Prokofiev's Paddy Wagon

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Hattoff

Greg,
You have made me redundant, well done ;D

The op.7 songs are lovely and that recording has certainly gone round the world. It was made in 1991 at the Blackheath Concert Halls in London, Prokofiev's son Oleg was there, what a nice man he was.

ibanezmonster

Quote from: Hattoff on October 20, 2011, 01:02:48 PM
Greg,
You have made me redundant, well done ;D

The op.7 songs are lovely and that recording has certainly gone round the world. It was made in 1991 at the Blackheath Concert Halls in London, Prokofiev's son Oleg was there, what a nice man he was.
Wait... I'm confused.  ???
Is the one on this site your recording, just that it includes the first poem as well? If so, who was the conductor?
(and you actually got to talk to Oleg? cool... )  :)

But really, what a gift!  :) I couldn't get that melody from "The Wave" out of my head today. Something about it is so amazing.

can't wait to orchestrate op.88...

ibanezmonster

Got the first few bars of op.88 orchestrated. I'm hoping I can finish by tonight. Just couldn't help myself...

ibanezmonster

Man, why does orchestration have to take so long?  ::)

Well, here's what I did today. Now that I listen, I'm considering taking out a couple of snare drum notes...

Preview op.88 Symphonic March:
http://www.mediafire.com/?t0mbvv2kpjuc8dx

Hattoff

Greg,
That's excellent :) I'm very pleased with that, it made me smile ;D
Really looking forward to hearing the rest of it.

ibanezmonster

Haha, cool. Honestly, when I'm done, I'll have to credit you as well, because having a sound file helps soooo much when trying to do this. Trying to do decipher all of his little abbreviations and stuff is not an easy thing to do.

ibanezmonster

Just an update: orchestration is going very well, and I'm not that far from the end.
When I'm done, I'll post a sound file, but not the score, because making a presentable score will take a little bit of time.

Also, once I make the presentable score, is there any way of contacting a conductor to have it performed?

Hattoff

Wonderful................... plus, plus, plus.
You cannot believe how much I want to hear your efforts.
Absolutely brilliant.

ibanezmonster

Quote from: Hattoff on November 14, 2011, 12:46:18 PM
Wonderful................... plus, plus, plus.
You cannot believe how much I want to hear your efforts.
Absolutely brilliant.
And that will motivate me even more to finish!  :D


Quote from: Greg on November 14, 2011, 09:14:47 AM
When I'm done, I'll post a sound file, but not the score, because making a presentable score will take a little bit of time.
Correction, though: I'll post a link to a sound file on my mediafire account and also upload it on youtube so anyone can hear it.
Also, I should add that I will post the score, eventually.

ibanezmonster


Hattoff

Greg,
Many thanks for that.
I've been collecting Prokofiev for a long time now and it has always been a pleasure listening to any and all of his music. You have made a very good job of your version of what is really just some scraps of score, I immediately prefer it to my own attempt. ;D

It's actually quite catchy.

So, well done. :)

lescamil

Many thanks for your efforts! Are the sketches available online anywhere? I'd like to take a look at the source material for myself.
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ibanezmonster

Here's the mp3 of it:
http://www.mediafire.com/?is4gku3djk71kx1

Yep, you're welcome, guys- bringing his music to life is such a pleasure. It also helps to sort of fill in a gap in Prokofiev collections.  ;)


lescamil, check PM.

ibanezmonster

I've got the score complete and e-mailed Neeme Jarvi. I included the link to the youtube video and told him that if he were interested, I'd send him the score.


(btw, anyone who is interested in the pdf of my orchestration can PM me)...

Herman

In my view it always helps to consider whether you really need percussion.

Also if you start using a lot of percussion effects that soon, you've got nowhere to go when the music gets bigger.

I understand the drums would be more recessed in a real orchestra acoustic.

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ibanezmonster

Quote from: Herman on November 25, 2011, 11:41:13 PM
In my view it always helps to consider whether you really need percussion.
Are you referring to the Symphonic March? Well, it is a "March," after all...

Hattoff

All Prokofievians will be interested to hear his "Six Popular Songs of Kazakhstan" which have recently been rediscovered in a a loft in Russia.

These are the first performances in about seventy five years since Prokofiev's wife, Lina, last performed them.

Yours truly had an input into the rediscovery so I'm more than pleased with the result.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxr6WvlOgUw

ibanezmonster

Quote from: Hattoff on November 26, 2011, 10:51:12 AM
All Prokofievians will be interested to hear his "Six Popular Songs of Kazakhstan" which have recently been rediscovered in a a loft in Russia.

These are the first performances in about seventy five years since Prokofiev's wife, Lina, last performed them.

Yours truly had an input into the rediscovery so I'm more than pleased with the result.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxr6WvlOgUw
Wonderful, thanks!  :)

madaboutmahler

Quote from: Greg on November 26, 2011, 03:34:45 PM
Wonderful, thanks!  :)

Has Neeme Jarvi replied yet? Would be interested to know what he says - I think it is a very interesting, wonderful orchestration!
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