Peter Le Tissier
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Cumha, Op. 14 for Large String Orchestra
"The world is still beautiful, even without you in it." This opening line of Somhairle MacGill-Eain's "Cumha" - meaning "Elegie" - was the starting point for work on the piece for String Orchestra which I have eventually settled on having the eponymous title.
The work is intimately linked with the associated poem (and I encourage any listeners to read the brilliant work of this Gaelic writer), but rather than any attempt to trace the poem line-by-line or any associated narrative, the spirit of the narrative, and the feelings it evokes is the catalyst behind this purely instrumental work full of gestures of explosivity, longing, and great lyricism. In the end, the result was a work of extremely intimate expressivity, with the link to the poem - and particularly its opening line - only becoming clear to me nearer the end of the the project.
The setting for string orchestra presents challenges of contrast, balance, and allowing expression to come through amongst all the varied techniques and moving passages - there is the ever-present element of the oceanic turbulence in this piece, perhaps more so than usual even for myself, and that is a reflection on both the external impulse of the Scottish climate, weather, and nautical location, as well as a reflection of the emotive expressivity bound in with this work, which I would consider unusually subjective by my own standards.
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Später August, op. 6a (2020)
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Später August, op. 6a (2020)
3 Deutsche Lieder, Op. 6 (2020-2021)
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Heimath: 0:00 Am Teich: 5:58 Novemberabend: 13:37
Bòcain, Op. 3 for Solo Violin (2019)
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Score available at: www.universaledition.com/en/Works/Bocain/P0202110 Bòcain was written for the violinist Rock Lee in the early part of 2019, ahead of its premiere performance later that year in Glasgow, Scotland. The piece was commissioned in order to showcase as many of the violin's technical abilities as possible, with the composer wishing to demonstrate these whilst also allowing for his o...
Ro-Innseann, op. 1 for Solo Flute (2017)
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Ro-Innseann was a little three-part piece for solo Flute wrirten as part of my undergraduate degree studies. A simple A-B-A' form, the piece nonetheless fascinated me deeply, and its themes and harmonic structure grew from this little solo piece into the gargantuan work that is the Symphony, op. 8. An adaption of this little piece for solo Flute can be found there, as the first Interlude, with ...
Òrain à Alba, Op. 11 (2019-21; orch. 2023)
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A series of songs-without-words. Originally conceived as a short song cycle, the pieces were then converted into their orchestral format between late 2023 and the first half of 2024. Possibly some cleaning up still needed in some of the orchestration, but overall a set that I think conveys a lot of what the poems variously intended. Orchestration flexible between the various songs, but no large...
Sonata for Horn and Piano in B Major - "Aislingean" (2023)
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Earlier this year I was inspired by more poetry by Scottish gaelic poet Somhairle MacGill-Eain to write some new small pieces in a song-like fashion. I chose instead of a setting with solo voice and lyrics to depict the moods generally of the poems in the form of an instrumental piece. As is becoming a running theme, the project rather spiralled and primarily during the late Spring and early Su...
Beethoven: Symphony in B-flat Major, op. 106a (Orchestration of Piano Sonata no. 29, Hammerklavier)
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I (Sehr lebhaft.): 0:00 II (Scherzo. Auch sehr lebhaft.): 11:05 III (Adagio Sostenuto. Sehr leidenschaftlich und mit viel Gefühl.): 14:02 IV (Finale - Einleitung - Largo. Sehr breit.): 40:55 IVa (Finale - Allegro Risoluto bis zum Schluß): 45:20 This is an updated version of the orchestration dating from 2019/20. For those interested in performance dates, please consult the composer's website. T...
Bruckner (Ave Maria, WAB6 and Os Justi, WAB30) - arr. Le Tissier for Orchestral Brass
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Two arrangements of choral motets by Anton Bruckner. Each setting is for an associated symphony (in both, themes and keys related to the relevant symphony are present), and have been prepared for the brass section that features in each. I am hoping to complete a set for all or most of the Bruckner symphonies, in order to prelude each Symphony with its associated motet. In this case Bruckner's f...
Beethoven: Sechs Bagatellen, Op.126a (orch. Le Tissier)
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Before tackling the final Piano Sonata I thought I'd take a little break from the 'serious' orchestrations and present this interpretation of Beethoven's charming set of Bagatelles, op. 126. Postdating (as far as I'm aware) the 9th Symphony, and certainly all the major piano works, these Bagatelles stand apart from the earlier sets, elevated beyond their status in spite of Beethoven's own 'klei...
Beethoven: Sinfonietta in A Major, Op. 101a
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This is the fourth part of my project to orchestrate the final 5 piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven. Number 28 means the only one left now is the final C minor sonata, op. 111. Having completed the middle triptych of Beethoven's final 5 piano sonatas over a year ago, I've struggled away firstly with beginning, and then completing, the final (and perhaps most important) two. Alongside the op....
Symphony no. 1 in E/D Minor, op. 8 (2017-21)
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Here is a Symphony. I wrote it all by myself. Its pretty long. I've broken down the 'big' structure. Five movements and four interludes that distil the material either side of them/provided that material for the respective movements. Its all very motivically linked - I'm never really sure what detail to go into in these descriptions because I could write thousands of words about my processes or...
Visions of Nowhere, op. 10 (2021-22)
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I'm not quite sure what I meant with the title, and I'm not quite sure what I meant with the piece - but I feel like I meant something. First draft version of 'Visions of Nowhere', for both a smaller orchestra than I would normally use, and of a somewhat more petite length. There is a structure in there but things are rather lucid so I won't worry about pointing it out.
Improvisation, op. 9 (2021)
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For once I've tried not to overthink a piece of music. I hope it sounds nice. Improvisation in C Mixolydian.
Beethoven: Sinfonietta in Ab Major op. 110a
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This piece is part of a larger project to orchestrate all of Beethoven's last 5 piano sonatas. This, no. 31, is the third to be completed, after the 'Hammerklavier' (no. 29) and the E major sonata (no. 30). Scoring is for 3 flutes (3rd doubling Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 3 Bassoons (3rd doubling Contrabassoon); 4 Horns in Eb and Ab, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Timpani and Strings. I: Moderato...
Beethoven: Sinfonietta in E Major, op.109a
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Beethoven: Sinfonietta in E Major, op.109a
Heimath
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Heimath
An den Fernen Freund
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An den Fernen Freund
Am Teich
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Am Teich
Appalachian Spring
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Appalachian Spring
Gustav Mahler: Urlicht - Horn Sextet
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Gustav Mahler: Urlicht - Horn Sextet
Mahler Symphony No. 5
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Mahler Symphony No. 5

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  • @ПантелеймонСоздашов
    @ПантелеймонСоздашов ปีที่แล้ว

    God job! I m russian musiam, your sympthony is modern, and i love interlude 1 and 2.your listening, Panteley Sozdashov.

  • @xavierpimentel36770
    @xavierpimentel36770 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is spectacular! Keep orchestrating; your ideas are very good and I am sure Beethoven would have been very impressed with your work. Love every orchestration you put out!

  • @sopharoshchuk5310
    @sopharoshchuk5310 ปีที่แล้ว

    1ч. A B A1 B1 C 4:58 D A2 B2 7:30 C E(D)

  • @ИгорьСазонов-т9л
    @ИгорьСазонов-т9л ปีที่แล้ว

    Херь.

  • @kongkonasahadola2949
    @kongkonasahadola2949 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I came here after Twoset recommended....and really it's amazing

  • @MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist
    @MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m pleased you uploaded the piano solo reduction . You get a better sense of the overall architecture that way .

    • @muslit
      @muslit 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Better? I don't agree.

    • @WEEBLLOM
      @WEEBLLOM 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@muslit i disagree with your disagreement

  • @MultiStats
    @MultiStats 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know the comments are glowing, but this not up his usual standards for symphonies. It seems a little dull and lifeless. I'm a Mahler fan, but that's my reaction.

  • @richardwilliams473
    @richardwilliams473 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    RIP Dale Clevenger

  • @richardwilliams473
    @richardwilliams473 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The recording engineers did a great job in capturing the timpani dead center when listening in my headphones

  • @richardwilliams473
    @richardwilliams473 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great timpanist in this recording. I assume Donald Koss?

  • @bygone1
    @bygone1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I realised 5 seconds from the end that this piece is too triumphant for a late monday evening :/

    • @mydogskips2
      @mydogskips2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Apparently, I've learned the same thing myself, just three weeks after you did on this late Monday evening that is Labor Day in the US, that the piece is too triumphant to settle one down and ease them off to bed, even if it has been a long day, a long day's journey into night; this work will rouse you, not drowse you. ; )

    • @jamesbarlow6423
      @jamesbarlow6423 ปีที่แล้ว

      Every time is the right time for Mahler---and triumph!

  • @nowheremanable
    @nowheremanable 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why Mahler?. Because.

  • @yuehchopin
    @yuehchopin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sendung von Klavierauszug ist wirklich schön, damit der Leser die große Komposition "einfacher und transparenter" mitlesen kann, danke 3x

  • @MegaCirse
    @MegaCirse 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like the first light of dawn, this music opens your eyes to new promises and to all the wonders of nature. Evocative of powers beyond observation, these pieces pull the strings of the heart, attract nostalgia and awaken the loves, the skinned lives and torpor of tormented watchmen 🤮

    • @outre5416
      @outre5416 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      wrong emoji…

    • @MegaCirse
      @MegaCirse 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@outre5416 😏

  • @albertorenda2421
    @albertorenda2421 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is even more fascinating than the previous ones: your kind of writing is always about the conceptual fall of the notes, always, in reality, still presents. The same when you keep a tone / sound, which balances that sensation, with the dissonances / disagreements. This is very modern but with old / classic stories / topos / orchestations

    • @albertorenda2421
      @albertorenda2421 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wanted to add: the first and fourth interludes are absolutes masterpieces

    • @PLTConductorComposer
      @PLTConductorComposer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much, your critique and attentive listening mean a lot!

  • @albertorenda2421
    @albertorenda2421 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, it's particularly beautiful... You have to sorry me, but I not sure: you wrote it and what is the role of Francisca Stoecklin!? Thanks

    • @PLTConductorComposer
      @PLTConductorComposer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The text is by Stoecklin, music by myself - thank you!

  • @FelixVW
    @FelixVW 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Einfach nur total toll. Durch das "Adagietto" im "Tod in Venedig" unsterblich geworden.

    • @jamesbarlow6423
      @jamesbarlow6423 ปีที่แล้ว

      And at the RFK funeral by Bernstein!

  • @Dylonely_9274
    @Dylonely_9274 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Unique masterpiece. A few pieces are better than this.

    • @pawdaw
      @pawdaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      actually, the opening trumpet motive comes from the first movement of Symphony 4

  • @samuelcabellogonzalez7590
    @samuelcabellogonzalez7590 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guy it sounds really electronic. That's a thing I think you should correct, but it's incredible how can you spend 5 years writing a symphony of more than 2 hours. You overpassed Havergal Brian, dude! 👍🙀

    • @PLTConductorComposer
      @PLTConductorComposer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! I await the day an orchestra lets me put this in front of them but in the meantime Sibelius's sound library will have to do its best! I genuinely didn't mean for it to be this long when I started out but things sort of... spiralled!

  • @ChillinDylan2875
    @ChillinDylan2875 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    20:01 21:08 22:02

  • @yama-c
    @yama-c 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    22:57

  • @judedieleman5099
    @judedieleman5099 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is one of the few pieces of music I can listen to and consistently love every time.

  • @moxyblackfiddler
    @moxyblackfiddler 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ever since Beethoven. Everybody's "5th" has just gotta be a banger!!

  • @bigguard
    @bigguard 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    33:00

  • @eliniorodriguez4333
    @eliniorodriguez4333 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maravilloso poder tener la suerte de conocer su música, su mente su universo y viajar a través de los sonidos ...es un gran regalo...gracias adagio Maravilloso

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This splendor Ìs undisputed

  • @schrodingersgat4344
    @schrodingersgat4344 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    26:07 Good morning. Nice of you guys to drop by.

  • @DisRespectoids
    @DisRespectoids 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:03 i love you i know

  • @TGMGame
    @TGMGame 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was published the day my channel was created!

  • @nocturnalfog3679
    @nocturnalfog3679 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:55 what a fuck is going on..

    • @GUILLOM
      @GUILLOM 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      EPIC MUSIC

    • @schrodingersgat4344
      @schrodingersgat4344 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A storm. Intense and swirling and mighty.

    • @nocturnalfog3679
      @nocturnalfog3679 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@schrodingersgat4344 🔥

    • @chino9484
      @chino9484 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't know where I read that the symphony is a kind of representation of an ancient epic battle, and this description makes a lot of sense, especially the first two movements that as everyone knows are linked, or actually the first part. That spectacular moment you mention, for example, seems like the moment when the battle intensifies or breaks down, the trumpet at the beginning seems like the announcement of the fight that is about to begin, the funeral march, in short, everything. The famous adagietto would be something like a rest of peace or a kind of tribute to the fallen, and the typical ending of triumph would be the celebration of victory or that the battle is over or vindication or something like that. this interpretation may or may not be wrong, but I like to see this symphony in this way, and of course with the typical romantic epic style that so characterized Mahler's genius

    • @nocturnalfog3679
      @nocturnalfog3679 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chino9484 to be honest looks like a clown on a small bike running from my corridor...

  • @マッシュ-h8c
    @マッシュ-h8c 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    いかにもショルティらしい楽譜に忠実ながら音色の混ざり具合といい、兼ね合いといい絶妙ではないか。

  • @mul8045
    @mul8045 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As similarities with Bruckner but a bit more crazy and creative. Both are great in their own way!

    • @conw_y
      @conw_y 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agree, there is influence but also striking individuality!

    • @AlexSzell
      @AlexSzell 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruckner and Mahler should not be in the same sentence. Bruckner is garbage

    • @lorenzoperez1635
      @lorenzoperez1635 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Admiro a Bruckner, pero es repetitivo, Mahler, no!

    • @muslit
      @muslit 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because Mahler's wife commented that the choral at the end was reminiscent of Bruckner. I can't think of any Bruckner choral that is like the one by Mahler (the only one perhaps being the choral at the end of his fifth symphony). Mahler must have had a chuckle.

  • @jiyujizai
    @jiyujizai 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    🙄🌱💙🌾

    • @WEEBLLOM
      @WEEBLLOM 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      a

    • @ruslans2006
      @ruslans2006 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WEEBLLOM b

    • @WEEBLLOM
      @WEEBLLOM 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ruslans2006 a

    • @ruslans2006
      @ruslans2006 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WEEBLLOM c

    • @WEEBLLOM
      @WEEBLLOM 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ruslans2006 a

  • @juliocanche7822
    @juliocanche7822 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The trumpet solo doesn't do it for me. I feel like it should have been a bit slower, and more introspective. But the rest seems fine.

    • @conorcorrigan765
      @conorcorrigan765 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "In gemossenem schritt" the very first instruction at the top of the page means "in measured time". It is meant to be played in a somewhat rigid tempo.

    • @juliocanche7822
      @juliocanche7822 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@conorcorrigan765 I didn't mean rubato, I meant the timbre of the trumpet. Although, looking back at this recording it really isn't that bad

  • @ramirozamparini9083
    @ramirozamparini9083 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you send me the transcription? Tanks

  • @David_Goza
    @David_Goza 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any chance of a performance of this? It strikes me as a really engaging orchestration.

    • @PLTConductorComposer
      @PLTConductorComposer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’ve got one in the pipeline for May of next year - thank you!

  • @xiaolanliu1786
    @xiaolanliu1786 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    “ I love Mahler “ Brett Yang

  • @pablophone4528
    @pablophone4528 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Trumpet player is Adolf Herseth ?

  • @knudbalandis9757
    @knudbalandis9757 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    my favorite mahler 5. the middle symphonies and the 8th by solti are godd. especially the 5th and 6th are outstandingly sharp. no bohemian gemütlichkeit.

    • @bilahn1198
      @bilahn1198 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think Solti is a very mediocre Mahler conductor, especially in the middle symphonies.

  • @remomazzetti8757
    @remomazzetti8757 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The opening trumpet motive is far closer to Mendelssohn's Song Without Words op.62 #3 (which is a Funeral March ), than to the opening motive of Beethoven's fifth.

    • @PLTConductorComposer
      @PLTConductorComposer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whilst true, I find it hard to believe that Mahler didn't know what he was doing opening a 5th Symphony in this way. The explicit Beethoven 5 callback doesn't come until later in the movement - and I believe both Mahler and Mendelssohn were quoting the same military fanfare when they used this figure.

    • @prabhudhasivanson7110
      @prabhudhasivanson7110 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It more obviously sounds like the opening of Mendessohn's Wedding March (from his incidental music to A Midsummer's night dream).

    • @ПантелеймонСоздашов
      @ПантелеймонСоздашов ปีที่แล้ว

      Все говорят о переосмыслении гп бетховена, о мендельсоне, но забывают о разработке первой части четвертой симфонии

  • @성이름-l3h1q
    @성이름-l3h1q 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    씹오지농

  • @wab4100
    @wab4100 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    sehr gute aufnahme! das blech vom cso ist grandios!

  • @dave2ooo788
    @dave2ooo788 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, I just discovered this video and i love your arrangement. Do you mind if I upload this score to my account on MuseScore? musescore.com/dave2ooo I will link this video and give all the credit to you of course.

    • @PLTConductorComposer
      @PLTConductorComposer 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi David, as long as you link to the score and credit correctly, then I have no issue with this!

  • @DerFuenfteVonVier
    @DerFuenfteVonVier 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    32:04 - my favourite part...

  • @jeff2446
    @jeff2446 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is terrific--thank you. Which recording of Solti and the CSO is this?

    • @opclanby
      @opclanby 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello. you can hear Solti breathe at 41:38 which is the most conclusive thing I could find to lead me to believe it is the recording below. There are a few other unique bits about this recording but that's my favorite. :) www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=4913

    • @ЕвгенК-е7т
      @ЕвгенК-е7т 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      и ооил

    • @eggie2097
      @eggie2097 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      n OoNr

  • @valkhorn
    @valkhorn 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for posting this :)