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Thanks all for your very kind comments about adding tips during intermission - I feel it's the perfect mental palate-cleanser for these very long essays into these full-sonata orchestrations. Join me next weekend for two more awesome entries, each once again strikingly individual and original.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thanks all for your very kind comments about adding tips during intermission - I feel it's the perfect mental palate-cleanser for these very long essays into these full-sonata orchestrations. Join me next weekend for two more awesome entries, each once again strikingly individual and original.
For another subtle, beautiful example of Debussy replacing the cellos at the octave over double basses, don't miss the added orchestration tip - this time with 4th horn instead of bassoon.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
For another subtle, beautiful example of Debussy replacing the cellos at the octave over double basses, don't miss the added orchestration tip - this time with 4th horn instead of bassoon.
...is always to elevate the material rather than subvert it. My job is to make sure that the result is playable - and there are a lot of fixes possible even in the thorniest of passages. Powerful work, Klaus! This is the best effort I've seen from you yet.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
...is always to elevate the material rather than subvert it. My job is to make sure that the result is playable - and there are a lot of fixes possible even in the thorniest of passages. Powerful work, Klaus! This is the best effort I've seen from you yet.
There's not a dull or derivative moment in either of his movements; with a committed fierceness of energy in the first; and a virtuosic hell-bent-for-leather scramble through the second. Occasionally Beethoven's intentions are changed radically; but it's clear that Klaus' plan...
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
There's not a dull or derivative moment in either of his movements; with a committed fierceness of energy in the first; and a virtuosic hell-bent-for-leather scramble through the second. Occasionally Beethoven's intentions are changed radically; but it's clear that Klaus' plan...
I'll have more to say about this in the intermission to tomorrow's video evaluating Klaus Ferretti's entry. See you then!
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I'll have more to say about this in the intermission to tomorrow's video evaluating Klaus Ferretti's entry. See you then!
Today's orchestration tip deals with the issue of subtle yet effective octave doubling of bassoons or horn over double basses, freeing up the cellos to perform other functions - and it's a terrifically effective approach when undertaken with sensitivity.
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Today's orchestration tip deals with the issue of subtle yet effective octave doubling of bassoons or horn over double basses, freeing up the cellos to perform other functions - and it's a terrifically effective approach when undertaken with sensitivity.
This is, so far, the longest evaluation I've ever released covering a single score. I hope that viewers will find it worth their time, and that they will find the material as fascinating as I did.
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is, so far, the longest evaluation I've ever released covering a single score. I hope that viewers will find it worth their time, and that they will find the material as fascinating as I did.
Brava, Gabi! Superb work.
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Brava, Gabi! Superb work.
...would find nicely playable string parts, lovely wind lines and chorales, judiciously scored natural horn and trumpet parts, and sparse but effective timpani. And they'd find Gabi's inventiveness and sense of unstoppable momentum a wonderful experience for both players and audience.
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
...would find nicely playable string parts, lovely wind lines and chorales, judiciously scored natural horn and trumpet parts, and sparse but effective timpani. And they'd find Gabi's inventiveness and sense of unstoppable momentum a wonderful experience for both players and audience.
This is a score that deserves to be performed, after a few revisions and adjustments - which I take special care to delineate in a series of enhanced evaluations. All the same, Gabi's effort is nearly ready for the stands - and any orchestra which undertook this powerful interpretation...
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is a score that deserves to be performed, after a few revisions and adjustments - which I take special care to delineate in a series of enhanced evaluations. All the same, Gabi's effort is nearly ready for the stands - and any orchestra which undertook this powerful interpretation...
Now that it's restored, you can watch all that for yourself, along with my orchestration analysis of the most sensitive, deeply flirtatious and yet meditative selection in the first half of Carmina Burana. Enjoy!
November 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Now that it's restored, you can watch all that for yourself, along with my orchestration analysis of the most sensitive, deeply flirtatious and yet meditative selection in the first half of Carmina Burana. Enjoy!
This video was particularly annoying to have been blocked - as it is a kind of bookend with the other blocked video. That video introduced the series, with an overview of Orff's orchestration approaches - this video studied key and modal relationships in the Uf dem Anger section.
November 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This video was particularly annoying to have been blocked - as it is a kind of bookend with the other blocked video. That video introduced the series, with an overview of Orff's orchestration approaches - this video studied key and modal relationships in the Uf dem Anger section.
So this means everyone has a chance to watch my entire series covering the first sections of Orff's Carmina Burana all the way up to In Taberna, which will start releases over the upcoming holidays (the perfect time to be studying songs about feasting, revelry, and the occasional roasted bird).
November 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
So this means everyone has a chance to watch my entire series covering the first sections of Orff's Carmina Burana all the way up to In Taberna, which will start releases over the upcoming holidays (the perfect time to be studying songs about feasting, revelry, and the occasional roasted bird).
...then start something new on a compelling classic bit of orchestration - but we'll see how the upcoming year goes alongside my health issues. Thanks to my Patreon supporters who made this video possible, and to those who let me know that when the video was blocked. I appreciate all that immensely.
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
...then start something new on a compelling classic bit of orchestration - but we'll see how the upcoming year goes alongside my health issues. Thanks to my Patreon supporters who made this video possible, and to those who let me know that when the video was blocked. I appreciate all that immensely.
Looking back, I'm surprised that I was able to cover so much ground in so little time. Hopefully this will help a lot as new viewers become aware of the series, especially with the In Taberna videos that will drop next month and continue on into the New Year. I'm hoping to wrap the series in 2026...
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Looking back, I'm surprised that I was able to cover so much ground in so little time. Hopefully this will help a lot as new viewers become aware of the series, especially with the In Taberna videos that will drop next month and continue on into the New Year. I'm hoping to wrap the series in 2026...
...an unblocked version of the "Carmina Burana - Orff's Orchestra" video that introduces my orchestration analysis series of that epic song cycle. If you haven't seen it yet, or were wanting to rewatch it, then here's your chance.
It was fun watching this video as I was editing it.
It was fun watching this video as I was editing it.
November 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
...an unblocked version of the "Carmina Burana - Orff's Orchestra" video that introduces my orchestration analysis series of that epic song cycle. If you haven't seen it yet, or were wanting to rewatch it, then here's your chance.
It was fun watching this video as I was editing it.
It was fun watching this video as I was editing it.
Those will be on a whole new level of production and scope - with some added content during intermission. Each entry was a truly epic effort by the orchestrators, and deserves all the attention we can give them. Stay posted, the first release is coming next Saturday.
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Those will be on a whole new level of production and scope - with some added content during intermission. Each entry was a truly epic effort by the orchestrators, and deserves all the attention we can give them. Stay posted, the first release is coming next Saturday.
Thanks so much to everyone who has been keeping with me as I caught up with these evaluations. One last phase remains: the full-sonata orchestrations to come over the next few weekends of November.
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Thanks so much to everyone who has been keeping with me as I caught up with these evaluations. One last phase remains: the full-sonata orchestrations to come over the next few weekends of November.
You may get a sense that a lot of pressure has been lifted from my shoulders here, and I feel it shows in the more easygoing delivery - though I hope the feedback is no less direct than usual. What a delight it was during the process, and a privilege to present to you all today.
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
You may get a sense that a lot of pressure has been lifted from my shoulders here, and I feel it shows in the more easygoing delivery - though I hope the feedback is no less direct than usual. What a delight it was during the process, and a privilege to present to you all today.
Featuring scores by Link Harnsberger, Alexandre Dequech, Mason, Brandon, and Martin Gravel, each with a nice quality to them that lends a sense of finality to this last collection - especially Martin's 89th and last entry. This was really lovely to put together.
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Featuring scores by Link Harnsberger, Alexandre Dequech, Mason, Brandon, and Martin Gravel, each with a nice quality to them that lends a sense of finality to this last collection - especially Martin's 89th and last entry. This was really lovely to put together.