Life as Edward Jensen » Music breaks http://www.edwardjensen.net and the news from Downtown Phoenix Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Cameron Carpenter in concert: Horowitz’s Carmen Variations http://www.edwardjensen.net/2009/11/17/cameron-carpenter-in-concert-horowitzs-carmen-variations/ http://www.edwardjensen.net/2009/11/17/cameron-carpenter-in-concert-horowitzs-carmen-variations/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:00:17 +0000 Edward Jensen http://www.edwardjensen.net/?p=1371 While exploring through The New York Times website recently, I came across a review of an organ concert by Cameron Carpenter, an up-and-coming American organist known for his showmanship, technique, and his arrangements for organ.

Anyway, the concert review linked to a video of him performing his orchestration of Vladimir Horowitz’s Carmen Variations. This was performed on the Marshall & Ogletree organ at Trinity Wall Street, which readers of this blog will remember was the same organ whereupon Robert Ridgell played his tribute to the King of Pop on the King of Instruments.

Enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdsY-1QCvTk

-Edward Jensen

]]> http://www.edwardjensen.net/2009/11/17/cameron-carpenter-in-concert-horowitzs-carmen-variations/feed/ 0 Music break: Ravel’s “Le tombeau de Couperin” http://www.edwardjensen.net/2009/08/21/music-break-ravels-le-tombeau-de-couperin/ http://www.edwardjensen.net/2009/08/21/music-break-ravels-le-tombeau-de-couperin/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:00:50 +0000 Edward Jensen http://www.edwardjensen.net/?p=1126 Those who know me know that I am a big fan and student of Classical music. As we approach the start of the Fall 2009 semester, I thought I’d post one of my favorite orchestrations: Maurice Ravel‘s Le tombeau de Couperin, which was composed in 1919. As is wont in Ravel’s orchestrations, tonal color and [...]]]> Those who know me know that I am a big fan and student of Classical music. As we approach the start of the Fall 2009 semester, I thought I’d post one of my favorite orchestrations: Maurice Ravel‘s Le tombeau de Couperin, which was composed in 1919. As is wont in Ravel’s orchestrations, tonal color and __ are used rather effectively.

I hope you’ll agree with me in these two videos by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen at the 2007 BBC Proms. The first video has first two movements and the final video is the final two movements.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXRZQIfxlIU


movements I (Prelude) and II (Forlane)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jAPs2JigEQ


movements III (Menuet) and IV (Rigaudon)

-Edward Jensen

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