Category: music

Death meets you at your library

I love libraries and I was close to meet Joe Black two times in the past.
In one of them I was hit by a car and flew over the tarmac, and on a second occasion I got seriously injured, lost a lot of blood and risked fatal blood cloths.
But Joe Black could afford some more time.
Just think of millennia multiplied by aeons compounded by time without end.
He’s been around that long.

Bow physics at high speeds

Kevin Lee, the luthier and violinist recently made a very instructive video about playing at high speeds.
I found it interesting that I happen to have learned the violin based on a method by Maia Bang, a student of Leopold Auer, and I also happen to have been studying the dynamics of the bow at high speeds.
However, my focus has been on using the whole bow. So I decided to share my perspective on this subject.

Wedding March

I composed this piece originally for violin. This was intended to be played for a medieval noble wedding, therefore it is formal yet light-spirited.
Here I am playing in a digital piano as this allows me to use a church organ, possibly better aligned with the original design.

Spring Wedding

A version of my wedding march played in a digital piano as a grand piano.
When I composed the original piece, for violin, I had in mind the simplicity and meditative spirit of Franz Liszt compositions, and this piano version makes me believe this is fitting for the intended purpose.
Recalls to mind the church bells ringing with joy.