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Welcome at the 1100th episode of Carpe Diem, the regular of course, we have seen a lot of prompts coming by in the years of our existence and the modern composer for today's episode I have introduced earlier here back in 2014. Today I love to share a nice piece of music by the young Portuguese composer BrunuhVille. This composition is titled Dragon Empress and I love this one a lot. BrunuhVille is an independent composer from Portugal who creates a world of magic and fantasy between the fusion of Emotional,Orchestral,Celtic,Folk,Movie,Ethnic and World music.
high in the mountains hidden mysteries dragon's nest
Well this was a very short episode, but I think the music will inspire you to create haiku or tanka. Have fun!
This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7.00 PM (CET) and will remain open until December 23rd at noon (CET). I will publish our next episode, Emilie Mayer's Symphony No. 4 in B minor, later on.
Welcome at a new episode of Carpe Diem's daily haiku-meme. This month we are trying to find inspiration in classical music of all ages and of all over the world. Today I have that "all over the world" taken very literal, because this composition by Einar Englund is titled "The Great Wall of China".
Must be awesome to walk that Great Wall, maybe it is an once in a life time trip, but not for me. So why not listen to the music titled with this Great Wall? Maybe I can imagine walking there while listening to the music, we will see and hear.
Let me first tell you a little bit more about Einar Englund, before we listen to this beautiful composition "The Great Wall of China". Sven Einar Englund (1916 – 1999) was a Finnish composer. Sven Einar Englund was born at Ljugarn in Gotland, Sweden. He married twice: in 1941 to Meri Mirjam Gyllenbögel, who died 1956 (they had one son and two daughters including the ballerina and choreographer Sorella Englund); and in 1958 he married Maynie Sirén, a singer, with whom he had one son.
One of the most important Finnish symphonists since Jean Sibelius, Englund was a native Swedish speaker who often felt that his career was sidelined from the mainstream of Finnish music. He was 17 when he began studies at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki in 1933. Already a considerable pianist, he continued his studies with Martti Paavola and Ernst Linko while studying composition with Bengt Carlson and Selim Palmgren. Following his graduation in 1941, Englund was conscripted into military service. During his time in the Finnish Continuation War he was wounded in his hand, which almost brought to an end his hopes of pursuing a career as a concert pianist. He would often recall the bizarre, though life-threatening incident, with a smile.
Einar Englund died June 27, 1999 in Visby, Sweden. He has created a lot of music sure worth listening to. (Video by Wellesz Opus)
Enjoyed? Inspired? I am looking forward to your responses inspired on this beautiful piece of music.
This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until December 19th at noon (CET). I will try to publish our new episode, Serenade in D major by Ethel Smyth, later on.
As you know this month I try to inspire you by using classical music of all ages and from all over the globe. And ... I will continue that today of course. For today I have a modern classic piece of music titled "Six Japanese Gardens" composed by the female composer Kaija Saariaho. I had never heard from her or her music.
Kaija Saariaho (1952 -)
Let me tell you a little bit more about her:
Kaija Anneli Saariaho (*1952 - ) is a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. Saariaho studied composition in Helsinki, Freiburg and Paris, where she has lived since 1982. Her research at the Institute for Research and Coordination Acoustic (IRCAM) marked a turning point in her music away from strict serialism towards spectralism. Her characteristically rich, polyphonic textures are often created by combining live music and electronics. In 1986, Saariaho was awarded the Kranichsteiner Preis at the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music. In 1988, she won the Prix Italia for her work Stilleben and in 1989 both Stilleben and Io were awarded the Prix Ars Electronica. In 2013 she was awarded the prestigious Polar Music Prize. During the course of her career she has received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the BBC, the New York Philharmonic, the Salzburg Music Festival, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and the Finnish National Opera, among others.
As I was preparing this music-month I ran into various compositions by Kaija Saariaho, some of them are beautiful, others are very difficult to follow and understand. I had mixed feelings by the composition I love to share here to inspire you. This piece of music has 6 movements and is titled "Six Japanese Gardens". (Video created by Wellesz Opus)
I hope this composition will inspire you. Here is my haiku inspired on this composition by Saariaho:
gurgling valley stream can't resist your lovely song - shadow of a Carp
And I re-created a cascading haiku series into a cascading tanka set:
rustling leaves, the sound of falling water - profound silence as I walk through my garden saying my prayers saying my prayers while walking through the garden - song of a nightingale mingles with the sounds of the garden in praise of Mother Earth
And now it is up to you ... This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until December 18th at noon (CET). I will try to publish our new episode, The Great Wall of China by Einar Englund, later on.
Today I have a wonderful piece of music for your inspiration. It is composed by one of the greatest modern composers I know, Philip Glass. At the end of our last century I heard work of Glass for the very first time. I was visiting a friend of mine and he had bought a wonderful modern Opera, as he called it. "You have to listen to this part", he said. He played a part of an Egyptian dead-song. "Awesome", I said. "Who has written this?" He showed me the case of the CD and there it was a beautiful image of Akhnaten, the forgotten pharao who introduced the "one-god" religion of Aton. Maybe you can remember his name from our trip along and over the Nile.
"This is Philip Glass' masterpiece "Akhnaten", my friend said. "I just recently discovered his music". I was immediately a fan of this modern times classical music composed by Philip Glass, but for your inspiration I have chosen another composition by him.
Philip Glass
(born January 31, 1937) is an American composer. He is considered one of the
most influential music makers of the late 20th century.
Although his compositions were often described as minimal music, as were other
"minimalists" such as La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Glass has since
distanced himself from the "minimalist" label, describing himself
instead as a composer of "music with repetitive structures", which he
has helped evolve stylistically. Currently, he describes himself as a
"classicist", pointing out that he is trained in harmony and
counterpoint and studied such composers as Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian
Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Nadia Boulanger.
Glass has founded a namesake musical group, the Philip Glass Ensemble, with
which he still performs on keyboards, and has written 24 operas, musical
theatre works, ten symphonies, eleven concertos, solo works, chamber music
including seven string quartets and instrumental sonatas, and film scores. Three
of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards.
This video is created by Elliott Walsh, (images and music are copyrighted and the copyright lays with the artists.)
sweet sensations I kiss the woman of my life my heart beats again
This episode ( a little belated maybe) is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until December 8th at noon (CET). I will publish our new episode, The Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky, later on. For now .... have fun!
