Maslanka, This Is The World, mvt I: Nighthawks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มี.ค. 2013
- Performed by:
Karen Beres & Christopher Hahn, piano
Lance Drege & David Steffens, percussion
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ABOUT THE PIECE:
THIS IS THE WORLD we know, the world of air and breathing and sun and beating hearts
The overall feeling of THIS IS THE WORLD is one of quiet awe at the nature of our world, both the planet on which we live, and the amazing web of life that if supports -- not only that but its place, and our place in the universal web of life, the jeweled "net of Indra."
I. The Nighthawks painting of Edward Hopper is his iconic contribution to American Culture. It is one of the favorite paintings. It captures something absolutely fundamental about the American experience, and that is expressed probably more by the architecture of the picture -- the amazing collection of shapes, and the relationship of light to dark, especially the overwhelming darkness -- than by the unspoken "story" of the diner and the people in it. My music expresses some aspects of my own take on the "story," especially the hidden life in the blank windows of the building in the background, but my overall composition is, as well, a parallel to Hopper's life-long preoccupation with shapes and light. He managed to convey powerful unspoken human and universal elements through abstract forms.
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Dr. Steffens (playing marimba etc.) was my percussion professor. He's always so reserved and humble that I forget what a fantastic percussionist he is. I remember being in the audience that evening as a college freshman and this remains one of my favorite live concert experiences...Thank you to everyone involved with this powerful work!
I have had the pleasure of playing percussion to Maslanka's Give Us this Day...and have always admired his work. After hearing this, all I want to do is play Maslanka's music. Never in my life will I hear, touch, or play more beautiful music.
The folks that downvote this must not have a musical soul. David Maslanka will go down as one of the greatest composers of our times. He takes the simplest lines (not always simple) and chord progressions and turns it into the most beautifully moving thing one has ever heard (with of course the influence of many others before him).
I cannot express how thankful I am that this piece exists, and that it is on video thanks to VicFirth. Thanks so much for making this a thing!
I think Dr. Maslanka took influence from Beethoven's Sonata No. 14 ("Moonlight Sonata") for this movement. The arpeggios at are voiced a lot like those in Beethoven's first movement (in D minor instead of C# Minor, only a semitone higher), the middle section resembles that sonata's third movement, and it ends a lot like that sonata's first movement.
As I look at all that happens around me I see the beauty, the serenity, the sadness, the passing of those we love and those we never know. There is hope although it hasn't showed itself to us just yet. It waits, watching just like we watch what happens around us. We give it a chance and sometimes it will pull through and we rise out of our own darkness and see the light once again. There are times that we don't and we find more rage within ourselves and it takes over. We walk on with our scars being stronger than before, hoping that maybe events will happen in our favor. If they do, then we see the light and bask in it again. If not, then we are forced to find the light within our own darkness for that is the secret to sanity.
I Found It and it is incredibly beautiful! Thank you for sharing your talents with the world and yourselves with us.
What a masterpiece.
Of all the movements this is my favorite so far.
well, it seems like you really reached juan with this ear candy!
Beautiful playing....
The is a stunning and very authentic performance of this music. Many try but few achieve it.
wind conductors have much to learn from pianists
beautiful
Da steckt Energie drinn ich mag das,das geht bestimmt besser
What are the names of the vibraphone mallets that are used in the piece?
There are so many works of genius by great composers of many eras... why do people waste their time on kitsch? Kitsch only pretends to be something it is not.
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