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Dominic Wills - Composer
Добавлен 1 дек 2021
I'm an English composer based in Hamburg. This channel features my music, which is often inspired by birdsong, as well as short educational videos about pieces of music that I love.
"Eloise to Abelard" by G.F. Pinto and "Alas! air on an accelerating ground" by Dominic Wills
Performed by Mads Jakobsen
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and Juan Elvira-Márquez
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I was having a look through the surviving works of the forgotten English composer George Frederick Pinto (1785-1806). Sadly, he died before reaching musical maturity but he left a number of songs, which seemed very interesting and harmonically daring to me. One of them, 'Eloisa to Abelard', particularly struck me in its recapitulation of early material in the final verse, but at double-speed, creating a sense of accelerating passion through the song, like the acceleration of a lover's heartrate.
In his song, Pinto set a section of Eloise t...
massen93
ruclips.net/channel/UC1yaf6j7mrN1XhypuvJQSfw
and Juan Elvira-Márquez
www.juanelviramarquezpianista.com/de
I was having a look through the surviving works of the forgotten English composer George Frederick Pinto (1785-1806). Sadly, he died before reaching musical maturity but he left a number of songs, which seemed very interesting and harmonically daring to me. One of them, 'Eloisa to Abelard', particularly struck me in its recapitulation of early material in the final verse, but at double-speed, creating a sense of accelerating passion through the song, like the acceleration of a lover's heartrate.
In his song, Pinto set a section of Eloise t...
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Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (performed by Jonas Otte)
Просмотров 1442 месяца назад
I was particularly touched by Theodor Fontane's beautiful descriptions of his travels through the Brandenburg countryside, after I had spent a very happy summer doing conservation work in the moors and forests there. Back in civilisation, I wrote down my memories of this place in a piano cycle, responding to excerpts from Fontane's text. The key to this work is the theme of memory. The ‘amphith...
Vanished Time - Piano Quintet
Просмотров 1422 месяца назад
I love finding recordings of birdsong online and then using software to slow it down to a fraction of its original speed. In doing so, I like to imagine I am hearing the song as the birds themselves do, birds' hearts and worlds moving so much faster than our own. To write this piece, I slowed down the song of a skylark to 1/8 of its original speed. I then transcribed the song in full. A strikin...
Music for a lost opera (homage to Jean-Phillipe Rameau)
Просмотров 4773 месяца назад
'It is in the heart of man that resides the life of Nature's spectacle: to see it you must feel it.'Jean-Jacques Rosseau. When I was asked to write a piece which expressed emotions, I immediately thought of the French Enlightenment and of Jean-Philippe Rameau. For me, his works personify the belief that universal feelings can be expressed, even transmitted through music, something he maintained...
Dominic Wills Master Abschlusskonzert
Просмотров 2073 месяца назад
Abschlusskonzert und -prüfung Dominic Wills Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg Orchesterstudio 20.06.2024 0:00 Einführung und DAAD Preisgabe - Prof. Fredrik Schwenk und Frau Katharina Strauer 5:18 Vanished Time - für Klavierquintett (2023) UA Sebastian Müller - Klavier Annabelle Dugast - Violine 1 Yi-En Hung - Violinie 2 Mary Rose Scanlon - Bratsche Tristan Xavier Köster - Violoncello 17:...
Dominic Wills - Four 'Visions Fugitives' after the Melodious Warbler
Просмотров 1125 месяцев назад
These short pieces derive much of their material from a series of recordings of the Melodious Warbler. I began by slowing down the original song, which is far too complex for a human ear to discern in detail, and picking out individual motifs, melodies and rhythms which I found particularly fascinating. Each musical moment went on to form one of the four little pieces. The song of this species ...
Rachmaninoff and the number 5: the beauty of maths!
Просмотров 1272 года назад
This video examines Rachmaninoff's use of the number 5 to bring about a beautiful and nostalgic sense of homecoming in the song 'To Her' op. 38 no. 2.
Black clouds - Dominant chords in 'It's Raining Men' by The Weather Girls
Просмотров 1562 года назад
This classic song builds suspense by associating dominant chords (chord 5) with tension and then consistently failing to resolve them, like black clouds circling, threatening a downpour.
Haydn told as a fairytale - a creative analysis of Haydn's Symphony no. 47
Просмотров 2012 года назад
It is easy to forget the operatic roots of the Classical symphony. In this video I try to demonstrate the dramatic nature of Haydn's symphonies by constructing a 'plotline' centred around the motifs of Haydn's 47th Symphony.
Death, love and infidelity: Berg's relationships and his Violin Concerto
Просмотров 1602 года назад
Berg's Violin Concerto is, on the face of it, a requiem to the 18 year-old Manon Gropius, but it contains elements of Berg's relationships with many other women in his life. In the end, the piece proves to be more about himself than any one of them. To learn more, read Anthony Pope's work on the concerto, in the Cambridge Music Handbook.
Mozart and the number 7 - part 2
Просмотров 502 года назад
The second half of my investigation into Mozart's use of the number 7. Featuring 2 of his most famous tunes from the 40th Symphony and 21st Piano Concerto!
Mozart and the number 7 - Part 1
Просмотров 602 года назад
In the first of two videos we take a look at Mozart's use of the number 7, often in opposition with the more conventional number 8, in a range of pieces.
Let's Groove - Earth, Wind and Fire: Polytonality and Stratification
Просмотров 1412 года назад
In this video I examine the multiple layers of ostinati in 'Let's Groove' by EW F. By repeating the bass ostinato so often, other ostinati can coexist in a contrasting key.
Bitonal Elgar?? Two simultaneous key signatures in 'There is Sweet Music', op. 53 no. 1
Просмотров 1532 года назад
An Ab Major key signature in the sopranos and altos and a G Major key signature in the tenors and basses? Doesn't sound like Elgar! Today I investigate whether this is an example of bitonality, or if there is something even more exciting going on...
'Into Eternity' - Lutyens's farewell to Stravinsky
Просмотров 472 года назад
'Into Eternity' - Lutyens's farewell to Stravinsky
The transcendence of Brahms's motifs - 'Ich aber bin elend', op. 110 no. 1
Просмотров 1182 года назад
The transcendence of Brahms's motifs - 'Ich aber bin elend', op. 110 no. 1
Eloisa to Abelard was amazing. I loved the performance! Rare youtube recommendation W
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very dark, with some tension, and maybe a touch sorrowful. Great piece. I'd have loved to hear some truly lush moments - one of the great things about strings is how utterly resonant they can be together. Nice work!
Thank you so much for listening and for your kind words!
Mickey Mouse music, not interesting at all
Lovely sounds
Brilliant analysis; totally memorable, plausible, and musically sound. Many thanks for creating such a new, imaginative and fascinating video which I would suggest is essential viewing for anyone trying to understand this very fine symphony. By the way, Mozart knew it and liked it as well, he noted down the incipit (first few notes) on a scrap of paper - still extant - along with two other Haydn symphonies for later use in his own concerts. The military figure by the way is also very Mozart, in fact it is almost *the* Mozart rhythm and is very common in his works, but it only occurs infrequently in Haydn.
Thank you very much for your kind words! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video, I certainly loved making it!
You should do a vid playing the whole song :)
A nice idea, thank you! Maybe I will!
God bless mother nature !!
I love bitonality !
Me too my man, me too!
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