video. This tumblr page also includes some of that work.
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I recording this masterpiece by Brahms and created the video at the height of the pandemic in NYC.
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Here is the latest recording in my ongoing survey of Brahms’s late piano music. His Romance, opus 118#5 is one of my favorites.
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“Slumbersong” has been performed several times but this may be my favorite. So glad we captured it on video!
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Marie and I made these videos this past spring. at the Brooklyn Conservatory.
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Performance by the wonderful Marie Marquis of my song “Not Yet Enough Snow”. Text is by Liu Kai Yun. It’s from the set “Three Love Songs”.
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My performance of Brahms: Ballade, opus 118 #3 in g minor. I’ve created a video montage with 19th Century paintings and vintage photos of the circus. I’ve now made videos of the complete opus 117 of Brahms and half way through opus 118.
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My performance of Brahms Intermezzo op. 118 #2 with a video of 19C paintings.
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On to Opus 118. Here is my performance and video of the first Intermezzo!
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My performance and video of Brahms: Intermezzo, Opus 117 #3. This is the third in a series of my complete recordings of Brahms’s opus 117.
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My performance of Brahms: Intermezzo op. 117 #2. With a video of 19th Century paintings. This is the second in the series of videos I’ve made of Brahms’s dark opus 117 lullabies.
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This is the first in a series of videos I’m making of Johannes Brahms’s late piano music. The Three Intermezzi of opus 117 are tender lullabies with streaks of darkness lurking within.
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A year ago while visiting the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, I discovered 13th Century Chinese painter Chen Rong’s masterpiece “Nine Dragons”. In it’s thrall I composed this piece for digital enhanced piano sounds.
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